Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; thanks for sharing Andy 👌🏻😎

What a great experience flying with you . Its great to see your other hobbies not just motorbike oriented. Thanks for taking us along 😀👍

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Great to see the Missenden Flyer actually flying!

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Love it! I’ll probably never get to have that experience any other way. Great job! Happy 2022!

FANTASTIC Camera views that capture the amazing visibility from the Cub . Great vid. As as ex microlight pilot and keen v-strom rider , I'm LOVING your work Sir !! Thank you !!

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it - thanks for watching!

Excellent video! This one took me way back to about 1976 when I flew in a private light aircraft for the first time, and it was in a Piper Cub. Lovely! Keep the flying videos coming. They’re always nice to see.

Great, enjoyed your talk through what you were doing, thanks. Keep them coming.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Will do Ray!

Fabulous! Thanks for taking us along. The flying videos are always a pleasure...

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Chris!

Outstanding flying coverage.Love it.Thanks.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video. You have certainly got the essence of Super Cub flying. That is also a very well kept aircraft. When you’ve got happy with this one, add a Tiger Moth to your menu. That will be a very simple conversion as there are even less controls. If I may comment: 1. Keep your left hand on the throttle when taking off. You were two hands on the stick at about lift off. 2. Ditch the knee board ASAP. Use a pen on a half/quarter mil if you need to take notes. Top tip for the future, if you sideslip to the right with the door open (like you might on a hot day when doing multiple launches at a gliding club), slide open the left hand window. If you don’t, the left-hand window blows out and you have to do the walk of shame to pick it up from the undershoot. Errm… how do I know?

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Great tips Trevor thanks!! …and are you kidding about this being a well kept aircraft??!! …and yes love the Tiger Moth, only flown p2 in it thus far…

@Trevor_Austin

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMissendenFlyer “Well kept” is a relative term. You should fly a tug at gliding club. You have to wipe your feet on the way out. One good thing, they had none of that useless radio nav. stuff. Ours just used to have a VHF radio and a transponder - two boxes too many.

Beautiful landing! It has been a while now but I loved my time flying the Supercub. This bought back some good memories.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter…

Brilliant, very interesting Andy. Keep the flying vids coming as well as the biking stuff!

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Willco Tom

ANDY I enjoyed that flight with you. More please, thanks.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Will see what I can do!

Don't loose the wings, have a pleasant flight... 👍🛫

Thanks Andy, always enjoy these videos 👍🏼

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

I really enjoyed that video. I normally watch your channel for the bike reviews, which I am fond of. As recently retired 744 captain and an ex flying instructor with some time in a super cub and other tail draggers I was very impressed, well done.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gordon!

Great video, thanks for sharing 👍

Great vid. Really enjoyed the trip. Thanks for sharing

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Ray!

These are always appreciated…great insight on flying…thanks

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

I had a 1946 Cessna 140 for 36 years and flew all over the USA! LOVE TAIL DRAGERS! WIFE pressured me to sell it 4 years after I retired, miss having it!

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Oh dear, sorry to hear that Ron. I used to love flying holidays in the US with the mrs (pre 9/11)....sadly those won't happen again!

Fascinating insight Andy, well done

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Mark - thanks for watching!

Thanks again, great to be with you. Love the 360 camera it makes a massive difference for us.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's good in the aeroplane isn't it....

Awesome video! Thank you!

great landing, great video! Cheers!

Great skills Andy, your the man. And what a lovely back to basics aircraft. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed coming up there with you. Thank you. Nice day for it too.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ian - glad you enjoyed it!

Brilliant, always enjoy your flight videos 👍

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it - thanks for watching!

Holy moly! That thing looks like a blast!! Vintage cool and all mechanical, the way God intended. Thanks for bringing us along.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

This video brought back some memories. When I was 15, I have flown on one of this Supercub, of the F.A.P. (Portuguese Air Force). Terrifying at first, but rather fun. Thanks for that! Keep flying/riding

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Willco!

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing lol !! Looked like a great day weather wise

great flight great landing

Flying vids are a very welcome break for some of us that watch too much motorcycle content, so a big thank you!

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching’

Wonderful video. I first learned to fly in Piper J-3. That plane was so much fun!

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

Clever boy! Love these flying vids. Thanks

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like em Peter - thanks for watching....

Great effort Andy love the camera work as it's like we are in the plane also.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

That camera is brill in the aeroplane isn’t it…

Gotta love those heel brakes! I am a Certified Flight Instructor and former Motorcycle Safety Instructor in the USA and a Citabria and Champ guy myself. Subscribed and been watching your stuff for at least a year now. Keep up the good work I alway enjoy your content and the occasional aviation stuff is appreciated.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Jay - cheers!

Brilliant upload. You are a braver man than me that plane looks like it's made from a meccano set!! 🤘🤘

Great video Andy and some nice editing with the 360 camera. Flying vids always appreciated 👍

Nice one. I enjoyed watching you going up . I'm glad you now where the airfield was. I can't see it. Looking forward to seeing more flying plus the bikes too. Big 👍 up.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes when you first start out with flying finding the airfield can be a huge cause of stress! Luckily it gets easier with experience (and these days GPS!)

