https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ Recent content in News on NiMicrolights Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us NiMicrolights Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:52:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/tomas-oflaherty-gets-his-pilots-licence-2/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:52:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/tomas-oflaherty-gets-his-pilots-licence-2/ Tomas O’Flaherty is due to retire in a couple of months and needs something to occupy himself when he won’t have to go out to work every day . Learning to fly solved that problem and buying an immaculate Thruster T600 will provide the means to do it. The final hurdle was the need to have a Pilot’s Licence and he jumped over that obstacle on 9th September when he passed his GST in his own Irish registered Thruster. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/karl-kipper-millar-gains-his-pilots-licence/ Sat, 22 Jun 2024 19:55:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/karl-kipper-millar-gains-his-pilots-licence/ Thruster G CGFZ. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/darren-harper-gains-his-pilots-licence/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:49:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/darren-harper-gains-his-pilots-licence/ Thruster T600N Jabiru Sprint https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/hugh-gordon-gains-his-pilots-licence/ Sun, 07 Jan 2024 20:09:04 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/hugh-gordon-gains-his-pilots-licence/ Hugh Gordon completed his final solo navigation exercise in late November and was then ready to undertake his GST. When Hugh eventually did book his GST on 7th January he explained the delay by offering the rather lame excuse that he had to get married and go the Vietnam on honeymoon in December. Despite his lack of commitment to the important things in life Hugh still managed to successfully pass his GST on 7th January 2024. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/arnie-fumegall-gains-his-pilots-licence/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 21:31:02 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/arnie-fumegall-gains-his-pilots-licence/ Undertaking a General Skills Test at Newtownards Airfield in a Thruster with no cabin heater whilst wearing shorts is not what most people would enjoy doing on a cold January day. Nevertheless on 4th January Arnie Fumegall did just that and passed his GST with flying colours. Arnie lives in Galway in Ireland and is now hoping to join forces with a local airfield owner and fly a Thruster there. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/nicholas-dennison-passes-his-flight-test/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 20:29:43 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/nicholas-dennison-passes-his-flight-test/ In 2015 Ross Spence passed his GST in the school Thruster G CGFZ and then headed straight down to the RAF recruitment office. Ross is currently piloting Typhoon Jets at Lossiemouth. Today (19/12/23) Nicholas Dennison passed his GST in the school Thruster G CGFZ and is heading straight down to the RAF recruitment office after Christmas , so hopefully the RAF will need another Typhoon in a couple of years. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-michael-seeds/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 19:09:43 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-michael-seeds/ Michael Seeds has spent countless hours on his home flight simulator and they certainly paid dividends on December 13th when he gave himself an early Christmas present by completing his First Solo flight after less than ten hours under instruction on the real thing. Congratulations Michael https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ulster-flying-club-wings-presentations-2023/ Sat, 09 Dec 2023 20:54:52 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ulster-flying-club-wings-presentations-2023/ On 8th December the Ulster Flying Club organised an evening event to honour newly qualified pilots and present them with their Wings Certificates and a UFC crested flying jacket. Northern Ireland Microlights had eleven pilots this year to receive their Wings. The club arranged for Lady Herman to do the presentions. following a very pleasant Christmas Dinner in the Cloud 9 Restaurant. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/peter-mccloskey-becomes-a-licenced-pilot/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:40:43 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/peter-mccloskey-becomes-a-licenced-pilot/ Peter McCloskey retired from his Chartered Accountancy business a couple of years ago and was finding it hard to cope with life without the thrills and excitement he was accustomed to in his previous career, so Peter decided to learn to fly a Microlight. 17 months after commencing the course Peter passed his GST in Thruster G CGFZ on 25th October and is now negotiating to buy a share in a Thruster based at Newtownards Airfield. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-tom-oflaherty/ Sat, 30 Sep 2023 16:37:47 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-tom-oflaherty/ Thomas O’Flaherty owns a 300 metre long field in County Clare in Ireland and having done his research he believes it is ideal for operating a Thruster Microlight, so he travels for over 6 hours from County Clare to Newtownards Airfield in Northern Ireland for flying lessons in a Thruster. Tom’s trip to Newtownards on Sunday 15th October marked a significant milestone towards obtaining his Pilot’s Licence and opening his own Airstrip when he completed his First Solo flight in Thruster G CGFZ. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/keanu-crossland-first-solo-flight/ Sun, 24 Sep 2023 19:33:42 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/keanu-crossland-first-solo-flight/ Car body engineer Keanu Crossland reckoned that the bodywork of the school’s 13 year old Thruster C CGFZ was quite dull and tired so he arrived prior to his Flying lesson with his professional polishing equipment and completed a nose to tail valet on the aircraft. Clearly Keanu anticipated he would be going solo in the near future and wanted to be photographed in a nice shiny Thruster. On 11th September Keanu’s preparations bore fruit and the photograph was taken of Keanu in a very shiny Truster following his First Solo. