· ICAO24 4079fa· last seen 4d ago

G-BMGC is a Swordfish Aviation Swordfish, a single-engine piston aircraft. SkyMeter has tracked 176 flights totalling 90 hours of airtime via ADS-B. The most frequent segment is EGDY to EGDY. Service window in our records spans 399 days. Of those flights, 6 (3.4%) carry at least one detected incident — go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Swordfish Aviation Swordfish has a maximum takeoff weight of 1,320 lb, light wake category.

About the Swordfish Aviation Swordfish

The Swordfish is a British single-seat ultralight aircraft that emerged from the UK's homebuilt and microlight movement of the 1980s. Designed and produced by Swordfish Aviation, it represents the classic era of amateur-built aircraft when builders prioritized simplicity, low cost, and the pure joy of flight over speed or payload. With its high-wing configuration and conventional taildragger landing gear, the Swordfish embodies traditional light aircraft design principles scaled down to the ultralight category, staying well within the UK's 390 kg (860 lb) single-seat deregulated microlight limit of that period.

The type found a modest following among British sport pilots who valued its straightforward construction and docile handling characteristics. Its operating envelope is typical of the ultralight class: a never-exceed speed around 100 knots, cruise in the mid-60s, and stall speeds in the mid-30s make it a fair-weather, low-and-slow flyer suited to local airfield circuits and short cross-country hops. The Swordfish never achieved large-scale production, remaining instead a niche design built by a handful of dedicated enthusiasts who appreciated its no-frills approach to recreational aviation.

SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators, with activity spanning routes.

FLIGHTS
176
all time
FLOWN HOURS
90
tracked time
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AIRPORTS VISITED
47
unique
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CALLSIGNS
1
45 routes
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SERVICE PERIOD
05/29/2025 → 07/03/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
3.4%
6 flagged

Top routes

By flight count

10
22
1
1
1
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Flight numbers

Most-flown by this airframe

1

Aircraft specifications

Swordfish Aviation Swordfish

Engines
Single Piston
Vref (approach)
45 kt
MTOW
1,320 lb
Wake category
L

Recent flights

Newest 50 operations of G-BMGC

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07/03/2026
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06/28/2026
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06/28/2026
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06/28/2026
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06/27/2026
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06/27/2026
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06/26/2026
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06/26/2026
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06/26/2026
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06/14/2026
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06/13/2026
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06/09/2026
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06/04/2026
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05/31/2026
1h 52m
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05/30/2026
1h 29m
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05/30/2026
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05/28/2026
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05/27/2026
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05/27/2026
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05/14/2026
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05/14/2026
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05/14/2026
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05/12/2026
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05/12/2026
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05/01/2026
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04/28/2026
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04/28/2026
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04/24/2026
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11/05/2025
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10/22/2025
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09/12/2025
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09/12/2025
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09/07/2025
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09/07/2025
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09/07/2025
1h 22m
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09/05/2025
52m
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09/05/2025
13m
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08/31/2025
41m
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08/31/2025
6m
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08/31/2025
21m
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08/29/2025
34m
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08/29/2025
33m
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08/23/2025
1h 20m
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08/23/2025
46m
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08/22/2025
39m
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08/22/2025
43m
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08/21/2025
48m
△ Unstable approach
08/21/2025
32m
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08/20/2025
55m
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