Pilot Magazine April 2025

April 2025 issue of Pilot magazine takes a first look at Aura Aero Integral, an aerobatic trainer with fine French heritage. Derived from Mudry’s fabled CAP designs and taken from concept to certification in six years, it is a new French trainer that will appeal to anyone interested in aerobatics training, UPRT and sports flying.

Concorde Conspiracies, Concorde Truths, a feature written by Pat Malone, reveals the true cause of the accident that killed all onboard Air France Flight 4590 is in danger of being obscured by conspiracy theories put forward by one former Concorde pilot, say many of his BA flight crew contemporaries, defending the honour of their French counterparts.

Plus, there’s a full flight test of the Beech C24R Sierra – the sole Sierra on the UK register and a Piper Arrow and Cessna Cardinal RG competitor that is unique in more than one sense of the word.