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/nicholas-dennison-first-solo-flight/ Sun, 24 Sep 2023 19:19:58 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/nicholas-dennison-first-solo-flight/ 17 year old Nicholas Dennison is in his last A level year at school and contemplating a career in aviation. He is funding his Flying Training through a part time job sheering sheep and has worked out that he needs to sheer 48 sheep to pay for a one hour lesson. On 7th September Nicholas embarked upon his First Solo Flight and only 576 sheep are feeling the chill to date. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ronan-davison-kernan-passes-gst/ Sat, 02 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ronan-davison-kernan-passes-gst/ Rónán Davison-Kernan had been learning to fly in a Group A Cessna but became curious about the group of Microlight Pilots at the airfield who never seemed to miss an opportunity to go Flying and always seemed to be having fun. When he enquired and found out our aircraft had similar performance to the Cessna and cost less than half the price for training he contacted Aaron at the BMAA to find out how to convert his SEP training time towards gaining a Microlight Licence. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/karl-millar-first-solo/ Sun, 06 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/karl-millar-first-solo/ Karl Millar travels all the way from the Isle of Mann to Northern Ireland for his Flying lessons and always stays a couple of days on each trip. As Karl always brings a couple of Manx oak smoked kippers for his Flying Instructor his visits are keenly anticipated. On Friday 4th August Karl was rewarded for his persistence when he undertook his First Solo flight in Thruster G-CGFZ and later that day Karl did a further hour of solo circuits at Newtownards Airfield. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/hugh-gordon-first-solo-flight/ Mon, 08 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/hugh-gordon-first-solo-flight/ Hugh Gordon has hundreds of hours experience in Flight Simulators and, as an engineer making parts for spacecraft, he has an extensive knowledge of aerodynamics. Given that Hugh has put a lot of effort into his Microlight flight training it is then not so surprising that he successfully completed his First Solo Flight on 8th May in Thruster G-CGFZ after less than 7 hours in his logbook. Congratulations Hugh! 🛫 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/keith-thompson-achieves-gst/ Sat, 06 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/keith-thompson-achieves-gst/ Keith Thompson builds an overhauls high performance racing car engines for a living. For some unfathomable reason he has become immensely popular amongst other pilots at Newtownards (almost exclusively Rotax and Jabiru owners). On 6th May 2023 Keith successfully completed his GST at Newtownards in the school Thruster and has already been head hunted by Dimitar Ivanov as a partner in his Thruster (which coincidentally is approaching overhaul hours). Congratulations Keith 🏆 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-for-arnie-fumegall/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-for-arnie-fumegall/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight.peter-mccloskey/ Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight.peter-mccloskey/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/billy-millar-gets-his-pilot-s-license/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/billy-millar-gets-his-pilot-s-license/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-jamie-sheridan/ Sat, 11 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-jamie-sheridan/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/josh-davison-passes-his-general-skills-test/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/josh-davison-passes-his-general-skills-test/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ian-walsh-is-first-pilot-to-qualify-in-2023./ Mon, 02 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ian-walsh-is-first-pilot-to-qualify-in-2023./ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/david-mowat.first-solo-flight/ Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/david-mowat.first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ian-walsh.first-solo./ Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ian-walsh.first-solo./ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-billy-millar/ Sat, 01 Oct 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-billy-millar/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/sean-devlin-passes-his-gst./ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/sean-devlin-passes-his-gst./ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/darren-harper.first-solo-flight/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/darren-harper.first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/paul-mcbride-passes-his-gst./ Sun, 03 Jul 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/paul-mcbride-passes-his-gst./ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/dr-derek-hrabovsky-aquires-private-pilots-license/ Sun, 26 Jun 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/dr-derek-hrabovsky-aquires-private-pilots-license/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/david-norwood-gains-his-microlight-pilot-s-license./ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/david-norwood-gains-his-microlight-pilot-s-license./ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/the-weather-gods-relented-to-allow-sean-devlin-to-go-first-solo/ Fri, 06 May 