What is a microlight? Well a microlight is a small aeroplane limited by it’s weight and the number of people it can carry! A lot of people think it is a hang glider with an engine and there are microlights that are a little like that to look at, these are called flex wing microlights. I fly a 3 axis microlight which is just like a normal aeroplane, but smaller, it is controlled in the same way using the same techniques.