Behind the scenes at Southend Airport
In the final part of this series, I demonstrate the procedures and typical radiotelephony when operating from an aerodrome in controlled airspace in the UK.
20th November 2019
In the final part of this series, I demonstrate the procedures and typical radiotelephony when operating from an aerodrome in controlled airspace in the UK.
10th January 2014
Who is The Flying Reporter? Jon Hunt is private pilot and former BBC TV news reporter I started uploading flying videos on YouTube in 2014, as a way to share my travels and adventures with my friends and family. There was no post-production, little thought and the videos were long and somewhat boring. I had been watching YouTube pilots from the USA and Canada and while the content was great, I realised there was also a market for content tailored to a UK audience so I put my 30 year broadcasting experience to good use. The Flying Reporter channel was launched in December 2015 My original vision for the channel was to combine my journalistic skill and my private pilot license to go on journeys exploring sights and places of note, as well as interviewing interesting people who would join me in the cockpit of my PA28 share-o-plane. Until 2021 this was hard to achieve, because I was working as a BBC TV news reporter and parenting a lively adopted child. My son is still going strong I’m pleased to say, but in May 2021 I left the BBC after 30 years. This means I have more time to…
18th February 2021
My first lesson in a 1942 WW2 T6 Harvard at Earls Colne Airfield, Essex.
5th December 2020
I finally get signed off on my tailwheel conversion, after practising wheeler landings, forward slips, and tarmac touchdowns.
15th November 2020
I have spent all 470 hours of my flying in nose-wheel aircraft. It’s time to see if I can tame a taildragger.