Shimoda Pilot

I am missing flying. Within the syllabus for a Pilots licence is the subject of slow flight. To be able to hang an aircraft in the air with minimal power is ...

Well this is overdue. I've clearly forgotten how to write but learned how to learn... Again. I'm writing because I'm taking a few days off from the ATPL cour...

Pretty sweet that sky, aye. As I turned east from M5 to M4 the morning sun's rays broke the horizon and painted the high stratus red. This dawn was an epic d...

It's 22:10. Five hours ago I was sat at my desk in my cycling get up, ready to bolt for the door. Bella is working tonight: when this is the case I like to l...

You’ve made one decision - it’s no doubt taken some time and careful deliberation - you’ve chosen the modular route. Well done, good choice. Bam! the next de...

Every Pilot remembers their first Solo - it is a pivotal moment in the history of each Aviators journey - Pilots are commonly asked, "how many hours when you...

Last year I would be running, watching the transatlantic traffic 36000ft above, imagining I was chasing my goal down. Now, every morning and evening I cycle ...

Easter Sunday is about as fitting a time to write this as any: in case it isn't obvious, I have just likened my return to blogging to the resurrection of Chr...

We have broken the surface! We are a blue whale gasping for air after a long time in the depths: the communication darkness of a world with no internet. In m...

Before the campaign started, you may remember me saying "No matter the success of this campaign, it'll lead to the next step on the adventure" Never In my wi...

Two is the number! Two days left! Thunderbird 2 (and its commander, Virgil) probably should take some responsibility for my flying obsession. By far my favou...

I'm going to start by apologising for the rather lengthy intermission between posts. If you have checked in over the last 2.5 weeks in anticipation of some q...

Yes, I even dance like a prize prune behind the wheel! I know that no-one like a gloater, but we've had a freakin marvellous weekend, during which I filmed t...

I was asked again today, by someone in the aviation industry, why I want to be a pilot and what type of pilot specifically. I replied briefly, "Because I abs...

I was up on that big ole site in the middle of nowhere again today: the site that's in one of my first YouTube videos. There's something in the air up there,...

After 10 days of the campaign I know for certain that I will be able to fly solo in the very near future! A massive moment in realising this ambition, a mome...

Well it's the end of day 2; if I wasnt blown away enough after yesterday, today I feel like I've just been hit by the blast from a GE 90 (the worlds most pow...

ITS LAUNCHED! Immediate feelings - I'm crapping it! Day 1 of 56. Lets get this baby rolling! My target for today is a 100 views on this video. It's all abou...

Well it's the eve of launch day. It has finally arrived, The moment when I bare my soul, swallow my pride and ask for help. I don't know if I can effectively...

As I get closer and closer to the launch of my funding campaign, I'm being asked, quite often, what if it fails? And my honest answer is; it can't fail. In t...