How to Push Your Boundaries as a Pilot
When you imagined becoming a pilot, what did you see it being like to have a pilot’s licence? Did you imagine being out flying every week, or even every day? Could you see yourself...
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5 Easy Overseas Airfields to Fly to From Mainland UK
Being an island nation, those of us in mainland UK are surrounded by easy opportunities to try an overseas flight. If you’re in another country, you can disregard this article! Flying overseas brings a...
Thomas Cook Airlines Celebrates Women’s Day – New Scholarship for Female Pilots
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2018 in style, UK carrier Thomas Cook Airlines has operated an all-female crew on one of its flights today, and is also launching a new scholarship for future female pilots....
First Flight of 2018 – Trip Report – Durham Tees Valley to Humberside
The weather so far in 2018 has been awful for flying. If it’s not snow and cloud it’s strong and gusty winds, or ground fog. I’ve barely done any flying, and we’re in February...
The Most Common Take-off Mistakes Pilots Make
How do you find your take-offs? Is it something you mastered straight away, or do you consider it the necessary evil you must endure in order to endure flying. It’s common to assume that...
Flying Acronyms and their Meanings
Here’s a handy guide to many of the acronyms you’ll hear and use while flying. For the learner pilot it can be overwhelming to try and get your head around them, so hopefully this...
14 YouTube Channels Every Pilot Should Follow
One of the best ways any private pilot or student pilot can learn and find inspiration is through YouTube. Thankfully now that action cameras are so common among pilots, we have a world of...
6 Ways to Fly More in 2018
How was your flying in 2017? Did you fly as much as you wanted? Did you visit the airfields that were on your bucket list? Did you complete your training, or undertake the...
5 Amazing Idaho Back Country Flying Videos
Pilots flying in certain parts of the world are a breed apart. They know their aircraft well, and know how to operate in harsh back country flying terrain (and the weather that often accompanies...
6 Negatives to Learning to Fly in Florida
In our previous post (you can read it here) I looked at 6 reasons to learn to fly in Florida, and all the benefits that come with it. I’m writing this as a British...
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