The Flying VLOG
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Me and Zurich: Love at first flight...
1 week ago | [YT] | 6
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The first big trip of 2026 seems like ages ago. Looking forward to the next one.
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 4
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Holding an Instrument Rating is one thing. Staying sharp through a British winter is another. Long gaps, poor weather and plenty of rust can leave you current on paper, but not quite current in the air. So I headed to Southend to brush off the cobwebs with some real IFR work, vectors, and ILS. The weather wasn’t dramatic. The rust was.
3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1
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Which of these flights would have stressed you the most?
1 month ago | [YT] | 1
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This Summer has been Prague-tically perfect in every way. 3 trips planned, 3 successfully flown. 3892nm nautical miles.
1 month ago | [YT] | 8
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Last week we covered the process of flying into a big airport and all the costs; this video picks up right where that left off. Real GA flying into and out of a major international airport, complete with ATC surprises and a slightly odd departure clearance.
2 months ago | [YT] | 1
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Heading to Zurich next. Basel on backup if slots don’t work out. Last visit in 2023, I landed on Runway 14... what a fun, busy airport! Can’t wait. Weather + plans updates coming.
2 months ago | [YT] | 6
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IR Revalidation yesterday. It never gets old. That feeling of earning what many call aviation’s toughest rating still hits just as hard today. Grateful every time I fly the needles.
2 months ago | [YT] | 7
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Flew into busy, hot Vienna yesterday, 34°C. Number 5 for the ILS on Runway 34, sandwiched between an Air France ahead and an Austrian A320 behind who was wondering why he was catching us up. Some decent thermals on the approach, otherwise smooth.
Austria & Vienna LOWW to the logbook.
3 months ago | [YT] | 6
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Been a busy time lately, haven’t posted about flying for a few weeks. Thursday, I’m planning to fly direct from Stapleford to Vienna, IFR, for the Austrian Grand Prix. It’s a decent leg at 700nm, but with hardly any wind in the DA40 with the long-range tanks, it should be very doable. In terms of range, with these power settings and my usual climb to cruise, I normally fly at FL130-FL160 in Europe, better routings and usually nicer weather up there. It’s summer, though, so the whole airspace is full of convection and CBs. For fuel planning on NCO ops, I use a rough rule of thumb: 5% contingency, 45 minutes final reserve, plus 30 minutes for an alternate. If the forecast looks worse with strong CBs around, we’ll probably just drop into Paderborn or Nuremberg for fuel, whichever is easiest on the day. That’s the general plan anyway.
The plan is to fly back on Monday. A few days later, I’ve got my IR revalidation, it expires at the end of July, so I’m getting it done early because the weather always likes to get in the way. Then the week after that, it’s another short trip to Zurich, my third attempt this year, thanks to CAT A slot restrictions. Stay tuned for updates!
3 months ago | [YT] | 6
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