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Pilot Toys - What Not to Buy

All Pilots love toys and gadgets, So here are a few review and tips in relation to products I use flying. None of them are sponsored, so I get to say exactly what I feel. 

Bose A20 aircraft Headphones
Bose A20 Headphones

Every student pilot hears the same advice on day one. I even give the same advice now. Don't buy anything until you've got your licence or you really NEED it. Borrow, rent, use the school's kit. Wait and see if you actually stick with it.

It's good advice.... and I totally ignored it.

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Read more: Bose A20 Long-Term Review: Is £1,000 for a Headset Actually Worth It?

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Hottest May day on record, and I spent it in a portacabin with no aircon, having a chat with the....
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Hottest May day on record, and I spent it in a portacabin with no aircon, having a chat with the CAA. 1,119 airspace infringements in the UK last year, and no such thing as a little bust. New on the Read More 1 Comments
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If the recovery needs a crane, you didn't recover. You crashed. Best thing I said all day, and i....
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If the recovery needs a crane, you didn't recover. You crashed. Best thing I said all day, and it was an own goal. ✈️
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Look mum, no instructor. First proper solo in a while, just me and KK up to Silverstone and back....
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Look mum, no instructor. First proper solo in a while, just me and KK up to Silverstone and back. I won't pretend it all went to plan. The mistakes are in there if you look. Stick around for the landing, Read More
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Léon Ellison was one of my electronics tutors at university. A genius and a gentleman, in that ....
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Léon Ellison was one of my electronics tutors at university. A genius and a gentleman, in that order and both completely. The kind of teacher who made hard things feel reachable.
He died in 2024. I only learned this week what Read More
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Three forced landings on my first flight back. ✈️Months on the ground. One instructor (Conno....
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Three forced landings on my first flight back. ✈️
Months on the ground. One instructor (Connor) with a hand on the throttle. Turns out rust is a measurable thing.
Full vlog up now. Link in bio.
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Back in the air today. First time with no passengers this year. KK was behaved as always, the to....
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Back in the air today. First time with no passengers this year. KK was behaved as always, the tower briefly forgot who I was, blood pressure recovered, and apparently I made some contrails on the way home.
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A neighbourhood in Seattle got helicopter landings restricted at a children's hospital. Twenty e....
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A neighbourhood in Seattle got helicopter landings restricted at a children's hospital. Twenty extra minutes by ambulance. Apparently the noise was the problem.
So let's ban hospitals next, shall we?
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Today on the blog: before KK, there was R2-TK. ✈️Seven years of trooping with the 501st, thr....
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Today on the blog: before KK, there was R2-TK. ✈️
Seven years of trooping with the 501st, three costumes, one screen-accurate astromech, a few stories I won't forget in a hurry. GOSH. The BFI. Farnborough. North Weald with EHAAT.
Then flying happened.
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Happy Star Wars Day from KK and R2-TK. ✈️Before I learned to fly, weekends were R2 builds & ....
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Happy Star Wars Day from KK and R2-TK. ✈️
Before I learned to fly, weekends were R2 builds & trooping with the 501st UK Garrison. Caz and I took R2-TK onto the airfield at Elstree. He was looking for a spare Read More 1 Comments
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BA have banned filming cabin crew and other passengers without consent. Good. As a PPL holder wh....
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BA have banned filming cabin crew and other passengers without consent. Good. As a PPL holder who vlogs his flying, here's the code I already follow. I always ask instructors. One said no. I didn't ask why. Full post on Read More
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