Here are a few of the articles and references to the Sirocco that I have been able to find. Where articles are not online, and where I have permission, I have scanned the acticle and include it here. Click on PDF to view an online or scanned article (requires Adobe Acrobat reader). Additional articles and webpages can be found by clicking on the images on the Images page.
For each article and reference below, I have included the reference, a link to the PDF or web page if available, and a short description.
If you know of or have any other articles, references, or manuals, I would be delighted to include them in this list – please contact me at the address at the bottom of the page.
| Berger–Burr’s Ultralight & Microlight Aircraft of the World (1), Alain-Yves Berger & Norman Burr, ISBN 0-85429-390-6, p 70 & p 18, Haynes Publishing Group, 1983.
Copyright Alain-Yves Berger & Norman Burr; reproduced by permission. | ||
| A survey of 350 aircraft from around the world, with a section on engines; this excerpt includes the Aviasud entry and two adverts – one for the Sirocco and the other for the JPX PUL 425 engine that powered it in 1983. | ||
| Sirocco – the new one!, Norm Petersen, EAA Ultralight Magazine, pp 6–8, EAA, November 1983.
Copyright Norm Petersen & EAA; reproduced by permission. | ||
| Story about the Sirocco at Oshkosh ’83, where it won the Ultralight, Outstanding Semi-Rigid Wing award; 7 photographs and a cutaway drawing; probably first Sirocco review in English. | ||
| Flight test: Sirocco 377GB, Eric Woods, BMAA Flightline, pp 43–45, BMAA, Mar–Apr 1985.
Copyright Eric Woods & BMAA; reproduced by permission. | ||
| Short flight test description, but very positive: “The score chart tells its own story, and is the most favourable this magazine has ever printed.” | ||
| PDF » | Sirocco 377GB Type Approval Data Sheet, W. A. Bevan, BM 7 Issue 1, 12 pp, BMAA, May 1985. | |
| Technical specification of and approval for the Midlands Ultralights Sirocco 377GB (link given is to the current version, Issue 4, July 2003). | ||
| Berger–Burr’s Ultralight & Microlight Aircraft of the World (2), Alain-Yves Berger & Norman Burr, ISBN 0-85429-481-3, pp 122–124 & 203–204, Haynes Publishing Group, 1985.
Copyright Alain-Yves Berger & Norman Burr; reproduced by permission. | ||
| Nearly 500 aircraft, with engines; this excerpt includes the Aviasud entry (now using Rotax 377) and also the Midland Ultralights 377GB version (modified to meet UK airworthiness requirements, and £5600 ready-to-fly). | ||
| La folle équipée – Le Premier tour du monde en U.L.M., Patrice Franceschi, ISBN 2-221-04530-0, 362pp, Éditions Robert Laffont, 1987. |  | |
| The book telling the story of Franceschi’s round-the-world trip in a Sirocco (September 1984 to March 1987). Includes colour plates (28 images), and annexes detailing some of the bureaucracy.
Not available in softcopy; original copies may still be available (used) from Amazon, etc. The book was reprinted in 2008 », without pictures (J’Ai Lu, ISBN 2-290-01333-1, available from amazon.fr » and other sources [note that postage is least if ordered from a French website]). | ||
| PDF » | Midland Ultralights Sirocco 377GB, G-MNFC, AAIB Bulletin No: 9/95, 8 pp, AAIB 1995. | |
| Report on a fatal accident to a Sirocco, due to an in-flight structural failure of the tailplane. | ||
| PDF » | Midland Ultralights Sirocco 377GB, G-MNDW, AAIB Bulletin No: 11/2004, 15 pp, AAIB 2004. | |
| Report on a fatal accident to a Sirocco, due to an in-flight structural failure of the tailplane. Design changes are recommended to restore the airworthiness of the Sirocco 377GB. | ||
Other articles and blogs
- Recent discussion in a French blog ».
- The ACLA Sirocco blog » – latest news of the Sirocco NG.
- Le Sirocco du tour du monde » – the Sirocco that toured the world (Patrice Franceschi’s Sirocco) at the Musée Delta » at Orly in Paris.
Copies not yet located:
- French-language reports have appeared in UlmMag (Vol Moteur – Magazine ULM, avions légers, gyros) in July 1983 and March 1984.