A Routine Inspection Leads to Propeller MaintenanceDuring my routine Daily Inspection (DI) on our C42C, I noticed a […]
Bitten by a Shark!Today, I had the remarkable opportunity to pilot the new Shark […]
Exploring the Skies and Scenic Marvels of San Agustín and moreHave you ever dreamt of soaring high above the world, embracing a […]
Diverse Skies: Embracing the Cessna 150 ExperienceToday I took a Cessna 150 out for a solo spin! Now, I’ve got […]
Soaring to New Heights: My Journey as a Microlight Flying InstructorIntroduction: Welcome to Get Your Wings, it’s been far too long since […]
Calculating an estimated cloud baseI was recently asked by a student “how high are the […]
View from the Other Side of the TableI have been instructing on Microlights for some time now, and for […]
Triangle of velocity – Explainer VideoMy first attempt at an explainer video, let me know what you think […]
Strip Flying Skills Diploma, The most fun I have had with my clothes on!As an FI(R) at Cambridgeshire Microlights school at Chatteris, I was […]
Post lockdown engine blues, Rotax SMD ignition modulesOur Rotax 912UL has never started as well as it does now, but that […]
Stratux EU or Pilotaware?Back on 08th Aug, 2015 Stratux made its debut and it wasn’t […]
Europa XS – The story of recovering a poor abandoned Europa part 3 (She flies)Our Europa, she flies! The wings were on and all we need to do was to […]
Europa XS – The story of recovering a poor abandoned Europa part 2We left the story with our elevators and rudder sadly in the Europa […]
Europa XS – The story of recovering a poor abandoned Europa part 1Part 1 of our adventure and endeavours to save a Europa XS left standing for 18 months... […]
Radio interference can come in many forms, this is the story of two sources and how we fixed them.Recently our group fitted a Pilotaware with external antennas and at […]
Ground plane sizing for radio, transponder and PilotAwareTransponder, radio and PilotAware antenna fitting in a non-metallic […]
Changing from Neuform to Kiev Propeller on an Ikarus C42A 912UL (80hp)This is a reflection of how I went about changing the propeller, it […]
The little things count too when doing a preflight check!Today we planned to fly to Le Touquet, but the weather had other […]
ROCC – AGCS training is FABThis weekend my friend Simon and I attended ROCC (Radio […]
Get Your Wings gets it’s BMAA Bronze and Silver Wings!At the last (and my first) instructors seminar (Feb 2019) Rob Mott […]
A very busy day at TurwestonA visit to Turweston I had been meaning to take my daughter flying […]
PilotAware and Skydemon the perfect VFR pairing?I had an exciting and varied day Sunday, first I taught lesson 7 from […]
What is EC or should I say Electronic Conspicuity or even ADS-B In and Out?What is EC or should I say Electronic Conspicuity or even ADS-B In […]
A trip to the Isle of Wight, SandownThe Isle of Wight was a trip I have long wanted to do and was also a […]
First channel crossing and visit to Le TouquetI had been wanting to fly an aircraft from the UK to another country […]
PilotAware Classic to RosettaBeing an I.T. person I like nice new shiny things so when PilotAware […]
Officially a Flying Instructor RestrictedI’m always total underwhelmed when I receive a CAA license, you put […]
Journey to becoming an flying instructor, Step 1 – Getting my AFI or as it is now called FI(R)Well it’s been a long time since I have blogged, for that I […]
A Cool part for my PilotAwareIf like me you have built yourself a PilotAware you will have noticed […]
Bang and mechanical failure late on final!Sunday was a fantastic day to go flying blue skies, cold air and very […]
Aviation First Aid and Fire TrainingThis weekend I did not fly and that would normally mean I don’t blog […]
Little Snoring and the 60th anniversary of the McAully Flying GroupToday we thought we would be brave and visit it a predominantly GA […]
First Visit to Brookfield Farm Strip & another test for PilotAware & SkyDemonThis Sunday Simon and I followed Colin and John over to Brookfield […]
SkyDemon, Pilotware and a trip to North CoatesI have been having reliability issues with my home built PilotAware […]
