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. New Read More 1 Comments
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
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 6 Likes
Everyone's panicking about AI writing their emails. Meanwhile over in Japan JAL is putting actual humanoid robots on the ramp at Haneda Airport for the next two years. Loading bags. Handling cargo. Robots are taking over. Even more efficient ways of Read More 3 Likes
Bose still doesn't make pink A20s. Caz has opinions. ✈️ I bought a £1,000 headset as a nervous student pilot. Years later, still flying with them. Was it worth it? Long-term review now up. The case for splashing out, the scam warnings, Read More 3 Likes
Aero 2026 has now ended. In 2023 I flew there in KK and walked the show floor. Incredible GA content and a Zeppelin flying overhead. Link in Bio ✈️ #WhiskeyAlphaPilot #AeroFriedrichshafen 4 Likes
So apparently I get grief for having a GoPro in my C172 doing circuits at Elstree. Turns out a South Korean fighter pilot caused a mid-air collision between two F-15Ks in 2021 because he was taking selfies on his final Read More 1 Comments
#throwbackthursday and what a throwback. Aero Friedrichshafen 2026 is on right now and it's taking me back to 2023 when we flew our 1977 Cessna 172 all the way there from Elstree. The French military got involved. It was quite Read More 6 Likes
She's back. KK has just come home after a full annual and honestly, she's looking like the prettiest 172 at Elstree right now. Now to actually get back in her. ✈️ #WhiskeyAlphaPilot #WAP #LearningToFly #Cessna172 #EGTR #ElstreeAerodrome #PPL #PilotLife #GeneralAviation Read More 1 Comments
I saw Top Gun at the cinema 30 times when it first came out in 1986. Thirty. Times. I was obsessed. Not just with the film, but with the idea that someone like me could one day actually fly. Obviously Read More 7 Likes