Bravo, congrats & welcome to the brotherhood of Cub pilots!

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi Andy Wow nice one. Welcome to the tail staggers club. So much more fun to fly than modern glass cockpit nose wheeled planes. I used to fly a 1945 Aeronca Champ (which you had to hand prop start 😳) when I lived in Texas. Loved that plane. Great landing. Make sure to keep up the fast tap dancing on the pedals. 👍🏻

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Willco!

Liked that, nice camera angles as well thanks

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Alan!

Enjoyable - and relaxing. Gorgeous views. That camera worked great there. Fantastic!

Fantastic video.. more of them 👍

Another great flying video. Really gave the feeling that we were sharing your flying. 360 camera gave a fantastic view and your commentary gave a real flavour of the cubs special handling characteristics. Thanks again for sharing your great film.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure David!

Andy, thank you for sharing your first solo with us. Great landing. I had thought about getting my ,licence a few years Ago, but decided not to as I was simply too busy. Perhaps a mistake. My uncle flew in the RAF in the war and was awarded the DFC,. I hope to get a tour in a Spitfire in the next year or so. Stay well.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Well my first solo in the cub of course (sort of)….I had flown a few solo circuits before….

love the flying videos, keep them coming

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them - sadly they don't get many views but I'll no doubt include the odd bonus one from time to time....

As a non-pilot, great insight to flying and a great video, thanks.

@TheMissendenFlyer

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure…

Enjoyed that, felt like I was in there with the great camera views Looking forward to the next flight video

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Graham

Loved that. I like these sort of videos Andy

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it Chris - me too!

both motorcycle and flying videos top notch andy nice work

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Allan

Ahh, stick and rudder. That brings back old memories. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Arthur!

Really enjoyed that, obviously a man of many talents 👍👍👍👍👍

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Pete - with your name I hope you are a pilot??

Bit of a death-grip on the stick there (2 hands even)! Finger and thumb does it in the Cub. I flew taildraggers for 35 years (mostly Chipmunk - get a flight in one of those and you won't want to ever fly anything else again), but I did fly the L4 Cub, Supercub, Citabria, Jungmann, Tiger Moth, Stampe and more... I loved the basic L4 (military J3) more than the Super Cub as it was flown from the back seat and always with the side open. What a view!The lower door was an excellent AoA indicator on landing - just before a perfect 3-pointer it would float up level! The little 65 horse Continental ran like a sewing machine - provided you kept an eye on carb heat. All the best bars should have a 65 horse Conti and a Bristol Proteus - the best ice makers known to man! With simple taildraggers like these (when used to them) you can chuck away that checklist. A left to right cockpit check following the walk-round is all you need. These are simple aeroplanes! Try a wheeler instead of 3-pint when you are ready. I taught myself these in the Chippy and they are dead easy. ease it on tail high and as soon as the mains tough PIN IT with a dash of forward stick (don't worry - the prop won't strike), keep it straight with rudder (don't attempt this until your feet are 'tailwheel happy as loosing directional control at this speed will not be fun). But your feet will soon learn and you won't even have to think about it. Next is high speed taxying with tail up - I used to do this at Liverpool in the Chippy if it was a long taxy to the hold. Your feet really do need to be in top shape for this! But hey, 35 years of taildragging, now retired, and I never ever ground looped! Saw a few, though. And make sure you have a go at aerobatics! I don't think I ever felt fully in control of any aeroplane until I'd taken beyond the envelope and back. Teaches you to fly by feel and by what you can see - outside! You will not be a stall / spin victim (base to final turn) if you are current in aeros. Nice landing! But hold the stick hard back after touchdown throughout the roll-out and until the engine stops. Helps avoid ground loops and the AoA cannot decrease so the wing will not fly, which is what you want. If I keep practising, though, one day I'll be as relaxed on a bike as I was in the aeroplane. I do envy the ease with which you take to all the bikes you ride. I don't have many videos of my flying, but here's one my elder daughter took from the back seat of the Chippy landing at Liverpool on a horrid day (glide approach, as I often did). kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKR2s8d6YNHTedY.html Vince

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that lot Vince….interesting reading!

Never gets old! 🙋‍♂️

Excellent very enjoyable and great landing.You flew right over our barge lol.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

I Love these flying video's, really informative and lovely to see the world from a different perspective.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Bloody awesome, I never knew you flew. It's one of the best activities in life. I passed my paramotor licence last year, felt awesome. Like you bikes and flying is a passion. Well done.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a clue in my channel name 😘

Having watched you with the gang yesterday I’m amazed at what you do with the planes, it looks like multi tasking at its best, thanks TMF

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Hehe, I think that was meant as a compliment!! Cheers!! 👍

Great flying Andy. That brings back some memories 👍

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and glad to prompt some memories!

