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Blimey! That's beautiful.

Do you ever do any work?

Peter :wink:

It all started a couple of months ago... a private message from Greeners (flyguy) asking if I wanted to help out Ultimate High with a marketing video they were going to make... Hell yes was my reply!

So I pitched up at Kemble at 9am this morning...

Having planned to visit Oshkosh this year, we decided at the last minute to try and rent an aircraft and fly ourselves there, having made contact with Pauwaukee Flyers at Chicago Executive they were willing to rent a Cessna150 to us for 5 days at...

Last weekend a group of like-minded aviators took to the skies in a failed attempt to get to Hoganas (Sweden) for an RV fly-in. I say failed, but that's a matter of opinion, because we ended up having a fantastic time in Ireland. And before you...

It all started more or less by accident. When Iceman pointed me at the recent Glenforsa flyout thread, the subsequent conversation went somewhat along the lines of "Oooh, I'd like to do that", "ok, when?", "Gulp! the 'plane...

Finally managed a couple of days over there with my son at Easter.

We went from Kemble to Haverfordwest through the cold front that was sitting north/south across Wales so IFR with TS from the nice folks at Cardiff. We landed in bright sunshine at...

OK, so with hindsight we could have taken a bit longer, however 3 days down, 2 days there and 2 days back was not too bad.

A couple of months at least in the planning as this was my first significant European journey, we spent lots of anxious...

I wanted to share the trip I had to the fly in at Breigton at the weekend. What a fantastic airfield it is!

I was looking for somewhere to go with my dad last Sunday. He’s my best passenger, and loves flying. Everything on the Spreading the Joy...

So, after a 6 month financially enforced rest from flying, I decide the best way to get back into the air was with an IFR trip to Jersey and back. Having never done a solo IFR flight since getting my IR in December, this was going to be an...

Mensanello is a private strip in Tuscany with an agriturismo. On Saturday there was a biplane Barnstomers gathering, with a free lunch for all participants.

Some photos.

The Big Willy

Biplano Giallo...

I was fortunate to find myself in Long Beach and wanted to do some flying. Several Forumites recommended Angel City Aviation, so I got in touch with them and they were happy to help. I turned up in the morning to spend about 40 minutes chatting with...

A couple of photos from this weekend's flying.

Saturday was south, down the west coast of Italy in a Partenavia P68B: LadyEagle had to maintain her MEP rating.

Southeast of Rome

Passing Capri

The P68 at Scalea, our destination. Scalea is a...

Last week, for the fifth year running, my club arranged the yearly summer club trip. Given that the dates have to be fixed well in advance, as we are flying the club's aircrafts, I think that's an achievement in itself given the unstable weather in...

Evening all,

Back at the beginning of April I planned to undertake my first solo Airways flight. Since gaining my FAA IR back in February I had been up on the airways once, although that was with a fellow forumite with a vast amount of airways...

Went for a gorgeous trip round the north of Scotland last week. We took loads of pictures, but I will only inflict a few of them on you.

We headed out from Full Sutton in Yorkshire on Tuesday afternoon. It was windy and cloudy when we left but it...

My local flying club always organises a club excursion around the July 14th Bastille day holiday. After many years of effort, the club CFI recently passed his English proficiency qualification. He went to the most lenient testing centre in France,...

Afternoon all,

Last week I was asked if I could go out to Prague on Tuesday, collect an N-registered Cirrus SR-22 Turbo, fly it back to the UK, then on to Aarhus in Denmark, and finally back to Prague. "Clear Prop" was my answer...

Well, alright then, not quite strip flying, but never the less, pretty interesting stuff up in the hills around the St Tropez airfield of La Mole and tricky enough that you are not allowed in unless you have been cleared by an authorised instructor...

Tomorrow morning I'm off for a week long bimble :D

Latina - Lecce - Araxos - Samos - Izimir - Cannakkale - Istanbul - Ankara - Antalya - Rodes - Kos - Megara - Araxos - Lecce - Latina.

Aeroplanes are a PA28 Turbo Arrow, a C182, C206 and 2 C172s...

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbite r has started sending back images from the moon showing details of flights made forty years ago including this one.

Stunning pics, I bet you really miss Blighty. :D

Last Thursday night I came home to an email looking for a lot to fly a K21 glider from Halton to Cranwell and back on Sunday - had a think - this needs doing that needs doing, Bloggs is coming to stay for the week to do his CPL exams - nice idea...

Well, I hadn't been to Glenforsa on the Isle of Mull since May 01 when we had a tour of Scotland in an Arrow IV with perfect blue skies the whole way. A return visit was long overdue, and when Keef and Andy R suggested a flyin of like-minded...

OK, so the magazine runs a two part series on flying the scaroplane abroad. What's to do but to benchmark the article as kids are on half term break, and the shackle at work has been released just sufficiently to slip ankle out with help of vast...

