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I was flying - guess what - a microlight at Popham (near Basingstoke UK) today, and I thought you might enjoy these pics.

The smallest olane I've ever seen:



And - ooops ...

Very interesting. looks like you had a nice day for it.
The little plane looks like a Tipsy Nipper. If I'm right it's a fairly old design going back to 1951.

Excellent weather - just a little bit windy, which made for a bumpy ride, and ... interesting takeoff and landing. Tipsy Nipper, eh. There was a Messerschmitt Taifun there too - did a couple of fast fly-pasts. Very impressive. Was the Taifun a pre-war or post-war plane? Any relation to the Me-109?

Great stuff. The Me 108 Taifun was a pre-war light aircraft, also used for liaison work by the Luftwaffe in WWII. According to the designation it precedes the Me (Bf)109. It's quite similar & often used to simulate its big brother in war films.

PS. The one you saw was most likely the Nord N.1000 "Pingouin" which was manufactured in France after WWII. I know there is at least one on the display circuit.

Thanks, Doug!

Thanks for sharing the pictures! They are very good!

nice pics

Yep, great pics

There is smaller planes than that.  I would never trust something that small or smaller.....