Lydd Archives - Jon Hunt, The Flying Reporter

29th October 2017

In this video, The Flying Reporter questions the effectiveness of his visual scanning technique, after two reasonably close encounters with…

21st September 2017

This was an extremely satisfying flight, due mainly to it’s simplicity and accuracy. Biggin Hill was shrouded in low cloud,…

20th July 2017

John Wildey is not a pilot, but in 2013 he had to land a Cessna 172 when the pilot died…

15th March 2017

Non directional beacons (NDBs) are old-school navigational aids for pilots, but are still very much in use in the UK…

13th January 2017

For my 1st flight in the new aircraft, G-BHOR, I practised flying in IMC, with an instrument approach to Lydd.

29th September 2016

The flying reporter gets stuck into some proper instrument flying practice on a flight from Biggin Hill to Lydd. It’s…

18th May 2016

I had been asked by some of my followers if I could film some private pilot practice manoeuvres, and so…

28th August 2015

Jon Hunt takes the return trip from Lydd Airport to Biggin Hill in the PA28. Climbing above a layer…

22nd August 2015

After a break of more than a month from flying, I took India Zulu for a short trip to Lydd….

5th October 2014

I had a thoroughly brilliant flight today around Kent. Routing Biggin Hill to Biggin Hill via Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Whitstable,…