Video: Shoreham to Biggin Hill inc Airprox discussion
This is a return leg – flying from Shoreham to Biggin Hill. In this flight I talk to the student pilot who experienced a terrifying Airprox near Eastbourne.
This is a return leg – flying from Shoreham to Biggin Hill. In this flight I talk to the student pilot who experienced a terrifying Airprox near Eastbourne.
I practise some instrument flying, concluding with an RNAV approach to Shoreham.
In this video, I tackle a recent dip in my pilot confidence and run through the procedures for flying from an aerodrome with full ATC, such as Biggin Hill.
When flying light aircraft, in uncontrolled airspace, mid-air collisions are primarily not avoided by instructions from radar controllers, or by using sophisticated cockpit equipment. Instead, pilots avoid collisions by using their eyes..a concept called ‘see and avoid’.
Jon Hunt takes his friends Michael and Andrew for a short trip along the coast from Goodwood Aerodrome, capturing great aerial views of Bognor, Shoreham Airport, Beachy Head and Brighton.
I took a long flight around Kent, Sussex and Essex this week, to help our flying group out after the new engine was fitted to the aircraft we use.
I decided to take my niece and my mum for a short flight to Shoreham. Temperatures were in the region of 30 Celsius with clear blue skies.