I flew there as well in the summer to see my wife's uncles old glider. The Wallis autogyros are great little machines, I met Wallis a few times and would love to have flown one. He did a demo flight just for me, when I visited him as a teenager, he pulled it out starteded it up and taxied to a field by his house and took off, flew arounf low level and waved at me with both hand. You should see it in the 007 film and just think about fitting all the bits onto the Sky Ranger :-) The fact it had "Mud in the tyres" is great it means it is not static, which is the best bit of the collection, the fact that their aircraft fly.

Great to see Little Nellie, the first time I saw her was in Ken Wallis' hangar at his home in Norfolk. A little sad that his collection did not end up where he wanted them to but nice to see her being preserved.

Hi Ben, the kettle is on and sitting down to watch.

Enjoyed that Ben, thank you. Absolutely love Old Warden 👌

Cracking vid Ben, and some lovely aircraft in that museum too.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe - yeh those bits of kit are all amazing...and they all fly!

Man the RC6 is a sexy aircraft!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Cannot argue with that !

Thanks Ben great video as usual. Went to the Shuttleworth vintage air show September 2012. Amazing day. All the planes fly. An old guy told us to stay until late as he thought the wind would drop off and the sky would go blue. If we did, we’d be in for a treat. Indeed it did. They rolled out the Bleriot, the Avro tri plane and the Bristol Boxkite. They pottered around the sky for over 2 hrs after it should have closed. It was amazing. Highly recommend it. Looking forward to flying there myself once I get my license. Keep them coming Ben. Well done.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Oh ow. That sounds truly memorable and amazing. Thanks for commenting Bob!

My faourite landaway of them all Ben. Just like going back on time 70 years and love the place for it :) Roll on the flying restart as I'll be back there for a coffee and a natter with the engineers as soon as allowed.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

The perfect place for it! So great, and on a day like that - peaceful too!

Hello Ben. I just passed my micro LST two weekend's back. I got great benefit from your training vids in the run up to my test. Many thanks Chris

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Oh congratulations! Thanks for much for letting me know you got something from the videos - I really appreciate that Chris.

@ufm10xxl27

3 жыл бұрын

Its a credit to you and your instructor, , very useful and informative. A gift to the avaition community. Happy Landings sir.

Nice one Ben! Keep up the good work!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin - really appreciate that !

It's definitely one place I want to visit, fingers crossed for next year.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man it is stunning. Catch it on a quiet day like we did...it was like it was a personal tour of the place. Crazy!

@GolfFoxtrot22

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos I have a real soft spot for the Hurricane. This book was brilliant to read. www.amazon.co.uk/Hurricane-Victor-Britain-Leo-McKinstry/dp/1848543395

I'm at work, the radio is lon, its you! I'm listening to ypu as I read Air Pilots Manual 'Navigation' I turn to page 10, picture of a chart showing Bristol - cardiff (inc wsm where I live) stars are alinging. Hopefully kemble flight school open soon! Give us a shout out on the radio lol. Tony Allenby

Cracking video once again Ben, lovely aeroplane to tour in, great panel. I'd love to visit the SWC one day, it's very special. Just think that the performance of the Eurostar or Skyranger is very similar to that of a WW1 fighter (microlights are, not as aerobatic perhaps, except in the case of certain C42s - lol!) BTW, AFAICT a Spitfire's wing is elliptical on the leading and trailing edges, which both go to form an ellipse and, the 'elliptical' end piece can be found on other wing types that aren't necessarily an ellipse, but look elliptical. I hope that makes sense? Iirc it was initially a German idea for a light sports aircraft design, then larger aircraft, including some Henkels. RJ Mitchell spent some time in Germany between the wars.

Great video Ben

Lovely stuff Ben. Summer days out in an aircraft eh, winning at life.

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Really is the dream !

A very nice video Ben and it is a great day out. Good to land over the road, when I have landed on 20 there have been a couple of bumps that can throw you back in the air! Close call with the bird, well spotted Jonny. Did you see my near miss with a buzzard? Looking forward to the next one Ben

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Crazy how high these birds can get...!! Yeh - bumpy runway I thought....and thats not a reflection on Jonny's skills!! ha

Looked cool, I need to visit next year!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

You should! 100%

Lovely vid, mate! 👌🏻

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jolmer - looking forward to your next one!

@ForFunFlyer

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos Thanks!

Another great vid Ben, thanks! Seeing your reluctance with the gyro, I wondered - have you had a go in a flexwing ML yet?

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Ha - I would actually give a gyro a go. Yes there are some loose plans to get a flexwing check ride video done when time allows but there's a lot on a the mo! Would love to try it!

Ben just found your channel and subscribed great channel and vids looking forward to future vids all the best Garry from Oz down under ✈️👍

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for the comment Garry. Nice to read of some Oz viewing ! Hope you had a good Christmas 👍

@garrypeters4490

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos thanks for replying Ben I’m currently doing my flight training about 20 hrs in looking forward to obtaining license and buying own aircraft here in Queensland Australia to keep on friends property with runway, it’s come down to 2 aircrafts offered in my price range $20 to $30 k one is a Skyranger Swift and other is a Savanah VG both have the Rotax 100 hp both very capable stol think 🤔 I prefer Savanah due to metal wings over Skyranger Dacron covered but the swift is a narrower wing span and seems good performance not sure which way to go as both similar price, just wonder your thoughts or comments cheers Ben and happy new year 2021 Garry ✈️😎

@garrypeters4490

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos thanks for replying Ben I’m currently doing my flight training about 20 hrs in looking forward to obtaining license and buying own aircraft here in Queensland Australia to keep on friends property with runway, it’s come down to 2 aircrafts offered in my price range $20 to $30 k one is a Skyranger Swift and other is a Savanah VG both have the Rotax 100 hp both very capable stol think 🤔 I prefer Savanah due to metal wings over Skyranger Dacron covered but the swift is a narrower wing span and seems good performance not sure which way to go as both similar price, just wonder your thoughts or comments cheers Ben and happy new year 2021 Garry ✈️😎

Another great video Ben 👍👍, when was the flight carried out?

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

This was September the 1st !

Ah summer eh? Great reminder.......

@JodelFlyer

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Good to find you here. I followed you for a long time when you were flying the Tobago before I started my channel and the name Jodel Flyer was a result of your Missenden Flyer. Tim

@TheMissendenFlyer

3 жыл бұрын

@@JodelFlyer Cool!

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! Indeed...we will get there again.....one day! 😂 thanks for watching mate

I thoroughly enjoy your content Ben, quick question how did you study for the PPL written exams, any recommendations?

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Geoff! I studied at home - while getting thorough briefings from my instructor. Quiz Aero were good too. So much content online now!

@geoffuk8356

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos thanks for the quick response!

When was this filmed? Think I heard myself on the radio, wanna check my logbook to see whether I wouldve been on Brize Radar that day

@BenAtkinsonVideos

3 жыл бұрын

This was the 1st of September, 10-1 ish wee were out 👍

@bensluman1263

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenAtkinsonVideos I think it may have been me at ~0:20 climbing to 4.5k. Logbook says from Turweston. Was a lovely day to fly!!