Best Off Skyranger
Best Off · France · first flew 1993 · light aircraft
A French-designed, kit-built tube-and-fabric microlight that became one of Britain’s favourite club aeroplanes.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | High-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | 5.6 m fuselage |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- Tube-and-fabric high-wing microlight with strut bracing
- Boxy doors and a snub nose around a small Rotax
- One of the most numerous club microlights in Britain
High strut-braced wing, fabric skins that ripple in sunlight, and a cabin that looks assembled from a very good kit — because it was. The C42 next to it is aluminium-slick; the Skyranger is charmingly angular.
Specifications
- The Best Off Skyranger has a length of 5.6 m (18 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 9.5 m (31 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 160 km/h (99 mph).
- Typical crew: 1 pilot + 1 passenger.
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History
Philippe Prevot’s Skyranger first flew in 1993 as a quick-build kit: bolted aluminium tubes under presewn Dacron skins, no jigs required. Cheap, honest flying made it a fixture of the microlight boom of the 2000s.
Variants
Classic Skyranger; faster Swift and Nynja developments with slicker composite cabins.
Where you'll see it
Hundreds fly with UK microlight schools and syndicates, with strong followings in France and across the Commonwealth.
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