7th April 2009

For details of the new kid please see us at www.escapadeaircraft.com

1st December 2008
The Escapade kid was shown for the first time at the NEC over the weekend, it attacted much attention (particularly as it is one of the very few SSDR's (sub-115kg) that is enclosed and actually Within Weight). We are promised a lot of magazine coverage. Picture herewith, fuller details to follow



22nd November2008
ESCAPADE Aircraft Ltd will be launching its new product, the Escapade kid,at the Sport & Leisure Aviation Show at the NEC on the 29/30th November. The new kid on the block is a sub-115kg single seat deregulated aircraft.Details and prices will be available at the show and will also appear on the Escapade Aircraft site in early December.

Whether you're looking for the Escapade two seater Microlight / VLA or the kid SSDR,  please come and see us on stand 32 at the show.

29th October
Important announcement :
he 1st November Reality Aircraft Ltd will no longer be based at Amesbury. We will shortly be taking up residence at Old Sarum Airfield, during the transition period communications will be via e-mail, by letter to our registered office or to Terry's mobile phone. (see contacts page for details). We regret any problems this may cause, but rest assured that we are still here and available for help/information/sales.
Once we have our new location settled address details will be posted.


12th October
This time its congratulations to John Thornton on his first flight of G-CEBO also of great interest is his design for a forward pulling nose gear trailer, Reality have tasked a local manufacturer  to produce this design (with the ability to be used for nose gear as well) cost estimate �1200.00




31st August
I'm a bit late posting this one, but congratulations to Lionel Webb on the first flight of his Jabiru powered Escapade G-LSJE




1st August
Just a note to re-mind you that the Popham microlight trade fair is re-scheduled for this weekend. Lets hope the weather is good. Look forward to seeing you there.

27th July
New first flight, Jabiru nose gear version, so its congratulations to Paul Travis on the completion of his Escapade G-CEDB.






6th June
 Next weekend, 14-16 June, we will be at AeroExpo at Wycombe Air Park.  We hope the weather will be more reliable than of late (mixed fortunes at Dunkeswell!) and we look forward to seeing you there.

 4th June 2008
New first flight, this one has taken a while, but its congratulations to Graham Clewes on the completion of his Easy Raider.



30th May 2008
LAA regional rally to be held at Dunkeswell this weekend (31st
May/1st April  2008).

We look forward to seeing  you there.

19th May 2008
Congratulations to Noel and Tom Baumber on getting their aircraft G-DIZI to its first flight(s) today, in the capable hands of TP the TP.



 

15th May 2008
Popham was a washout, but we have high hopes of a good couple of days at the LAA regional rally to be held at Dunkeswell on the weekend of the  31st May/1st April  2008 . We look forward to seeing  you there.

Also Easy Raider G-SRII  is up for sale! see classifieds for more detail

30th April 2008
Unfortunately due to flooding the Microlight trade fair has been postponed until the 2/3 August.
If you had been intending to come and see our aircraft, we have the demo planes at Amesbury, which is only about 20 minutes from Popham, so please feel free to come visiting, just give us a call first.

24th April 2008
We will be at the Microlight trade fair to be held at Popham on the 3/4th May. It should be a great show as we will have on display
G-ESGA - The first Rotax VLA
G-MCUB - The first UL260i VLA
G-CECF - Jabiru powered microlight version
G-IMNY - Rotax powered microlight.
and other customer aircraft will be attending
Important note : The UL260i  engine will be on special offer for the show with a reduction of 1000 Euros on the price. this is a limited time offer so make the most of it (makes complete UL  installation about the same price as rotax 912 (new prices) and only about �700 more than the Jabiru engine

24th April 2008
At long last, and not without some sleepless nights we have now completed the flight testing and paper work of the VLA and as can be seen now have a full permit (to operate at 499kg).



31st December 2007
We hope you had a great Christmas and wish you all the best for 2008

27th November 2007
Well that's Splash over for another year, our thanks to all who came visiting us.

Price for the basic taildragger airframe kit is �12,600 or �13,200 for nose gear version.


19th November 2007

Yes, we did leave it a bit late, but we will be exhibiting at the Sport and Leisure Aviation Show (NEC) this weekend (24/25th). Hall 5 stand 42.

For those who have not yet bought an Escapade (or want to buy another) we are making some Special offers to celebrate the VLA clearance, with up to �1600 off the current price for the first 6 orders - equating to �1880 if you include the VAT! This is a time limited offer, so please come and talk to us at the show or contact us now.


13th November 2007
The December edition of Flyer magazine (now on sale) contains an in detail flight test and product review of the Escapade microlight, they will publish an update in a future issue for the VLA version. Everything you wanted to know from an independant source!.

23rd October 2007
After a long wait for PFA approval the VLA Escapade final got airborne, Two flights have been completed and more will  follow, dependant on the weather.



August 2007
Graham Simons has completed his aircraft, and it has had it's first hour and a half in the capable hands of test pilot Tom Porteous.

19th July 2007
We have now started a new section of the web site "Classified ads" see link on left.

These pages can be used by Easy Raider and Escapade owners to advertise their aircraft and/or spares etc

5th Jul 2007

Good news for those of you that have been looking for an Easy Raider, although we are currently unable to supply new kits, we know of 2 Easy's that are currently up for sale. See the Classifieds section


25th June 2007

Well, we may have been lucky with the weather at AeroExpo but last weekend at Hucknall was a mixed bag! The thunderstorms predicted for Saturday never happened - but of course the public had already been put off and were not there in huge numbers, which was a shame as we were treated to the spectacle of the BBMF in the sun. However, Sunday started grey and the only arrival by air was Richard Sear in his Escapade G-CDSK.  He then had to sit for 3 hours waiting for a gap in the rain long enough for him to fly out. Once he left, the heavens opened again and stayed open � end of rally!
We were due to travel down tonight and set up for this weekend�s Dunkeswell rally but apparently weather has stopped play there today and probably tomorrow but we are hopeful that Sunday will be better and allow some flying!


6th June 2007

This weekend is AeroExpo 2007 at Wycombe Air Park - see you there? We'll be braving the elements outside near the PFA homebuilders tent!

Charlie Fox is off competing in the Round Britain Air Race so we will have a part-built with us, the soon-to-be Group A version of the Escapade.

Looking forward to seeing you there...

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