Originally Posted by
Genghis the Engineer
The Eurostar is a good little aeroplane; but all microlights, even the most basic, are "proper" aeroplanes - requiring the same skill and respect, and providing the same fun and utility.
As so often, G is quite right. However, there are those among us who feel reassured by a nice rudder and a stick. The horizontal broomhandle concept of the flexwing takes a bit of thinking through. Also, the EV97 is expensive to buy whereas it is astonishing what gets offered on Ebay when it comes to the flexwing design.
As G suggests well above, the Microlight Pilot's Handbook is worth buying; a later edition is probably preferable:
microlight handbook in Books, Comics and Magazines | eBay
This world does seem to democratise flying.