Welcome to The Flying VLOG

I started out flying when I was just 16 years old, and some 11 years later I am now sharing videos weekly in the brand 'The Flying VLOG'. I will be showcasing my increased skills through Guidance Materials and the CB-IR to promote General Aviation Safety as a Pilot.

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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…
05/08/2022
April 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…
22/07/2022
Leaving 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…
15/07/2022
Rotterdam 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…
08/07/2022
It’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…
01/07/2022
London 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…
24/06/2022
We 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…
19/06/2022
Easy 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…
08/05/2022
Flying 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.…
29/04/2022
IFR 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