Bobby Handzhiev

Can you afford flying when the gas and oil prices are raising like crazy? Hardly. But the fuel has never been free and not all people who like flying are rich. That's one of the reasons why engineers and enthusiasts invented the ultralight aviation. The ultralight flying machines may not be the most comfortable or luxury, but they are affordable, cute and simple. Besides that the ultralight aircraft lets the pilot feel much better "in the air" than the ordinary aircraft.

There is no more exciting experience than having a bunch of parts built together into a flying remote control airplane - especially if you do it all yourself. Of course building an RC model is more involved than building most of the other types of model airplanes - probably only the scale models can beat them.

Have you visited an aircraft modeling expositions, shows or shops? They are full with so many different airplanes, helicopters, gliders... sometimes you may even see model ultralight trikes, paragliders, gyroplanes, balloons. Some models can fly with or without a remote control, other are static scale models of real aircrafts. What kind of people are creating them?

Do you enjoy the beautiful model aircrafts that are sold in the toy shops and on so many sites online? Of course you can just go to a shop or click on a site and buy the ones you like most. But besides the fact that buying ready models costs you money it's just not as cool as building models yourself.

It has never been easier to fly than today. And if you only dream flying and don't do it, that could be just because you don't know how to start.

If you are interested in ultralight aviation, you have probably spent some time thinking how to simplify your flying. Most of the ultralight enthusiasts meet various problems to achieve their dream.

So many people postpone their dream to fly because of lack of time or money. If you knew that for few thousand dollars, few months and a lot of fun you could have your own ultralight airplane, would you still postpone?

The aircraft fuel prices go up like crazy. This is making flying an airplane a very expensive venture. Wouldn't you be happy do discover a way to fly without buying fuel? That is possible if you try flying an ultralight glider - an aircraft without engine. There are several types of gliders and in this article I'll let you know about the most important and popular of them.

Buying an ultralight airplane is like buying a new car. It can be expensive or cheap, it can be great experience or great failure, it can bring you a lot of joy and happiness or unpleasant and dangerous accidents. It's not like buying a hamburger, so don't do it when you are hungry.