20 seconds from bust
I think I suffered from pilot complacency when taking a short flight from Redhill to North Weald.
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Flying Redhill to Rotterdam
I fly my son to Rotterdam during his school half-term.
Instrument training
I have to revalidate my restricted instrument rating every 25 months with a flight test. As I approached the deadline for my test, I took a flight with an instructor to brush up on some rusty skills.
Flying from the UK to the Netherlands
Watch as I encounter Poor visibility on a crossing of the English Channel, a wake turbulence warning near Amsterdam, and parachutists on landing.
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Behind the scenes at Farnborough Radar (LARS)
In August 2017 I was invited by NATS to film a piece about their Lower Airspace Radar Unit at Farnborough Airport. It provides services to aircraft flying around London’s main airports up to FL100.
About me
About Jon Hunt
Jon Hunt is a BBC regional TV news reporter, and private pilot based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK. A video journalist, Jon films, scripts and edits much of his own material, as well as reporting live from location.
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