If you were frustrated by airport delays over the Christmas and New Year holidays, you might have more than a passing interest in private aviation’s alternative to airline flying in the form of our cover star; Cirrus’s ‘personal jet’. On the other hand, if you’d prefer to travel at more leisurely pace in a classic aircraft, we have a flight test of the rather wonderful 1950s Cessna 170B. Continuing with that nostalgic theme, we profile the great Jodel designer Jean Délémontez.

If you were frustrated by airport delays over the Christmas and New Year holidays, you might have more than a passing interest in private aviation’s alternative to airline flying in the form of our cover star; Cirrus’s ‘personal jet’. On the other hand, if you’d prefer to travel at more leisurely pace in a classic aircraft, we have a flight test....