I love it when you make flying videos. I love motorcycles and airplanes… seeing one of my favorite motorcycle KZreadrs flying an airplane is fantastic. I’ve loved Piper Cubs since I was a kid. The traditional yellow ones are the best! I love all the different camera angles. Love hearing the chatter on the radio. Excellent use of the 360 action camera. Perfect for this application. I’m sure the editing took forever.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Cliff - yes the editing is a pin and I’m yet to master it, but that 360 camera is brilliant in the aeroplane!

Ain’t nothing like flying off a grass runway, doing so in the Cub was just a bonus. Cheers. 👍

Love these flying vids, really interesting to watch...looking foward to the next one.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that - cheers!

Enjoy your flying vids. Nice landing, I would say you nailed it !

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you - rather glad I caught that one on camera!

Following for the bike vids but enjoy the flying. Cheers and take care

Love the flying videos TMF! I am amazed at how much farmland there seems to be in that area. Sweet plane.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and they say Britain is crowded!

Great video, keep up the good work!

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Willco

Thanks so much for sharing Andy, what a beautiful little aeroplane! Amazing visibility from the cockpit, I used to make balsa and tissue paper model planes and they were often based on the cub.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes me too….usually ended up crashing them though!

@ianpotter5840

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMissendenFlyer yeah same - mine usually took weeks to build and had an operating life of about 30 seconds

Really enjoyed that Andy,what a fantastic aircraft,must be fantastic to be able to fly a plane,great video thank you for sharing.👍🏻

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a real privilege Barry for sure....I don't take it for granted!

Well done your landing was brill , very good commentary aswell.👍👍✈️✈️

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Donna - glad you noticed!

Even though it a motorbike channel, I for for one love this type of video. Great flight and thanks for taking us along.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Absolute greaser of a landing mate very nicely done.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark - I was happy to catch that one on camera!

That was very exciting.👍

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Defo a great landing. 👍

Love the flying vids as much as the biking ones Andy. I am not a pilot but I have learned so much about flying through these. Thanks.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s great Steve thanks!

Great video ! never had a clue you were doing this, but I am a mushroom..it was a lot of fun watching !!! thanks for the journey!

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Well I am The Missenden Flyer!

We enjoyed it here thanks

Loved this 😀 Wanted to learn to fly for years. Excellent landing, and great narrative, despite the crackly radio.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Miles - glad you enjoyed it!

Reminds me of my gliding days. Great stuff.

nailed that landing!

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes rather pleased with catching that on camera!

I enjoyed that! Nice landing too.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Nice update. Definitely like the the instagram 360 camera views. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Good isn’t it!

Very impressive great video again what a great thing to be able to do thanks for sharing brilliant 👍

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a real privilege to be able to fly for sure - great hobby.....

Nice one! Great video in such an amazing aircraft too. Cheers Jake.

Thanks Andy a great experience...she looks great for her age what a difference from the other one you fly i hope you do get chance to fly her again soon....cheers.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Clive - one aborted attempt due weather since I made this video 😔

Really enjoyed that Andy, that 360 degree camera really puts us in the picture! What a little gem that cub is. As a lapsed private pilot myself, I watch a lot of flying videos and this is right up there with the best. What you said at 10:30 is so true, this is real flying! I read once that Neil Armstrong kept up his private flying after leaving NASA and had a share in a glider among other things. So you can reach the pinnacle of aviation attainment, military jets and rockets, and still get a thrill from basic stick and rudder flying.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow thanks for that Wes - Neil Armstrong is a hero of mine (for obvious reasons!)…..

Excellent very informative

Nicely done Flyer.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly

Keep ‘em coming Mr Flyer!! 😁👍🏻👏🏻🙃

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Willco!

Always good to see some plane action 😎

Interesting video and excellent landing👌

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Gerry!

Enjoyed that. Thanks.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Nice work. I'm a little way off getting my tail dragger ticket, but you've given me some motivation to get on with it.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that!

The fact that you have to make an effort to go down in the aircraft ,is a good thing .That shows that the delightful old kite is more than willing to stay up in the air . I am no pilot ,but I can tell a good landing when I see one .Splendid flying Mr Flyer I enjoyed the flight & the views .👍

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Superb video ! nice looking aircraft, love the views. I had a 25 minute aerobatic experience last week in a Murdy CAP10 at Headcorn, another tail wheel aircraft. love the videos, motorcycle or aircraft, keep 'em coming.

@TheMissendenFlyer

10 ай бұрын

Sounds like fun - and will do!

Great entertainment, well done Andy.👍

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Simon!

Back to basics flying the same reason I like classic bikes, I'm surprised you haven't got one in the garage yet, excellent video keep them coming.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes there’s a lot to be said for simple!

Like the bike vids, but love the flying ones and that is a beautiful airplane! Thank for taking us with you TMF.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear - thanks Tony!

Brilliant Andy enjoyed that

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear Chris!

Wonderful stuff.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Oli!

Well done andy, great vlog.

@TheMissendenFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching….