Cover Page 3: Contents Page 4: Chairman's message Page 5-15: JAR-FCL - it was all for nothing Fuel tax fight continues Cheif executive's diary Investing £70 to make £700 - how an AOPA membership pays off Runway robbery - 'the Strasse Scheme' Southhampton - partial redress The shame of Blackpool Kingston University stuidents win AOPA prize Don't know your RAS from your elbow - airspace infringements Minister invoked in Lee-on-Solent saga London LARS project opens Oban galactic spaceport mess Alice in Wonderland strikes again - IR(H) nonsense regulation A death foretold - student pilot concerns VAT loophole to close - the end of VAT free aircraft through Denmark Page 16-17: NOTAM - the AIS website Page 18-21: Light aircraft intercontinental Flying to North Africa Page 22-26: The Light Fantastic Flying the AERO AT-3 Page 27: Letters to the Editor Page 28-31: Why the Elf fell short - the Parnall Elf of 1929 Page 32: 'Fly-as-you-learn' Navy Scheme Page 34-35: Wings around Britain Charity flight around the UK Page 36-37: GA's rapidly growing enemy The threat from windmills Page 38-42: The aerial landrover The Westland Scout helicopter