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/the-weather-gods-relented-to-allow-sean-devlin-to-go-first-solo/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/joshua-davison.first-solo./ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/joshua-davison.first-solo./ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/dimitar-ivanov-gets-his-pilot-s-license/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/dimitar-ivanov-gets-his-pilot-s-license/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-derek-hrabosky/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-derek-hrabosky/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/paul-mcbride.first-solo-flight/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/paul-mcbride.first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-mark-mcguinness/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-mark-mcguinness/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-race-engineer-keith-thompson/ Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-for-race-engineer-keith-thompson/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ulster-flying-club.wings-night-presentations/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ulster-flying-club.wings-night-presentations/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/nathan-mcintyre.first-solo-flight./ Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/nathan-mcintyre.first-solo-flight./ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/david-norwood-s-first-solo-flight/ Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/david-norwood-s-first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/david-mcguire-now-licenced-to-fly-in-ireland/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/david-mcguire-now-licenced-to-fly-in-ireland/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/dimitar-ivanov.first-solo-flight/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/dimitar-ivanov.first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/17-year-old-the-anh-loughran-gains-his-pilot-s-licence/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/17-year-old-the-anh-loughran-gains-his-pilot-s-licence/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-at-for-16-year-old./ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-flight-at-for-16-year-old./ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/the-life-of-brian-the-second-coming/ Sun, 16 May 2021 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/the-life-of-brian-the-second-coming/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/flight-training-resumes-12th-april-2021/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/flight-training-resumes-12th-april-2021/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/corey-purdy-passes-gst-with-honours./ Sun, 06 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/corey-purdy-passes-gst-with-honours./ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/brian-blakely-passes-his-gst/ Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/brian-blakely-passes-his-gst/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/on-a-wing-and-a-prayer/ Fri, 06 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/on-a-wing-and-a-prayer/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/chris-hodges-getting-a-real-buzz/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/chris-hodges-getting-a-real-buzz/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/was-it-brian-ashworth-s-first-solo/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/was-it-brian-ashworth-s-first-solo/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/barry-rollins.first-solo-flight/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/barry-rollins.first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/busy-brian-blakely-solo-in-one-month/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/busy-brian-blakely-solo-in-one-month/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/sammy-nummy.first-solo-flight/ Mon, 28 Sep 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/sammy-nummy.first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/jack-toner-passes-his-gst/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/jack-toner-passes-his-gst/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/graham-mounsey-downsizes/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/graham-mounsey-downsizes/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/doug-king-adds-uk-microlight-license-to-his-collection/ Sun, 16 Aug 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/doug-king-adds-uk-microlight-license-to-his-collection/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/jack-toner-s-first-solo-flight/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/jack-toner-s-first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/corey-purdy.solo-in-seven-and-a-half-hours./ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/corey-purdy.solo-in-seven-and-a-half-hours./ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-training-flight-after-lockdown/ Sun, 05 Jul 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-training-flight-after-lockdown/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/flight-training-restarts-on-6th-july/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/flight-training-restarts-on-6th-july/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/covid-19-update/ Sat, 20 Jun 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/covid-19-update/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-microlights-go-fishing-for-eels/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-microlights-go-fishing-for-eels/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/coronavirus-situation-flights-suspended/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/coronavirus-situation-flights-suspended/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/17-year-old-sean-scullion-gets-his-pilot-s-license/ Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/17-year-old-sean-scullion-gets-his-pilot-s-license/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/six-new-microlight-pilots-get-their-wings/ Sat, 30 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/six-new-microlight-pilots-get-their-wings/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/joe-mccarrison-gets-his-pilot-s-license-and-buys-a-plane/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/joe-mccarrison-gets-his-pilot-s-license-and-buys-a-plane/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/william-boyd-happy-at-passing-his-gst/ Sun, 03 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/william-boyd-happy-at-passing-his-gst/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/james-nicholls-wins-his-pilot-s-license/ Sat, 26 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/james-nicholls-wins-his-pilot-s-license/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/double-gary-gsts/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/double-gary-gsts/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/celebrity-chef-goes-eel-hunting/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/celebrity-chef-goes-eel-hunting/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/reverend-paul-bradley-first-solo/ Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/reverend-paul-bradley-first-solo/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-in-a-thruster-for-joe-mccarrison/ Wed, 21 Aug 2019 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-in-a-thruster-for-joe-mccarrison/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/bmaa-bursary-results-in-tom-martin-getting-his-pilot-s-license/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/bmaa-bursary-results-in-tom-martin-getting-his-pilot-s-license/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/visitor-from-vietnam-experiences-microlighting/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/visitor-from-vietnam-experiences-microlighting/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/william-boyd-celebrates-his-first-solo/ Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/william-boyd-celebrates-his-first-solo/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gary-loughran-s-first-solo-flight/ Thu, 23 May 2019 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gary-loughran-s-first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/james-nicholls-first-solo-flight/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 23:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/james-nicholls-first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/reece-griffith-fly-s-solo-in-6-hours/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/reece-griffith-fly-s-solo-in-6-hours/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/sean-scullion-fly-s-first-solo-on-his-16th-birthday/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:25:40 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/sean-scullion-fly-s-first-solo-on-his-16th-birthday/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/wings-night-presentation-at-the-ulster-flying-club/ Sun, 18 Nov 2018 16:48:12 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/wings-night-presentation-at-the-ulster-flying-club/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/andrew-mcconnell-fly-s-his-first-solo/ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 16:31:51 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/andrew-mcconnell-fly-s-his-first-solo/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/bobby-moore-gains-his-pilot-s-license/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:38:52 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/bobby-moore-gains-his-pilot-s-license/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/edwin-calvin-wins-his-pilot-s-license/ Sat, 15 Sep 2018 20:05:20 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/edwin-calvin-wins-his-pilot-s-license/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/not-all-introductory-flights-are-for-the-same-reason/ Sat, 25 Aug 2018 21:06:58 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/not-all-introductory-flights-are-for-the-same-reason/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/tom-mccrea-passes-general-skills-test/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 20:06:34 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/tom-mccrea-passes-general-skills-test/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/tom-mccrea-s-first-solo-in-a-microlight/ Fri, 06 Jul 2018 22:33:05 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/tom-mccrea-s-first-solo-in-a-microlight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/football-legend-fly-s-first-solo/ Sun, 24 Jun 2018 18:20:11 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/football-legend-fly-s-first-solo/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/bobby-booth-completes-his-first-solo-flight/ Fri, 22 Jun 2018 19:21:48 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/bobby-booth-completes-his-first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/cool-fm-s-radio-presenter-paulo-ross-fly-s-the-thruster/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:35:18 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/cool-fm-s-radio-presenter-paulo-ross-fly-s-the-thruster/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gavin-crossan-passes-gst.-/ Sat, 24 Mar 2018 20:48:15 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gavin-crossan-passes-gst.-/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/edwin-calvin-completes-his-first-solo-flight/ Fri, 09 Mar 2018 21:31:49 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/edwin-calvin-completes-his-first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/roy-clarkson-passes-gst.-/ Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:37:40 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/roy-clarkson-passes-gst.-/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/liam-boyle-passes-gst/ Sat, 02 Dec 2017 19:29:21 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/liam-boyle-passes-gst/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/clement-buchanan-passes-gst/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 20:38:00 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/clement-buchanan-passes-gst/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/bill-harvey-passes-gst/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:28:58 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/bill-harvey-passes-gst/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ryan-molloy-passes-his-general-skills-test/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 00:34:36 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ryan-molloy-passes-his-general-skills-test/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/damien-martin-takes-a-few-days-off-and-passes-his-gst/ Thu, 02 Nov 2017 20:04:26 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/damien-martin-takes-a-few-days-off-and-passes-his-gst/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/declan-mcgill-passes-his-gst/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:43:19 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/declan-mcgill-passes-his-gst/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/clement-buchanan-first-solo-flight/ Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:18:38 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/clement-buchanan-first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/roy-clarkson-s-first-solo-flight.