Set QFE in DashwareI was recently asked how I managed to change the altitude to QFE […]
Tomtom in the cockpit and it’s not for navigation!So my new toy has arrived as much as I would like either a Garmin […]
Aerobatics are not for me so how about flying without an engine?The Easter long weekend gave me an opportunity to go flying in a […]
uncertified GPS for ADS-B outSaturday 28th Jan 2017 was another non flying day due to the British […]
A quick blog about a short flight testing PilotAware with SkyDemonSo a great day to fly on Saturday, however our microlight was booked […]
Extra eyes in the sky with PilotAware and SkyDemonI have dipped in and out of the PilotAware project for over a year, […]
An amazing days flying to Weybourne or is it MuckleburghThe plan was to fly to Weybourne taking in a few sights on the way […]
Microlights to GA NPPL(SSEA)So it’s been a while things are mad in my work and home life […]
A Journey from Microlights to GAToday saw possible the start of the next chapter of my flying, […]
FRTOLIt’s been a while since i have posted and I plan to start […]
A flight from the wrong seat!A friend of mine is nearing his solo cross country exercises and we […]
Exercise 16b – Operation at minimum levelIts been a while since I have blogged due to having completed my […]
First flight with a passenger!I decided since gaining my licence not to blog re every flight, as […]
First flight as a qualified pilot!Almost 3 weeks beforehand I had taken my GST and passed yesterday […]
GST day so possibly my last blog as a student pilot!Sunday the 21st June saw me turn up at the airfield for another […]
Friday Solo navigation flight, Sunday GST revision, Monday arrange a bank loan!Flying is never cheap, but learning to fly in a microlight is good […]
It’s been a busy couple of daysSunday I went flying and had a double lesson and then on Monday I got […]
Flying on a Wednesday evening, who would have thought!I normally only go flying during the day and at the weekend, but as I […]
Fenland airfield gets Déjà vu!Low cloud 80% chance of rain and no cake at the club things were […]
Boston here I come ready or not!I woke early today around 4 am and found myself check the Met Office […]
Dual Cross country to Boston UKI got up this Sunday morning and planned my route to Boston and back […]
Short field Takeoff and LandingsShort field Takeoff and landings were the order of the day as it was […]
Too windy or not to windy that is the question!It seems that every day that I’m not down to fly is perfect flying […]
No Flaps!The weather forecast for today all week had been low winds with […]
A Busy Day At Chatteris!Light Wind and a cloud base of over 3,000ft today so all looked good […]
Side Slipping on glide approachesToday we had a low cloud base once again and an increasing wind! Mike […]
A Cold Front!Today my flying lesson was moved forward by 1 hour as the British […]
Practice Forced Landings (PFLs) with a different instructorAs there was no flying last week due to the weather so today was […]
Mock GST take 2!I arrived at the fly club to find a new C42 in the hanger (I wonder […]
Mock GSTI have never been great with exams or even mock exams come to that […]
It’s foggy, but not at the airfield!Its foggy outside as I walk my dog, I don’t hurry as there is no way […]
Triple FirstToday Sunday the 11 Jan 2015 was triple first for me as it was my […]
Training FixTwas the lesson before Christmas, when all through the hanger not a […]
A roller coaster of a ride!It had been 4 weeks since I last flew and I wondered how much I could […]
The BMAA Flying Show 2014This year the flying show was held at Telford which for me is further […]
Solo PracticeThe sun was shining and the overnight rain had stopped, the ground […]
Turning a Rotax engine backwardsI have always been told never to turn the Rotax engine in the wrong […]
Lesson 16A – Forced landings, constant aspect methodAs I set off for the airfield today there was no way I would be […]
Engine failures – GST revision Part 2 of X!GST revision Part 2 of X! i’m not sure how many parts my GST […]
GST Revision Exercise 17C Part 1Is it really October? The sun is shining the wind is almost […]
