This one still makes me a lkittle uncomfortable to watch.
A near miss on final is exactly what it sounds like. Another aircraft where it shouldn't be. A moment where the margin gets smaller than you'd like. And the slightly sick feeling afterwards when you realise what just happened. Looking back it doesnt seem to be as bad as it felt at the time. but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
I've posted a lot of content about mistakes and things going wrong. That's kind of the point of my channel. But this one is different. Most mistakes are about technique or judgement calls in the cockpit. This one is a reminder that the sky isn't just yours.
Elstree is a busy airfield. Circuit discipline matters. Radio calls matter. Awareness matters. And even when you're doing everything right, you're sharing the airspace with other people who may not be.
What I'd say to any student pilot watching this is simple. Keep your head out of the cockpit as much as possible, especially in the circuit. The instruments will wait. The aircraft that just turned final without a radio call won't.
I'm not an instructor and this isn't instruction. It's just a moment I caught on camera that serves as a reminder of why we don't switch off until the aircraft is parked and the engine is stopped.
