Really enjoying watching your progress. Watching you fly into Clench Common was especially good as, weather permitting, I start my flight training there next weekend! Top landing, as Rory on Air would say, “a greaser”!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much David! Ahhh nice, you’ll love it. May benefits to learning there...your landings will have to be tip top but your radio work won’t get so much practice so that’s worth studying a bit extra on the side.

Awesome! Good to escape the circuit and stretch your wings. Well done.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Jaco Pitout absolutely! Very enjoyable

I have only just joined your video's and I know this video was published sometime ago, but you look as though you have total control at this stage of your training. Well done and many thanks. 😎

From now on I'll just call you mr. Smooth! What a beautiful landing, mate! Exciting to land somewhere else for the first time, right? Still a shame the weather over the Canal was too bad, last Sunday. I would have loved to hop over to the UK, to do some flying and VLOGging...

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

ForFunFlyer - yeh a real shame! Next time. I have flown to Enstone but Clench is fuuuuuun!

Great video Ben and very enjoyable. Impressive filming clarity and good audio. The day looked brilliant and the air smooth. Well done and I am glad you had fun!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Jodel Flyer! It was wonderfully smooth on the way there yeh. Beautiful! Keep up with your videos 👍

Very nicely done Ben, thanks for sharing.

Notification popped up whilst driving... but Iam sure it’s great video.. watch when on ☕️ break 👍

That girl gets airborne very quickly!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Not a lot of time for take off roll checks 😂

Well done Ben, nav-ex’s ticked off, onto the GST. 👍

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

David Knight - that’s it! Just a bit under my solo hours requirement so I’m just doing some local flights when I can, possibly another nav ex. Have you done yours?

@davidknight7617

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Atkinson - application paperwork all sent to BMAA last night. Getting excited 😀

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

David Knight amazing!!! Congratulations. I bet you can’t wait to take a passenger up. I’m most looking forward to that.

It looked like a very nice day for flying. When you said "Is that Hullavington?" I thought 'I hope not, or he is about 180 degrees off course'. Good to see Bassett and Jn 16 of the M4 at Swindon from the air too.

@musoseven8218

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Payne, likewise, but its easier from my armchair for me to see such, less workload LOL! Kemble still has lots of airfields around it, which could get a bit confusing, depending on which way, you're facing, ie. after doing aeros or exercises. Eg. Oaksey, Charlton Park, Badminton, Nympsfield, Aston Down, Hullavington, Rendcomb, Rissington, Lynham, Wroughton, Fairford et al. Also am I correct in thinking, that seven times out of ten, at Kemble, RW 26 (left or right) is in use, and 08 (L or R) less so? With a lot on ones mind/heavier workload such things can become - momentarily - confusing?

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Payne haha yes - even saying hullavington at the time didn’t feel quite right. I drive past hullavington on my way to work and I don’t drive past Swindon I so knew deep down that was definitely incorrect ha! Yeh really nice trip for a navex. Plenty of VRP’s. Trip over there was silky smooth. Thanks for watching!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Muso Seven id say it’s actually far closer to a 50/50 split. However almost all my winter training was off 26. Summer seems mostly 08. Varies almost daily at times! I find it particularly confusing when joining overhead if there’s a change in dunway

@musoseven8218

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Atkinson Hi, yes overhead deadside can be confusing, if the wind changes direction whilst away from the AF, my brain would struggle with such these days too LOL!

Great vid - thanks for sharing!

Strange to see you flying over the areas where I’m doing exercises on my lesson, excellent flight and a good landing.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

3 Axis Pilot - ha I bet! Thanks very much.

Landed there first time yesterday on 33 :) My first dual xcountry :) Low circuit hight there and short runway is interesting :)

Having a coffee, enjoying more of Ben's success, half way through watching (may get called away). Well done Ben! Very exciting times! You must be well on your way now. Can I ask, in microlights are the XCs out and back flights to certified airfields that can sign off your away landings? If I recall, my dad's, ancient PPL, required a QXC of three such airfields and n amount of nautical miles in one trip? Wrote some more stuff about options for emergency landings around/over Swindon (but IT issues got the better of me); Redlands Farm, Draycott Farm, the farm opposite Draycott, Wroughton of course, maybe even South Marston at a push? Graham is a lovely guy, that was kind guidance from him.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Muso Seven - yeh all good options. Plenty of airfield options when you’ve got some decent altitude. Thanks very much. Very kind - yes it is exciting! Yeh the XC’s have to be over 40nm in total with a landing further than 15nm from your original take off point I think. Closer than the PPL equivalent. Yeh I have actually flown out of Redlands once when shopping for a flying school. Plenty to think of!

@musoseven8218

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Atkinson Hi, yes Swindon is still quite well served for aviation, but Redlands is soon to close, so I'm led to believe. Sadly Honda going, might be a silver lining opportunity for a new small airport and trading estate to service all the new houses going in?! There's also Membury and a small airstrip near the Newbury MW Junction if you're ever going that way.

Nailed the landing Ben. So just the skills test to go then? How soon?

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Flying with Chris - well I’m still 3 hours under the solo flying hours requirement so I’ll get those hours done then it’s gst time!

What a beautiful landing. Your round out and flare are so smooth. What is your secret?

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Ha! Thanks Simon. Well they’re not always like this! But a good instructor! Maybe my model plane flying experience helps me? Lots of looking down the runway too on round out.

Great video! One small thing, it's best to not wear polarising lens as they can affect your view of displays. I had one phone that i used and when I had polarised lenses on I couldn't read the display, was just black!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Hey mark! Cheers for the comment. It’s a really good point. Hadn’t thought of. However I could still see the radio readout / iPad which are my only screens to worry about. But I guess if they’re going to reduce glare coming off other air traffic too then not such a good idea. 🤷‍♂️ thanks again - keep watching!

Ben what are you using on the ipad and on the mobile in the Badminton video?

BTW Ben, which navigation App are you using Skydemon?

@BenAtkinsonVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Muso Seven - yep!

@musoseven8218

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry Ben, didn't get the alert, thanks for replying. I see that EVFR looks quite good as a low cost/freebie.