When two becomes one!It was a lovely day to fly at Chatteris on Sunday low wind, sun and […]
Local flying and few practice emergency landingsToday was solo to build my solo hours and practice some forced […]
To windy to fly today or was it! lesson 16BToday I went to the airfield fully expecting not to fly due to the […]
Navigation not so lostWell after last week I can say for the first time I was not really […]
One step forward two steps back!Well if the weather had been better the plan was for me to do a solo […]
Navigation to Boston Airfield and Triangle of velocitiesI arrived at Chatteris on what seemed a damp and grey day around an […]
Rain stops play and I’m not at Wimbledon!Not a lot to write about today sadly, I arrived early at the flying […]
Navigation and what does the map say!Today was looking good for my first proper navigation lesson; Mike […]
Parachutes everywhere!I was first to fly in G-CEGL on Saturday so I needed to “burp” the […]
Two weeks for the price of one!While I would love the title of this week’s blog to be the reflection […]
ApproBASE ReviewI got a tweet from this AviationLOGIC asking if I would review their […]
Forced landings from high altitudes EX16ASimon and I set of for our lessons together today, after leaving my […]
Lesson 15 today, Unusual and Dangerous AttitudesAnother nice day to fly, a bit bumpy and a little breezy at times, […]
Solo outside the circuit. Today the flying conditions were good!Today the flying conditions were good and this was confirmed by the […]
I’m leaving the circuit!Another fun day to fly with variable and gusty wind and some light […]
Finding my way in navigation!Not a good start to the day as far as flying goes; I normally book my […]
First Solo after more circuits and practice engine failuresI took a day off work today to have a double lesson of circuits, I […]
Round and round we go, not in the circuit but advanced turningSimon and I went over for our lessons together and only just made it […]
Runway 21 and the curse of the trees!There was no flying last week due to the wind, however I went to the […]
Let them eat cake, oh and a great day to fly and practice my landings!What a difference a week makes, last week too wet and windy this week […]
Grounded by the wind and how to take a strobe apart!“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that […]
Going backwards in the circuitAnother day in the circuit, I don’t mind spending week after week in […]
Web site hits new highThe blog hit a new high on Friday 24th Jan with 75 visitors in one […]
e-Go reaches significant point in its fundingOn the 11th December 2013 e-Go launched on www.SyndicateRoom.com to […]
Crosswind Circuits and Navigation ExamThis weekend I was at the club both Saturday and Sunday, Saturday was […]
Navigation master classSaturday the 4th Jan 2014 the first flight of the New Year; Earlier […]
Flap less takeoffs and landingsToday’s lesson was landing and taking off without flaps due to […]
Circuit Training with a twist – Engine Failure on take-offToday (8th December 2013) like the last few weeks was more circuit […]
BMAA Flying Show 2013My first visit to the “Flying Show” Simon and I decided to visit the […]
Meteorology ExamToday 1st December 2013 would have been a lovely day to have gone […]
Circuit Training ContinuesWell not long back from another lesson (24 November 2013), and a […]
Circuit Training16th November 2013, Today’s lesson we continued to fly the circuit as […]
CAA launch new portal for private pilotsNew information published on the 25th October 2013 on the Civil […]
e-Go takes to the skiesToday 30 October 2013 the new e-Go took to the skies above East […]
Little Gransden Air Show 201325th August 2013, a day I will remember for a long time, no it was […]
My next few lessonsMy next few lessons built on the things we covered in the first […]
First LessonThe day of my first microlight flight arrived (18 July 2013) so […]
My first visit to AAA MicrolightsAfter searching on the internet, ringing around and exchanging emails […]
Birthday Trial LessonFor my 50 birthday in 2013 I was bought a trial flying lesson as my […]
My first ever flight and why I love flyingMy first ever flight was a long time ago in a Cessna 152 from Booker […]