Great video Ben - thanks for sharing.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Paul!

I think we should partition for all wild birds to carry EC devices. Great video and good to see that flying trumps the haircut. The wash up at the end was relevant and to the point, thanks Ben.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Haha great Idea Giles! Thanks very much for jumping straight on and watching. Appreciated !

Crackin’ stuff. Great to see you checked out again on everything in time for summer! “That’s a bit of a bugger” had me 😂😂

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Haha - yeh I’m pleased I can fly all three now. Still need to build confidence back up !

Excellent video Ben. Couldn't agree more about flying with an instructor. I am relatively low hours and that is exactly what my co-sharer and I decided to do. Not only did we find out just how rusty we were but, bonus, we also added perspective to our basic skills. It is something we intend to do again and not just for that blasted bi-annual requirement!

You are a brave soul for sharing such a nerve-tingling video. It was fabulous, had me on the edge of my seat. The instructor was cool and you did well under pressure. Engine failures or, as a glider pilot, landing out when the thermals go away, sharpens our senses and, hopefully, improves our decision making. Well done.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for watching! I really appreciate it

Nice one Ben, nice to be back in the air I’m sure!

Great to see you back, love your videos with David too, always some exciting approaches :)

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe! Great to have you back watching

Liked David's carving entry to the field. Obviously it's a bit artificial when I'm learning. But sometimes I feel I forget you can make analogue blended sweeping turns and do more than go forwards... Turn... Go forwards... turn... In a digital manner!

Well done Ben! Great video. Let's hope we can all keep flying for a while now 👌

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin. Let’s hope so indeed!

Quite right what David says. There's a habit of trying to fly a circuit with a pfl. I blame the high key/low key emphasis. Judging height is very difficult. It's convenient to set QFE when near your runway, but if you're over unfamiliar terrain high key low key is pretty useless. Better to fly a constant aspect approach, which is what they teach in the RAF.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Easy to get caught into thinking about an approach isn’t it. Interesting stuff thanks Martin!

Fair play Ben. Greetings from the west of Ireland

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

👋 hey! Thanks for watching

Well done Ben, great work!

Another great video mate, welcome back and hopefully more flying 👍👍.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks mate - more coming soon!

@ranbirsingh7666

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos brilliant, btw how can you be contacted ?

Absolutely brilliant videos and inspiring me to get back to flying after over 12 years off. Yes I will be starting back at lesson 1 again. Brilliant work Ben and hopefully see you up in the blue if I ever get down to your neck of the woods. :)

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Matthew, it’s comments like this that really make the effort of the video editing totally worth while, so thank you for posting. Sounds great that you’re going to get back up in the sky. I wish you every success

Great stuff good to get confident in the air again. I have clocked up a few hours since we have been allowed back and I am soon to do a re-validation flight in an aircraft I have not flown before (will see if can sort out a camera or two for that).

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes please do that sounds exciting. What will you be flying? Thanks for sticking this video on

@flyingkub

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos It is planned to fly a Thruster.

Another cracking video and display of skills Ben! :) Didn't seem like too much of a bugger :D

Nice content Ben. 🤙

Nice one Ben. I had dreadful lesson last July after a 10 month break. It wasn't fade it was a complete shambles on my part! Anyways, not deterred and will be back in the air soon.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Ah we all have those sessions and I’m sure it felt worse than it actually was ! Thanks for watching

Skill fade gets worse as you get older Ben. My check flight is due November this year.

Nice video,I think you have told me this was coming for a while now.I almost also had a bird strike on base leg ,I missed only by a couple feet.Anyway safe flying and I am looking forward to the next ones...

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Simon. Yeh they definitely feel close but at DY said they usually miss you ha. They were much closer than on camera made them suggest!

Great video Ben. Very cinematic opening. Some challenging exercises well flown. Good to be put through your paces and useful video reference for many. 😎👍 Will we be seeing Daisy flying with you again soon? 🛫

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim! Yes, the next video we head to a farm shop strip on a bumpy day. Looking forward to your next one today!

Cool! Welcome back to the air!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! Great to be back

Thanks for sharing

That was a work out , well done 👍

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Andrew!

Well done Ben, it's challenging isn't it with time away - the SR Swift looks a lively little beast. You've a good CFI though, challenging but supportive, wants to keep you safe and current. Did you see those buzzards? I thought your instructor ducked?! Lol! They usually get out of the way, NEVER try to out climb birds of prey! Always tricky dealing with wildlife in flight. I remember when extra check ride rules came in and some quarters (in GA PPL world) moaned and groaned about it. For 'flying farmers' a long way away from a flying school, it used to be, in Spring, careful, toe dunking flying alone, building the skills back (some grass strips would flood all winter), getting one's hand and eye back in before offering to take passengers up. Sensible, safe flying by long in the tooth high hours pilots. But we also witnessed standards slipping in other areas outwith of the steady as she goes pilots. Check rides with a good instructor are no bad thing in my book.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Oh yes - 100hp and a short airframe = lots of torque yaw! He’s great yes! I did, they were much much closer than the cameras made them appear - I pushed the stick forward nose down to avoid the first and I missed the second visually until DY pointed it out! And yes, he ducked! Haha!

@musoseven8218

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos Always hard to tell on camera, those birds looked big! I think the standard advice in a GA or microlight and birds, if you can, dive/bank away.

Great video buddy! I had my own near miss with a buzzard last week. It gets the mind thinking what would happen if one hit the tail 👀

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Bird skyranger pie 😂 thanks mate for watching and commenting

This part #2 is brilliant too, Ben! Well done! 👍🏻 Question: is the UK opened again for foreign aircraft? Like, mine with me and my PAX? 😉

@DanSmithBK

3 жыл бұрын

Not quite yet, Jolmer... we think from the 17th May things will open up...

@ForFunFlyer

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanSmithBK Ah, Roger 👍🏻 I'd like to fly in my plane to the UK and meet up with some other aviation vloggers, like Ben, Tim, Adam, Rory, etc.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Not quite! As dan says - we’ll make it happen for sure though 👏

@ForFunFlyer

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos OK, cool. Yeah, would love to come over, add some EGxx fields to my log book and do some flying over there! 👍🏻

You need to keep up with it or you get very very rusty! Nice video of you almost landing on the wrong field :-))

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob! Yeh I know! It takes time to get back at it, that’s for sure