Maintaining IFR Currency
As I approached the first winter with an Instrument Rating, flying without a FIKI aircraft, flight into know icing I began to plan to maintain my IFR currency. With the approaching months…
17/04/2022Perfect Timing – IFR Airways
Fresh from 6 months of flying using the Instrument Rating, another perfectly timed IFR flight into Stapleford. This time in the Airways system. Stapleford has no Instrument landings, so the only realistic…
01/04/2022Revisiting Gloucester
After an amazing weekend in Germany, I take the aircraft back to Gloucester for the RNP approach with my former flight Instructor. The London TMA was very busy as we departed, with…
13/03/2022Busy Dusseldorf – IFR
After two nights’ stay in the seventh-largest city in Germany, we fly back from its third-busiest airport, Düsseldorf. This IFR flight back wasn’t without its challenges. I speak about these challenges, before…
11/02/2022First International IFR
A busy international IFR flight across Europe in the airways from London to Dusseldorf in the midst of a return of air travel demand. The flight includes departure from Stapleford, climbing through…
22/01/2022Convective Icing Challenge
The first real challenge of Pilot-in-Command IFR that I have experienced. Rare northwesterly winds in September provide convective weather and low-level icing risk to challenge my newly honed IFR skills. But, maybe…
19/12/2021Busy Morning in the LTMA
Before COVID-19 the London TMA, the airspace situated in the South East of England was by far one of the busiest in the world. With travel restrictions slowly easing, this congested airspace…
05/12/2021AERODROME IS NOW CLOSING!
Doing what the Instrument Rating was designed for, going places, and what better place to do the first night stop; Liverpool. But planning the flight wasn’t easy. After a few days worth…
14/11/2021Return from Doncaster
After a frustrating departure that takes us NNW, we quickly navigate the busy arrival steam into EMA/BHX before asking for a rather cheeky shortcut. The flight finishes off with a beautiful cloud-surfing/sunset…
31/10/2021IFR for Whitby’s
TA short IFR Airways flight to Doncaster Sheffield for some Whitby’s Fish & Chips. The London TMA is getting busier and busier. We conduct an ILS/DME onto Runway 20 into DSA/EGCN after…
17/10/2021
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