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The WORST TIME for that to happen

Here’s your advert-free, early release of the next episode.  A problem on a night instrument approach!  This is the episode covering my VFR flight from Redhill to Sturgate and then the IFR flight from Sturgate to Aberdeen.   To view this content you need to be a member of The Flying Reporter Supporters’ Club. If you have an active membership, please sign in as follows; If you signed up to the Supporters’ Club through Patreon – log in there to view the content. If signed up through this website, you can sign in here. (Patreon logins do not work on this website and vice versa.) Not a member?  Join the Supporters’ Club now! Become a Club member now, and get access to bonus content, advert-free episodes, exclusive behind the scenes footage, and schedule a 1-1 zoom session with me.


My checklist saved me

Since flying IFR, my use of physical checklists has become routine.  For good reason.  There’s so much more that can go wrong and should it go wrong, the consequences can be severe.    To view this content you need to be a member of The Flying Reporter Supporters’ Club. If you have an active membership, please sign in as follows; If you signed up to the Supporters’ Club through Patreon – log in there to view the content. If signed up through this website, you can sign in here. (Patreon logins do not work on this website and vice versa.) Not a member?  Join the Supporters’ Club now! Become a Club member now, and get access to bonus content, advert-free episodes, exclusive behind the scenes footage, and schedule a 1-1 zoom session with me.


I slept in a Soviet-era airliner (and it has a jacuzzi!)

When I came across this unique hotel in the Netherlands, I knew I had to book in to stay here.   To view this content you need to be a member of The Flying Reporter Supporters’ Club. If you have an active membership, please sign in as follows; If you signed up to the Supporters’ Club through Patreon – log in there to view the content. If signed up through this website, you can sign in here. (Patreon logins do not work on this website and vice versa.) Not a member?  Join the Supporters’ Club now! Become a Club member now, and get access to bonus content, advert-free episodes, exclusive behind the scenes footage, and schedule a 1-1 zoom session with me.


I wasn’t taught how to deal with this.

As James, Bertie and I head home from our short break in Bournemouth, I face some challenges that I wasn’t specifically trained for.   To view this content you need to be a member of The Flying Reporter Supporters’ Club. If you have an active membership, please sign in as follows; If you signed up to the Supporters’ Club through Patreon – log in there to view the content. If signed up through this website, you can sign in here. (Patreon logins do not work on this website and vice versa.) Not a member?  Join the Supporters’ Club now! Become a Club member now, and get access to bonus content, advert-free episodes, exclusive behind the scenes footage, and schedule a 1-1 zoom session with me.


What a FAFF!

For the first time in a long time, Bertie and James joined me for a flight.  We took a few days away in Bournemouth to see my brother, sister-in-law and their children.    To view this content you need to be a member of The Flying Reporter Supporters’ Club. If you have an active membership, please sign in as follows; If you signed up to the Supporters’ Club through Patreon – log in there to view the content. If signed up through this website, you can sign in here. (Patreon logins do not work on this website and vice versa.) Not a member?  Join the Supporters’ Club now! Become a Club member now, and get access to bonus content, advert-free episodes, exclusive behind the scenes footage, and schedule a 1-1 zoom session with me.


The quirkiest touring aeroplane I’ve ever flown – advert free

For today’s Supporters’ Club video, it’s the next public video, being released to you ahead of time and advert free.  I fly the quirkiest aeroplane I’ve ever flown!   To view this content you need to be a member of The Flying Reporter Supporters’ Club. If you have an active membership, please sign in as follows; If you signed up to the Supporters’ Club through Patreon – log in there to view the content. If signed up through this website, you can sign in here. (Patreon logins do not work on this website and vice versa.) Not a member?  Join the Supporters’ Club now! Become a Club member now, and get access to bonus content, advert-free episodes, exclusive behind the scenes footage, and schedule a 1-1 zoom session with me.


This high altitude PA28 flight nearly landed me in serious trouble – advert free

I took to the skies of East Anglia to test my oxygen, India Victor’s high altitude performance and complete an engineering check of the aircraft’s critical altitude, but a lapse on my part nearly landed me in serious trouble!   To view this content you need to be a member of The Flying Reporter Supporters’ Club. If you have an active membership, please sign in as follows; If you signed up to the Supporters’ Club through Patreon – log in there to view the content. If signed up through this website, you can sign in here. (Patreon logins do not work on this website and vice versa.) Not a member?  Join the Supporters’ Club now! Become a Club member now, and get access to bonus content, advert-free episodes, exclusive behind the scenes footage, and schedule a 1-1 zoom session with me.


What I learnt from my first airways flight

Today’s video is the early release of my next public episode – it concerns my first solo IFR flight.    To view this content you need to be a member of The Flying Reporter Supporters’ Club. If you have an active membership, please sign in as follows; If you signed up to the Supporters’ Club through Patreon – log in there to view the content. If signed up through this website, you can sign in here. (Patreon logins do not work on this website and vice versa.) Not a member?  Join the Supporters’ Club now! Become a Club member now, and get access to bonus content, advert-free episodes, exclusive behind the scenes footage, and schedule a 1-1 zoom session with me.


Why everyone wants this new helicopter, even though it hasn’t even taken off yet! – Advert free

It is time to share with you my next public episode (ahead of general release and advert-free of course).   To view this content you need to be a member of The Flying Reporter Supporters’ Club. If you have an active membership, please sign in as follows; If you signed up to the Supporters’ Club through Patreon – log in there to view the content. If signed up through this website, you can sign in here. (Patreon logins do not work on this website and vice versa.) Not a member?  Join the Supporters’ Club now! Become a Club member now, and get access to bonus content, advert-free episodes, exclusive behind the scenes footage, and schedule a 1-1 zoom session with me.


The hardest test a pilot will take – advert free

After a year of training, it all came down to this flight!  I take my UK CAA Instrument Rating flight test.   To view this content you need to be a member of The Flying Reporter Supporters’ Club. If you have an active membership, please sign in as follows; If you signed up to the Supporters’ Club through Patreon – log in there to view the content. If signed up through this website, you can sign in here. (Patreon logins do not work on this website and vice versa.) Not a member?  Join the Supporters’ Club now! Become a Club member now, and get access to bonus content, advert-free episodes, exclusive behind the scenes footage, and schedule a 1-1 zoom session with me.