Had my first proper day's gliding for 14 years yesterday and Wow! what fun!!!

I last soloed a glider in 1989 and last flew one in 1995 (except for a passenger flight last week). Today I turned up at Parham in time to help pull out the gliders, and...

I have had a fairly rough start to the year spending about 8 weeks on crutches with a gammy knee. I have been off crutches for about a month now but not flying much as the vibration from the aircraft seems to route straight through the knee making...

I am planning a trip with 2 planes from Germany to UK.

Given that we have decent weather, we will start at the end of June for one week flying. I would like to follow the eastern coastline to the north until Scotland and then back perhaps via...

Last Friday I got a text asking if I was free on Sunday as there was the chance of a trip to Exeter and back in the right hand seat of a Citation CJ1+

So, I spent some considerable time thinking about this (measured in milliseconds) and texted back...

To see all the pictures go to and select the Arran folder

We went up to Arran fro Barton on Sunday 30th May to the BMAA rally/barbecue organised in a field in Arran. As the island isn't usually available to fly into this was a good excuse to...

Fantastic stuff, and some good photos. The Alps look a bit more intimidating than the North and South Downs!

I had been promising daughter a trip to visit grandparents and friends in Jersey for a while now, and, being the half term with Flybe charging double, I felt this would be as good a time as any for my first Channel Island trip.
Working through last...

Stopped over for a fish lunch on Saturday.

Punta Ala, mainland Italy just in front of the Island of Elba

800 metri grass, wide, 07/25 on the side of a hill, rwy 07 with 30mt high tension wires, rwy 25 with 10mt trees, 25 is in descent.

Looking at...

In February, ...commute directly into your place of work by air...

So last week I thought I'd give it a try.

Coventry doesn't open until 8am (according to the phone call the evening before), so at 5 minutes to eight I was hovering near the CT...

Evening All,

I'm currently out at Crystal River in Florida to undertake my FAA IR (& CPL if time permits!), and was wondering if it would be of any use to anyone if I were to recount the training I am given on here? Either way i'm just about...

Henham Wings and Wheels 2009 organised by the Halesworth Lions club.

Once again a glorious weather day dawned (not quite as warm as last year but still T shirt weather). John Hill did a superb job in organising and running this excellent fly in to...

Bank Holiday Monday saw the American Air Day at East Kirkby, good to see a large turn out of people at the event, sad to say somebody didn't order the sun, didn't stop my enjoyment however.

Yesterday I got my bum of the ground for the first time in about 3 months courtesy of of PeteL and G-EDGA.

A sporty wind played havoc with the best laid plans and we eventually settled on a potter across to Kemble.

Worringly I hadn't missed...

Long weekend started on Friday at 7 am, depositing LadyEagle at Rome Fiumicino airport.

Being an Italian CAA inspector she had to work, checking out a pre used 767 ferry flight being imported to Italy from the States. Terrible job :wink: It meant I...

We attended our first Comanche Fly-In at Jersey this weekend (1st-3rd May) and for once the weather was excellent on both the outbound and inbound legs!

The trip from the Midlands took 1hour 45mins and routed LIC, DTY, CPT, SAM, ORTAC, EGJJ.

There...

As always on April 25 I made the annual pilgramage to Castiglione del Lago where Italy's biggest fly in is held, officially starting the fun flying season.

As usual the weather wasn't very cooperative and it rained two days out of three. This...

Relocated to ATIS, posted in wrong place.

I took my brother flying a few months after getting my PPL... he's finally posted the edited video with his witty (?!) comments added! Only 21 months and 180 flying hours late! :roll:

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This was leg number 3 of a four day 7 leg trip. Leg 1 we had flown IFR to Liege so I could practice with my shiny new IR.

After visting the show at Friedrichshafen we wanted some aerial sight-seeing in the mountains. Downloading the VFR procedures...

You'll have noticed the countdown clock on the website, which is ticking down to a certain date and time.

It may or not be related to that clock, but the FLYER site will be unavailble over the coming weekend of 4th/5th April.

We look forward to...

Has anyone flown to Australia in a group A aircraft.

I would be interested in hearing the aircraft type and route.

And any useful tips or info.

Thanks

Mike

You may remember a short YouTube video I made almost a year ago (I posted it on the forum here ) from a tour in a 182 of some of the ports that the airline I work for flies to. I thought we'd give it another go... so I grabbed the same C182 and a...

Afternoon all,

As a way of laying to rest the demons, for want of a better phrase, after my engine failure on takeoff and subsequent forced landing on the 4th November 2008 I wrote down my recollection of the incident, as well as my thoughts as...

I mainly flew around in murk...

Today I may well do the same...

:roll:

I and another of the Charlie Charlie group members decided to attempt a channel crossing for the first time today. I know it probably seems everyday for many of you, but I'm still buzzing from the experience. It was a far from easy trip - the most...