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...

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...

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....

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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;...