Shimoda Pilot

The path to achieving the goal of becoming an airline pilot is often referred to as 'the journey'. I think that this term - in this...

Time has seemingly warped. Somehow quite a few weeks have passed since I posted an update. Time flies when you’re having fun… and also...

Warts and all insight into a difficult two weeks for a commuting Airline Pilot during the Covid crisis.

I last wrote about winning and losing and the ebb and flow of those states. Interestingly, posting it seemed to precipitate a transition...

What it takes to be a Pilot in the modern era.

Facing home in the west but heading east. It’s early on Sunday morning, and I’m on an empty train weaving my way out of Austria. My route...

0655 Monday morning, Birmingham international departures lounge. I have an hour (ish) here before I set off for that sticky bench in...

We’ve come a long way since I last wrote (again). Back then we were suspended in a Mallorcan isolation. My family and I doing a modern...

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...