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Spot the Cessna.The CAA has opened a consultation on making electronic conspicuity mandatory bel....
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Spot the Cessna.
The CAA has opened a consultation on making electronic conspicuity mandatory below FL100. Every aircraft transmitting, and the owner buys the box.
I spent a happy hour working out what it would cost me, then read the SkyEcho manual Read More
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The webinar I expected to hate.Hottest day of the year, KK tied down on her pad because she's a ....
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The webinar I expected to hate.
Hottest day of the year, KK tied down on her pad because she's a flying greenhouse, and me signing up for an hour of what looked like death by PowerPoint. And for the first stretch, Read More 1 Comments
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I've had a lot to say about pilot medicals lately, then quietly took the soft option and dropped....
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I've had a lot to say about pilot medicals lately, then quietly took the soft option and dropped to a PMD. So I stopped preaching and booked the Class 2. Wired up to the machine that goes beep, poked, prodded, Read More
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Back in the land of the Class 2 Medical thanks to great service from the flying Medicine team in....
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Back in the land of the Class 2 Medical thanks to great service from the flying Medicine team in Watford. Highly Recommended!! @flyingmedicine #class2medical #pilotmedical 1 Comments
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Well, this landed. Meet the Moxy.It's a carbon monoxide detector, but not the sort I've had ratt....
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whiskeyalphapilot
Well, this landed. Meet the Moxy.
It's a carbon monoxide detector, but not the sort I've had rattling loose around KK's cockpit for years. This one patches straight into my headset. So if CO starts creeping in, it doesn't beep politely Read More
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Sometimes the debrief is just: yay. Woo-hoo. I enjoyed that, and that landing was nice for me. O....
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Sometimes the debrief is just: yay. Woo-hoo. I enjoyed that, and that landing was nice for me. Only a little off the centreline. If you were landing in Luton. First solo in ages and back on the ground grinning. ✈️
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First time in the plane on my own for a good while. Master switch on, breakers in, everything sp....
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First time in the plane on my own for a good while. Master switch on, breakers in, everything spinning up nicely, and that familiar flutter of nerves that never quite goes away. No instructor, no passenger, just me and KK. Read More
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Short solo bimble to Silverstone and back, and I'll spare you most of it. The bit you actually w....
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whiskeyalphapilot
Short solo bimble to Silverstone and back, and I'll spare you most of it. The bit you actually want is the bit I want too: do I crash the plane? What do I get wrong? I'm still rusty, so there's Read More
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First words back on the ground after my first solo in I don't even know how long: please tell me....
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First words back on the ground after my first solo in I don't even know how long: please tell me that was recording. Spoiler, my shiny new recorder had other ideas. The cameras saved it. I was buzzing anyway. Rusty, Read More
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I asked for a MATZ penetration and the internet had opinions.
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I asked for a MATZ penetration and the internet had opinions. "You don't have to ask," they said. True. But I'd sooner have a quick word with the folk who own the fast jets and the guns than turn up Read More
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For the record, the man in the right seat is NOT my instructor. He just sighs like one. Flew our....
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For the record, the man in the right seat is NOT my instructor. He just sighs like one. Flew our 172 home from Kemble two-up, and it turns out everything's easier when someone else can hold the chart, mind the Read More
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Perfect blue sky, gentle wind, flying mojo at full song. And I left KK on the ground.You might h....
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Perfect blue sky, gentle wind, flying mojo at full song. And I left KK on the ground.
You might have noticed it is a 'Red heat' warning today in the UK, 35C, density altitude near 2,800ft. Sometimes the real lesson is Read More 1 Comments
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Right, there's no grown-up way to put this. On the flight home from Kemble I spent a good while ....
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Right, there's no grown-up way to put this. On the flight home from Kemble I spent a good while asking a nice military gentlemen for penetration. MATZ penetration. It's a genuine radio call, I promise, and Brize and Benson have Read More
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We don't talk about Kemble. So naturally I've gone and written a whole review about it. ✈️Ta....
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We don't talk about Kemble. So naturally I've gone and written a whole review about it. ✈️
Taxi a little Cessna past rows of retired 747s and your sense of scale goes funny. A Red Arrows Gnat by the cafe, a Read More
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Connor ran me through the priorities before we even left the ground. Issue before rotation? Cut ....
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whiskeyalphapilot
Connor ran me through the priorities before we even left the ground. Issue before rotation? Cut power, brakes. Issue but not an emergency airborne? Keep flying, do a circuit, sort it on the ground. Engine issue after takeoff? 30 degrees Read More
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"Looking a lot slimmer! Congrats." Someone dropped that in my YouTube comments, on a video that had nothing to do with weight. Kind words. Also the start of a rabbit hole.
So here's the long version. What being a heavier pilot Read More
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I had the speed. I thought I could stretch it. Connor put me straight. Extra knots don't transla....
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I had the speed. I thought I could stretch it. Connor put me straight. Extra knots don't translate into extra distance the way the brain wants them to. If anything, holding onto speed past best glide costs you more than Read More
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Partial power failure scenario. Connor's point landed: just because some power's left, doesn't m....
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Partial power failure scenario. Connor's point landed: just because some power's left, doesn't mean it's staying. Treat it like it'll fail completely any second. Find an into-wind field, commit, and glide. Don't bargain with an engine that's already told you Read More
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Five years ago today I flew an aeroplane on my own for the first time. One circuit of Elstree in....
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whiskeyalphapilot
Five years ago today I flew an aeroplane on my own for the first time. One circuit of Elstree in G-KIKI, fifteen minutes in the book, and the loudest empty seat I've ever heard. James got me there, Ivan checked Read More
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Second circuit. Something settled. Connor called it: reading the situation better, adjusting as ....
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whiskeyalphapilot
Second circuit. Something settled. Connor called it: reading the situation better, adjusting as it changed, being patient with her on the flare. After the rust of being out of the seat, hearing "much more controlled" was the small win I Read More
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The impossible turn. Every student hears about it. Connor's version was blunt and I liked it. Pe....
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The impossible turn. Every student hears about it. Connor's version was blunt and I liked it. People say they'll get back to the runway from low altitude. They won't. Pick a field roughly ahead, 30 degrees either side, and fly Read More
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Went for lunch at the Aerodrome Cafe yesterday and couldn't get near a table. Took me a minute t....
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Went for lunch at the Aerodrome Cafe yesterday and couldn't get near a table. Took me a minute to work out why. The national press has only gone and discovered the little cafe at the end of my runway.
This is Read More
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PFL drill with Connor. The engine
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PFL drill with Connor. The engine "goes" and the brain has to do five things at once. 73 knots. Trim. Where's the wind from. Pick a field. Mayday. Fuel checks. All while the ground keeps getting closer. First time back Read More 1 Comments
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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. ✈️
#StudentPilot #PPL #LearningToFly #FlightInstruction #GeneralAviation
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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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whiskeyalphapilot
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.
Sorry chemtrail folks. Just Read More
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A neighbourhood in Seattle got helicopter landings restricted at a children's hospital. Twenty e....
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whiskeyalphapilot
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?
New on the Touch and Go Logbook. Link in bio. ✈️
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