-/ Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:21:49 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/roy-clarkson-s-first-solo-flight.-/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/damien-martin-and-son-tom-go-solo-on-the-same-day/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:12:30 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/damien-martin-and-son-tom-go-solo-on-the-same-day/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/tim-gallagher-passes-the-general-skills-test/ Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:32:00 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/tim-gallagher-passes-the-general-skills-test/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gary-crosbie-completes-his-first-solo-flight/ Sun, 24 Sep 2017 18:14:00 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gary-crosbie-completes-his-first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gavin-crossan-first-solo-flight-25th-august-2017/ Fri, 25 Aug 2017 20:38:01 +0100 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gavin-crossan-first-solo-flight-25th-august-2017/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/richard-dalzel-passes-his-gst/ Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:29:30 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/richard-dalzel-passes-his-gst/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/david-stewart-solo-on-10th-august/ Thu, 10 Aug 2017 13:29:24 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/david-stewart-solo-on-10th-august/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/lawrence-devine-passes-gst/ Sun, 23 Jul 2017 19:58:17 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/lawrence-devine-passes-gst/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/phelim-brady-passes-gft/ Sun, 16 Jul 2017 19:27:17 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/phelim-brady-passes-gft/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/tim-gallagher-first-solo-flight/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:00:20 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/tim-gallagher-first-solo-flight/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gary-moore-punches-the-air/ Fri, 07 Jul 2017 20:23:35 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gary-moore-punches-the-air/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/cool-mark-passes-his-gst/ Mon, 03 Jul 2017 14:37:53 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/cool-mark-passes-his-gst/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/brian-patton-is-licensed-to-fly/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:42:32 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/brian-patton-is-licensed-to-fly/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/kimmo-obtains-his-flying-license-in-under-6-weeks/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:07:32 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/kimmo-obtains-his-flying-license-in-under-6-weeks/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/student-pilots-form-a-new-group-at-newtownards/ Sun, 28 May 2017 23:20:51 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/student-pilots-form-a-new-group-at-newtownards/ Mark , Declan, Garry and Richard are all learning to fly at Northern Ireland Microlights and these four are thinking well ahead to when the get their own Flying Licenses . So , they grouped together to buy their own Microlight which is pictured next to the rather chuffed looking owners. The aircraft is a Jabiru 450 and is in super condition . No doubt airfields throughout the UK and Ireland will be seeing alot of this Microlight and its owners in the months and years to come. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/kimmo-goes-solo/ Tue, 23 May 2017 20:56:07 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/kimmo-goes-solo/ The happy looking Pilot in the cockpit of G CGFZ has just completed his first Solo Flight after and incredible 6hours 20 minutes training. Kimmo ( apparently a Finnish name) has hundreds of hours logged on a Flight Simulator but had never flown the real thing until two weeks ago. He was not detered by the fact the the Thruster did not appear to have an abort/reset button on the control panel and completed his first solo on 23/5/2017. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/richard-dalzell-s-first-solo-flight/ Sun, 07 May 2017 20:07:35 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/richard-dalzell-s-first-solo-flight/ The wind couldn’t make up its mind what direction to come from today but Richard Dalzell had made his mind up that he would overcome adversity to fly his first Solo . The Instructor agreed that Richard had mastered the conditions so the long awaited event took place on 7/ May /2017 In the event Richard’s First Solo was flawless . Congratulations Richard the landing was excellent . https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-achieved-by-declan-mcgill/ Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:18:02 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/first-solo-achieved-by-declan-mcgill/ Computer guru Declan McGill decides that manually controlling an aircraft is more fun than fly by wire simulators and takes to the sky for his First Solo on 23/April/2017. The landing was excellent. Well done Declan. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gary-moore-flys-first-solo/ Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:14:23 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/gary-moore-flys-first-solo/ It is slightly different from his normal Builders Van but Gary Moore now has another option for delivery of his building materials because he has just flown his first solo flight in Thruster G CGFZ. . A great achievement with only 10 hours tuition. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/john-brady-is-now-licensed-to-fly/ Fri, 07 Apr 2017 00:18:12 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/john-brady-is-now-licensed-to-fly/ John Brady joined an exclusive club on 6th April 2017 when he passed his GST in Thruster G CGFZ. As the holder of a National Private Pilots License he will soon be flying his friends and relatives from his own private airfield near Dungannon in his own Red Thruster. Does life get any better than this? Congratulations John . https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ben-ringland-passes-gst-1/ Fri, 31 Mar 2017 01:26:57 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ben-ringland-passes-gst-1/ Ben Ringland passed his General Skills Test today (30th March 2017) in the school Thruster. The weather relented just long enough to do the test and the cloud stayed out of the way , so a happy Ben took full advantage and is pictured here looking quite pleased with himself next to the Thruster. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/at-last-the-weather-relents-to-allow-phelim-brady-to-complete-his-first-solo-flight/ Sat, 25 Mar 2017 19:50:41 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/at-last-the-weather-relents-to-allow-phelim-brady-to-complete-his-first-solo-flight/ The weather made Phelim Brady wait to finally achieve his First Solo Flight but eventually on 25th March the sun came out and the wind died down long enought for his First Solo. Phelim has already purchased a very nice Red Thruster along with his brother John and the pair will be flying away in it from a field behind their house by early summer. Well done to the Brady Bunch https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/solo-achieved-in-a-record-sub-seven-hours-by-mark-smith/ Sat, 18 Mar 2017 19:08:11 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/solo-achieved-in-a-record-sub-seven-hours-by-mark-smith/ Very few students achieve their first solo flight with less than 10 hours Instruction and it is almost unheard of to do it in less than seven hours. So Mark Smith is a bit special because he went solo in 6 hours 50 minutes. A future Airline Pilot ??? https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/spence/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:04:01 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/spence/ Ross Spence learnt to fly at Newtownards on the School Thruster Microlight and in 2015 gained his National Private Pilot’s License (Microlight) . He subsequently applied to join the RAF and was accepted for Officer training . Today (5/2/2017) we heard that from an intake of 19 only six Officers have been accepted to train on Fast Jets and Ross is one of them. We are proud of Ross’s achievement and hope that the other trainees in his squadron are able to keep up with a pilot that learned to fly on a Thruster. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/mark-smith-passes-his-air-law-exam/ Sat, 04 Feb 2017 19:40:33 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/mark-smith-passes-his-air-law-exam/ Mark is concentrating hard on the CAA Air Law Exam which he ends up passing with flying colours . https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ben-ringland-auditioning-for-a-part-in-the-remake-of-top-gun-following-his-first-solo-flight/ Sun, 29 Jan 2017 21:43:16 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/ben-ringland-auditioning-for-a-part-in-the-remake-of-top-gun-following-his-first-solo-flight/ There is no point in wasting a photo opportunity immediately after your First Solo flight. Look cool, wear the latest aviator shades, and hope Tom Cruise isn’t available for the next Top Gun movie. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/bill-harvey-is-understandably-chuffed-with-his-first-solo-flight/ Sun, 29 Jan 2017 21:26:48 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/bill-harvey-is-understandably-chuffed-with-his-first-solo-flight/ On 18th December 2017 Bill Harvey added a further achievement to his already long list of adventurous activities when he took to sky on his own for the first time in Thruster G CGFZ . The flight only lasted 20 minutes but the grin was still on his face 2 days later. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/lawence-devine-very-happy-after-his-first-solo/ Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:00:39 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/lawence-devine-very-happy-after-his-first-solo/ Lawence demonstrates his commitment to flying every week when he and Carol drive all the way from Letterkenny for his flying lesson . On 18th December 2016 all his efforts payed off when he flew his First Solo in G CGFZ. You can see from the photo how chuffed he was with himself. The following day Lawence bought an X Air microlight which he intends to fly from the Airfield in Letterkenny when he has completed his course at Newtownards. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/john-brady-goes-solo-after-only-9-hours-training/ Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:58:32 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/john-brady-goes-solo-after-only-9-hours-training/ It is unusual to achieve your First Solo flight with under 10 hours of dual training but John Brady reached the standards of Airmanship and safety that are required and it was a beautiful day on 14th December 2016 so off he went on his own for a circuit of the airfield. A cool customer as you can see in the photo. https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/brian-patton-s-first-solo-at-the-age-of-83-1/ Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:28:02 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/brian-patton-s-first-solo-at-the-age-of-83-1/ https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/welcome-new-site/ Thu, 19 Jan 2017 21:26:30 +0000 https://nimicrolights.co.uk/news/welcome-new-site/ Welcome to the new NiMicrolights website, we hope you find it a big improvement over the old site which was certainly showing its age with time! The are many new features in the site, we have tried to make it easier to find contact information and to book lessons. We have a new News section which will be updated with news of students solos, events and anything else we think will be of interest.