Airplan Flight Equipment

Airplan Flight Equipment, trading as AFE, is a pilot supplies retailer at Ringway Trading Estate in Moss Nook, Wythenshawe, near Manchester Airport. It sells online and by phone under the slogan The Right Stuff, and publishes the UK VFR Flight Guide.

Its range covers aircraft and airfield equipment such as chocks and tie-down kits, cockpit accessories, fuel testers, pitot covers, RAM mounts, canopy windows, engine oil, de-icer and cleaning products. Aircraft instruments on offer include altimeters, airspeed, attitude, heading and vertical speed indicators, and compasses. Bespoke instrument orders can take up to ten days.

Avionics include ADS-B units, panel-mount radios and transponders, along with fixed-wing and helicopter headsets and intercoms. Pilot supplies include charts, airfield flight guides, checklists, flight bags, kneeboards, tablet cases, navigation equipment and logbooks, including a digital logbook. Oxygen systems are also sold.

For students and instructors, AFE stocks PPL and NPPL study packs, CAA and ICAO publications, and books on flying, meteorology, gliding and helicopters. There is also pilot clothing, flight simulation hardware and software, gliding equipment and gifts for aviators.

Customers can sign up for its newsletter or call the shop with questions.