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Unable to negotiate LTMA
It happened again! One of the quirks of the UK ATC system. We were too low and on the wrong route back to the London FIR, which meant we could not negotiate…
05/08/2022April Showers
With a convergence line forming between the Dover Strait and Le Mans, we had to navigate around Cumulonimbus to get to France. This IFR flight was aided by the Golze ADL200 allowing…
22/07/2022Leaving Rotterdam for the UK
After a few hours in the city of Rotterdam, it was now time to fly back to the UK and leave this wonderful busy port city behind. Within an hour in the…
15/07/2022Rotterdam for Lunch
The benefits of the instrument rating coming to fruition with an IFR trip to the Netherlands for a spot of lunch, as we fly airways to Rotterdam across the North Sea in…
08/07/2022It’s like a new aeroplane
After 10 weeks of waiting, the aircraft finally came out of the paint shop and it looked like a brand new aeroplane. It was good to get airborne again and fly back…
01/07/2022London denied our join
I finally met the quirks of the UK ATC system. We were too low and in the wrong routing back to the London FIR which meant we would leave controlled airspace and…
24/06/2022We picked up ICE!
After a month of waiting, it was finally time to fly the aircraft to Belgium for an avionics software upgrade. With the temperatures being well below freezing, this was a challenge as…
19/06/2022Easy IFR Airways
A quick, but beautiful IFR Airways flight back to London in what was the final flight of 2021. The morning flight was a challenge, so this was a breath of fresh (cold…
08/05/2022Flying IFR with ICING RISK
Flying IFR in winter isn’t without risk, and weather avoidance makes it even more challenging. With an early left turn out of the airways system, due to CBs and severe icing risk.…
29/04/2022IFR Currency (Part 2)
Part 2 – An intense day with the final two IFR flights in the UK Airways system, culminating in an NDB DME approach into Oxford and a quick blast across the London…
24/04/2022
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