Ok I admit it I bounced a landing at Duxford. More than once. New video up now where I go back through the whole approach from the cockpit and work out what actually went wrong. Spoiler, it started a long Read More 4 Likes
Eight thousand hours. That's what YouTube wants for the Partner Programme from February, up from four thousand. A PPL takes 45 hours minimum. Imagine if that doubled overnight. I posted saying I was finished. 853 people liked it, and most of the Read More 6 Likes
Twenty minutes to pump up one tyre on KK. The valve hides behind the spat and lines up with the gap in exactly one place. Never the one you need. So out come the chocks, off come the tiedowns, and I'm Read More 4 Likes
Who forgot the battery? I did. Obviously. The Moxy is a carbon monoxide detector built for aircraft. Rather than beeping to itself on the cockpit floor where you'll never hear it under ANR, it runs inline with your headset so the Read More 4 Likes
Duxford yesterday, and this thing came past. Nellie B. A P-47 Thunderbolt, red checkerboard nose, D-Day stripes, and a noise you feel in your chest before you hear it. Eighteen cylinders. My 172 has four cylinders and 180 horses, and I'm Read More 8 Likes
A few flying hours with my shoulder harness off, and the keyboard warriors keep pulling me up on it. A Delta flight from LAX to Orlando finally made me think twice about seatbelts, old habits, and the day I went Read More 3 Likes
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