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We're always on the lookout for flying adventure features to inspire and entertain FLYER readers.

So, if you're planning, or have taken a trip, whether big or small, that you think other pilots would like to read about in FLYER , then drop me a...

Guys, I'm thinking Alesund, via Shetland. Very low or favourable winds permitting, it's a trip I quite fancy.

Anyone skipped over this route previously and any advice on either Shetland or Alesund (or nearby).

This weekend coming does look good...

I am thinking about heading to Donegal at the end of July, departing from Oxford, for a long weekend. Cessna 182. VFR. I would be with one non-pilot passenger, sensible chap, briefed on high probability of weather not cooperating and EasyJet on...

On my way down to Malta a few weeks ago, I decided to stop off for a couple of days on the beautiful island of Elba.

This 12 minute video is drawn from the flight into Elba from Cannes. We pick up the flight in the cruise approaching Corsica at...

Flying to Le Touquet from Stapleford for the night, with a reputation as the most elegant holiday resort of northern France, this chic French resort offers plenty to do, and it’s only 1 hours flight from London

We fly back the day after with some...

Ostend is a lovely destination, but on this occasion, the weather didn't play ball, and the only way in was IFR. Follow along on a drizzly IFR flight into this famous Belgian seaside resort.

Do subscribe to the channel and 'Like' the video if you...

After departing with a huge Thunderstorm over London, encountering lots of turbulence. As the flight progresses I discuss using three moving maps together for enhanced situational awareness as Pilot in Command. The two moving maps built into the...

An example video of how close things can get, but with a traffic service for me it makes it that bit safer.

Where possible I always use a Traffic Service outside controlled airspace, especially when I venture in and out of clouds.

At this risk of a slight overload, for those that enjoyed yesterday's video of a VFR flight to Le Touquet, here is the return, flown IFR on the afternoon of the same day.

You'll hear the full IFR Clearance Delivery process, the departure and...

Although it has been done many times before in many ways, here is my contribution to the many videos showing a VFR flight from Cambridge into Le Touquet.

I hope you enjoy it!

Spent last night in Lille, a quick night stop in our C182. A revelation on how to run a busy public transport airfield. Larger than Southampton or Norwich for instance, but no PPR or yellow jackets required. Efficient ATC fitting in GA with airline...

The latest in my sporadic collection of video logs. This one tells the tale of an IFR flight on a bright but windy December day through the London TMA from Cambridge to Southampton.

I hope you enjoy it!

The result of a quick 10-minute sketch with MS Paint to record the path of most of the flights I have undertaken over the past 5 years. Includes Scotland, Cornwall, and the north coast of France.

Just looking for ideas for where to go next, that I...

Holmbeck preparation
First job was to get all this

Into this

As you can see the windsock needs repairing, clearly not working!

Holmbeck to Deauville
I filed a flight plan at FL70
VFR Holmbeck to HEN (Henton)
Then IFR to MID (Midhurst)...

This was a day trip to Ibiza, there was even time for a swim. Let me know what you think.

Cheers, safe flying.

Hi Everyone, sharing this video of a flight along the Valencia south coast (Spain).

Enjoy.

One airplane, one pilot, lots of planning, severe storm winds, fog and heavy rain, 3 lads and a Cornish Pasty. What a trip, and what a weekend. The idea to fly to Newquay came about late April, early May shortly after I completed the differences...

I just finished writing up my recent trip to British Columbia.

A bit long but quite pretty.

Part of a flight from Venice/Lido to Dorset UK in Robin Aiglon G-BIRT on 9 April 2019. From Laggo Maggiorein Italy, through the Alps over the Simplon Pass into Switzerland, over Sion airfield to Lake Geneva. Spectacular...

Some may remember that I was obliged to leave my Taylorcraft in Oregon during a US tour last September , due to a small technical issue. This month saw the repairs complete (major overhaul of the engine) so here I am to take it back to its home in...

An exciting flight across one of London's busiest airports. Have to love technology - I would be interested to see how it's done the other side.

Here's the practical flying side of the Airspace User Portal. Under the former system for general...

At 0851 today, my flying partner departed the strip in our Jodel on the first leg of Flight2Hope ,

The flight shall be an integral part of a sculpture that I have created in Jerusalem for the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group. The brief...

My latest video. A family outing to Calais last Friday, with a visit to the newly reopened restaurant!

I would welcome any recent experience of this airport.
Need to make a VFR flight direct from UK this Saturday.

This is a trip report of a Robin DR401 flying Elstree—Troyes—Darois—Ajaccio—Elba and back:

I originally posted it as a pdf in 2016, but it is now converted to a web page so as to make it more accessible.

