
Episode 69 - Jon Hilton to Canada and Back in a Microlight
As part of the build up to doing a round the world flight Jon Hilton told me that he wanted to fly his CT microlight to Canada and back. Jon...
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As part of the build up to doing a round the world flight Jon Hilton told me that he wanted to fly his CT microlight to Canada and back. Jon...

Cary Robins is the owner of American Aeronautics and his company markets weight and balance calculators. I wanted to find out why weight and...

A flight from London to Sydney, Australia in a PA28 by Andy Hardy and Sam Kidd. We discuss the planning that the guys have had to do prior t...

A trip to the Light Aircraft Association Rally to see what's new on the GA scene here in the UK. I talk to various aircraft manufacturers an...

An update on the Flying for Freedom project. As you'll remember from episode 63 the Fly2Pole expedition is endeavouring to get several disab...

A chat with many of the exhibitors at Popham. We talk to everyone from the SSDR manufacturers to the importers of some of the hottest hot-sh...

At the Flying Show last year I met a chap called John Laity on the P&M Aviation stand. John is one of the founders of Flying for Freedom whi...

For today's episode I travelled down to Derby Aero Club to meet Martin Jones. Martin is the owner of the airfield and is also proprietor of...

An interview with BMAA Chairman, David Bremner. David explains what the organisation does and how it works to promote and regulate microligh...

A visit to The Flying Show at the NEC with interviews with Breezer UK, The Light Aircraft Company, Dave Sykes, GASCo and lastly, The Airspac...

Today we're up in the English Lake District talking gyrocopters with Andrew Lysser of Cumbria Gyroplanes. It's been a while since we discuss...

Jon Hilton is an adventurous pilot, currently flying a CTSW out of Barton Airport, Manchester. Having read a couple of Jon’s reports in the...

We're talking to Chris Walsh today, ATCO at Manchester International Airport. We had lots of questions for Chris, sent in by podcast listene...

For today's episode of Flying Podcast I went down to AeroExpo at Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire. I had a wander round to see which exh...

On today's Flying Podcast we've got a pilot from 'down under'. That's Owen Zupp. A couple of years ago, Owen flew a single engine light airc...

A few years back, when the RAF was disposing of its fleet of Victors, Andre Tempest put in a sealed bid and found himself the owner of a ful...

To get a broader appreciation of what the Light Aircraft Association does I was pointed in the direction of Brian Hope, editor of the LAA's...

I'm joined by Mark Finney on the podcast. Mark is the Chief Pilot for the Goodyear Blimp, 'Spirit of Safety' here in the UK.

Today I’m off down to Turweston Aerodrome to meet Andy Draper of the Light Aircraft Association. Andy is the design engineer with the LAA an...

A chat with Duncan Armstrong, fellow aviator from Barton Aerodrome. We always enjoy chatting about our learning experiences so I thought it...

I was contacted by some folks from Wakatipu Aero Club, down there in New Zealand, saying that they’d like to appear on the Podcast. One of t...

Today I’m visiting my old stomping ground of Barton Aerodrome to talk to one of the guys in the control tower. The chap that’s featuring on...

A Typhoon pilot and engineer give me a close up description of the aircraft. Flying Officer Gregor Ogston was kind enough to spend half an h...

An interview with Scott Beaver who plans to fly around the world. We talk about his flying experiences to date and what's involved in planni...

As promised, here’s the interview with Syd Marshall. Syd is a volunteer guide at the Battle of Britain memorial Flight museum, and what a gr...

At the invitation of RAF Coningsby, today I’m visiting the Typhoon Display Team to find out what it’s like to fly the Typhoon and to get a t...

An interview with several of the staff at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight based at RAF Coningsby. I spoke with Yvonne Masters, the PR...

Continuing with the Lincolnshire theme, today I'm at Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre. The centre is home to several WWII aircraft, mos...

An interview with Malcolm Howland who runs Fly365 Flying School and also works for Thruster Microlights, both based at Wickenby Airfield in...

Today I'm visiting Sherburn Airfield in Yorkshire to meet a fellow pilot, Brian Cattle. Brian is a very keen aviator and has been flying pri...

An interview with Captain Marc Rowley, a pilot with the North West Air Ambulance service. Marc tells me about how the charity air ambulance...

A chat with Rob Hart from Sky Demon. Sky Demon started out by developing VFR flight planning software and have since brought out their own a...

An interview with William Moore of Airbox Aerospace. William describes his Aware and Aware Plus GPS units. The Aware GPS device was develope...

An interview with Tony Cowan MBE, Chairman of Sky Watch Civil Air Patrol. Sky Watch is an all volunteer charity consisting of pilots, observ...

By way of a follow up to episode 33 I'm interviewing another UK pilot that chose to go the USA to do his flight training. This episode featu...

This episode of Flying Podcast features Steve Bridgewater, Commercial Director at Air Atlantique’s Classic Flight. Classic Flight do a super...

Episode 33 of Flying Podcast features a fellow Barton flyer called Dave Crozier who trained in the US some time back. My first question for...

Episode 32 of Flying Podcast sees me back up to York to interview Peter Davies. Peter is an instructor on gyrocopters for the Gyrocopter Exp...

I was interested to find out what it takes to become a flying instructor and what is involved in getting a flying instructor rating. For epi...

Craig is at the point in his flying career where he’s about to launch into training for the ATPL and he’s trying to decide where to do his A...

In this the third and final part of the DHFS podcasts I’m interviewing Flight Lieutenant Stu Walker. Stu invited me down to RAF Shawbury, ar...

Today I’m talking to Paul Hutchings, Chief Pilot for Thomas Cook Airlines. I’ve had a lot of questions from listeners about becoming a comme...

In the second part of the DHFS podcasts I interview Squadron Leader Jason Bowes and Master Aircrew Graeme Longmuir. They’re both from 60 Squ...

The Defence Helicopter Flying School is where military helicopter pilots and crewmen for all of the UK's armed forces are trained. In this t...

Today I’m visiting London Gliding Club near Dunstable talking to Adrian Hobbs, a Basic Instructor at LGC all about gliding. In this episode...

In this episode of Flying Podcast, I'm talking with Ted Moore of European Balloons. European Balloons operate commercial hot-air balloon fli...

Today I’m talking to Claire Hatton. Claire is a Commercial and Instrument Rating Instructor with Ravenair, based mainly at Liverpool, John L...

Following on from my chat with Mike Miller-Smith of the BDFA, today I’m talking to one of the pilots that has trained with them. Arthur Will...

In episode 21 of Flying Podcast today, I’m talking to Nick Forder, Transport Curator at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry. Nick ha...

Today I’m talking to Mike Miller-Smith from the British Disabled Flying Association. The BDFA is a registered charity which provides 'experi...