Superb episode Ben. I wonder if it’s a Radio thing but I talk to myself all the time too. In the air, the car, at home... As for the coolant, that was interesting because I have read that ‘partial’ failures are harder to deal with then a full fail because you start second guessing what to do. I would like to think I would have turned back, but I don’t know if that’s because I have a little more experience now, or just because I’m watching with the benefit of hind sight from my couch. I suspect if I had been in your shoes I would have carried on too. ‘Get there itis’ is of course a consideration. Anyway, great you got a go in the Eurostar and it’s made an entertaining video so winners dinners I’d say!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Rory On Air - mate, I must say I’m looking forward to your video tomorrow. Must be a radio thing, talking to myself ALL the time!! Yeh, luckily no major issue but interesting you say that it could’ve almost been harder to deal with than a full failure of something. It really left me in two minds and I certainly had a bit of “get there itis”! So....I got a lift back in a Eurostar at full chat, low level....a video I’m looking forward to putting together! Thanks for watching mate

@RoryOnAir

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Atkinson well I hope people enjoy it. It’s slightly different to what I usually do. I’m really looking forward to your return trip in the Eurostar - sounds like a lot of fun and you get to do another solo cross country so I’d say it’s a win all round.

@musoseven8218

5 жыл бұрын

Rory On Air Without wishing to sound sycophantic, you and Ben, plus a couple of others, have inspired a couple of us towards exploring fixed wing 3 Axis microlights. The videos are well presented and very educational. Keep up the good work.

@RoryOnAir

5 жыл бұрын

Muso Seven I cant speak for Ben but I’m delighted when I hear about anyone taking up flying because it’s such good fun and the community benefits from new blood. Even more so if my videos have played a small part in getting people to start their own journey. Thanks for the comment!

@musoseven8218

5 жыл бұрын

Rory On Air, thanks, you're welcome.

That brought back some fun memories. I used to fly motorgliders out of Little Rissington. Good to see you managed to land safely. Engines are fickle things and that looked like one of flights where masses of experience was gained.

Great video , personally would have turned back , but it's all part of the learning process. Good decision to contact the instructor and get a lift back . Hope the next video out soon , beats watching normal TV 👍

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Martin thanks Andrew for the comment, and watching of course! Yeh, I think with more experience I would turn back. And....I certainly would next time. So - an important lesson. As Rory on air mentions in the other comment, I may have had some “get there itis”! A good point. Thanks for watching, next video out next week

Well done Ben, another great video, they get better & better every week. Well done 👍 Dave

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

David Knight - ah cheers Dave! How’s your flying going?

@davidknight7617

5 жыл бұрын

Passed the GST a couple of weeks ago , Phew!! Now need to follow your vapour trails backwards and forwards to Enstone and Clench. Wishing the weather would settle down a little.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

David Knight - ahhh huge congratulations. Well done!! Look forward to a debriefing on it next time I see you. Haha - good luck with clench! And watch your coolant temp into Enstone 😂 here here - haven’t flown for a while !!

Just stopped everything I was doing... when the notification came up!!!😂 Great video Ben!!! 👍✈️👍✈️

Thanks Ben, echo fellow aviator comments that I'd have turned back - clearly difficult to spot a small coolant leak in the pre-flight too. As Rory said look forward to the Eurostar return flight to Kemble!

Good video Ben, Keep them coming.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Rob whiting cheers Rob! Will do

Hi Ben, Always excited to have an update from you. You're so brave and honest sharing all this with us, it will help others learn too, so alls well that ends well. Easy for us armchair experts to comment, like farmers being experts on other farmers' livestock when its ill! My two pence worth? I would have turned back, but as you were okay, the aircraft was okay, it's chalked up as experience. You made the right call when you didn't do solo circuits in the past as it didn't feel right. My dad used to say 'don't go if it doesn't feel right'. If I'd been in your shoes, I would have been pondering things such as; is this temp issue due to an airlock, coolant leak, head gasket failure, crack in the cylinder head/engine block or maybe an obstruction in the exhaust, or failed/stuck thermostat? Perhaps I'm just paranoid though? Also things could have been worse for you, or the aircraft/engine. I'm so glad all ended well. No worries about chatting to yourself or the aeroplane :-) Don't all aviators do that? I've been told not to fall into the trap of doing checks, FREDA, HASEL et al and merely going through the motions - you didn't as you spotted the temp issue (which in your defence was a bit weird climbing and dropping etc). As the experts say, you learned about flying from that. ;-) I love 'Ciren', and 'This Country' (reminds me of some of the characters I grew up with in that area LOL!). Looking forward to the next video! My dad used to fly from a small strip wedged between the Fairford and Brize CTZs/CTA. Venture outside of those and then there was Lynham - busy area! Looking forward to your low level dash for home!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Muso Seven - always good to get your comment! Thanks again for watching this one. Down as a big lesson!

@musoseven8218

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Atkinson You're welcome. All's well that ends well. Keep em coming! BTW, may I ask, did you go left of Little Rissington to avoid Brize Norton Zone/CTA (my perception of Enstone is it's north west of Oxford and thus south east of Brize - if that makes any sense)?

Great one again, Ben!

Very informative videos Ben always helpful.keep them coming regards Mick hick

Thanks for sharing Ben. I can't remember where I picked this up from or read it but: "If there's any doubt, there's no doubt" and I stick with that. Based on that, I would have turned back. I fight with thinking that I'm overcautious all the time but I like that rule, for now. The views from your aircraft are great but the PA28 I fly is not so good for that. I like the bit the Simon S pointed out at 14:04 - There is also some irony in saying they are "Cool". Cheers and thanks again for sharing.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Flying with Chris haha - yeh not quite the right wording there !! Well - put it this way, I’ll be turning back if it happens again. Great lesson

Excellent video, I think you’ve just helped everyone of us with that video .

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

3 Axis Pilot - very kind comment, cheers. Always try to be honest! Could’ve ended far worse of course...but had many landing options along the way.

@cotswoldbikerdad1153

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Atkinson I think every trainee pilot would of done the same thing myself included, seeing how you delt with it has helped a lot.

Great decision making Ben! Better safe than sorry. keep up the good work! hope you be able to finish the next one as a qualified crosscountry flight. Cheers!

We're actually doing this videos to learn from our mistakes. I probably would have acted just like you. You want to finish the mission:“It'll be alright.“ This is just as dangerous as routines. Or how did you actually see the temperature at 14:04 ? 🧐😂

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Simon S - hahaha!! Really laughed at that. Maybe the Audio has gone out of sync here?? Though I did find myself rushing the checks a little on that downwind so could’ve looked quickly before and “spoken the check aloud” after. Anyway, thanks for the comment....

Great lesson - not sure how many people would have turned back. In my limited experience it seems a bit more emphasis on what to do when.....might be good

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

John thanks for catching up with my videos.

Great video did I spot skydemon running ? Are you allowed the use of gps equipment during solo flights ??? When I learnt to fly I was told no gps based apps maps only

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Johnson - hey cheers Alex! Yeh - the syllabus promotes the use of GPS, in fact in my instructors words “you’d be stupid not to use any safety features available”. But of course I absolutely have to learn how to use traditional methods too. As you can see the gps really is just used as a back up here. Thanks for watching!

@grahammills8733

2 жыл бұрын

For my PPL(H) all the XC flights (including QXC) were DR and track crawl using charts - no iPad allowed.

Dude.. seriously consider getting your hours up and becoming an FI. Your logic and methology comes across as someone with way more hours than what you have. Well done.