I few months ago I came across - what I think - is a really nice flying destination in France. It has a IIRC biggish country house with a small runway next to it. Unfortunately I was daft enough to not save the site as a favorite and doing a simple...

This is a trip report of Jennie and I flying our Robin DR401 155 CDI Elstree—Bale-Mulhouse—Cannes—Vrsar in Croatia—Venice Lido—Dijon Darois—Elstree:

My latest video offering. This time, a VFR flight into Humberside airport last weekend. Enjoy!

Having not flown since early January, it was time to check if I was legal to fly. PART-FCL and the 90 day rule applies. Here is a quick insight into what I did before those all important 90 days have lapsed. To confuse matters even more, the...

Not a trip report, but advice please.
A visit to Glenforsa is on my bucket list.
Base airfield to Carlisle for aircraft and body refuel, no problem.
I am assuming very high probability of of cloudbase precluding any direct routing.
My aim is to...

This video contains all the communications along the route. A 4hr flight, mostly FL100, in the Eurocontrol system, edited down to 25 mins.

I'm in need of something to punctuate my days in the office, and to assist my day-dreaming before the next big adventure kicks off. So, I figured I'd write up my 2013 African flight for the forum, as I did with the recent Alaska trip. Hopefully...

In this month’s mag Russell Myles flies his Sling from Scotland to Sweden.

Setting aside for the moment his huge dogleg (I think I might have just flown direct from Newcastle to Sweden) he seemed to raise VFR Flight plans for every single leg. Is...

It's annual time for N101DW, so I've put together this short video counting down our top 10 most frequently visited destinations since the previous annual.

I wonder how many of your favourites are on the list...

A report put together by myself and flying friend Mike Blake following an amazing week last summer. Visit was to attend the Gothenburg aero clubs 100th anniversary open day held over a weekend in June, we arrived via Stockholm having first visited...

:D A great fly in well attended on the Saturday despite the poor visibility, however, this didn't stop International Rescue making an appearance in Thunderbird 2.

Having recently just flown into Norwich for some IFR practice. It was time to take the aircraft for another spin, this time a short hop around the M25 for London Biggin Hill Airport.

Having had a discussion with my friend who would act as a...

For those who want to see what it was like flying down to Cambridge from Glasgow during the aftermath of Storm Erik yesterday...

It was an opportunity to get a flight in my logbook on the 1st of January. What better way to spend the day than flying. It was Winter so the majority of my flying would likely be in scud, but with the icing level so low It was a lot of careful...

For an inside look at what it was like flying into Cannes last week, here is my latest video.

Having wanted to try this little "shortcut" for a while, finally did it at the weekend.

Fairoaks were very helpful in arranging with Heathrow whilst on the ground and was pretty much zero RT on Heathrow Radar, making an interesting change...

Here's a new trip writeup on a recent trip to Elba and the subsequent trip to Greece, going as far as the tiny island of Kastelorizo

The videos still need to be done; that will take me some days :)

Most of it was done under IFR, with a couple...

I guess this is stretching the definition of a trip report slightly, but hopefully the attached short video will entertain!

In 2018 I flew 23 hours across 1900 miles. It's been a hugely tough year personally, but it's not enough to shadow the love for flight despite a 6 month sabbatical due to financial reasons.

Visiting Southend

ILS approaches and good...

Flew my PA28-181 from Barbados to St Martin (the French side).

It is a little over 440 miles in a single leg.

The trip was to get the annual done - it is being done on St Barts but I do not have the endorsement to land there, so it was picked up...

The New Dutch Waterline is a defence line that spans 53 miles. The line starts at Muiden and ends at the Biesbosch and is 2 to 3 miles wide. It consists of 45 forts, 6 fortified towns, 2 castles, 85 machine gun casemates, over 700 concrete troop...

Pre-Flight -

I've flown all across the world as crew and some of my most notable experiences of turbulence have put me off, such as Houston with 64,000ft Thunderstorms, weather across the ITCZ to South Africa, flying across the notorious Bay of...

Hi all, ( hopefully right forum )

Planning a trip to the states next March. I've applied for verification of foreign licence via the FAA.

I've had a browse on the internet but looking for any real world experiences with rental schools and what...

I’m late in producing this trip report which was last November 2017, when poor flying weather in the USA really is like UK flying! Fog, low cloud, more fog and poor viz.

A planned VFR boys autumnal flying trip to the Florida Keys requires there...

I have copied some recent videos from Vimeo to Youtube.

There is a noticeable drop in quality but YT has many more users...