Homebuild hero From two cardboard wings to the race winning Arletty II, Air Race F1 champion Christian Guillié designs & builds his own planes who: Christian Guillié, winner of Air Race F1 2014 and homebuilder when: 2 April 1988 where: Longuyon Villette airfield, France aircraft: Robin DR30 hours at solo: 16h 26m exactly hours now: 1875 Like many pilots I got into flying when I was a child. I think it was in my blood because as far as I can remember my thoughts always involved aircraft. Both my most awful nightmares and my most marvellous dreams were about flying

The best ones still are: when I dream about flying without a machine, like a bird, it’s a truly...