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RV Fighter Pilot
Добавлен 28 мар 2024
I built an aircraft in my garage and now fly it EVERYWHERE! Documenting our adventures along the way.
2024 will see G-RVBP compete in the British Air Racing Championship which should add to the excitement!
Early days yet, I'm still experimenting with cameras, angles, batteries, cockpit audio, telemetry and time syncing so be kind on the editing for now - my landings and general flying are fair game though...
I’ve been a RAF fast jet pilot for 20 years. I completed fighter pilot training and flew the Tornado GR4, F/A-18 Hornet (on exchange) and Typhoon. I was also an instructor on the Hawk T2 and Typhoon and flew the 2015 Hawk T2 pairs display.
2024 will see G-RVBP compete in the British Air Racing Championship which should add to the excitement!
Early days yet, I'm still experimenting with cameras, angles, batteries, cockpit audio, telemetry and time syncing so be kind on the editing for now - my landings and general flying are fair game though...
I’ve been a RAF fast jet pilot for 20 years. I completed fighter pilot training and flew the Tornado GR4, F/A-18 Hornet (on exchange) and Typhoon. I was also an instructor on the Hawk T2 and Typhoon and flew the 2015 Hawk T2 pairs display.
Paul Walker Cup Air Race
Our first Air Race!! - The Paul Walker Cup. We came third!
This is the Van's RV-7 tailwheel aircraft that I built in my garage over 5 years. Its first flight was in July 2023 and we now fly it everywhere we can visiting people and places and documenting our adventures along the way for friends and family. I flew fighter jets for 20 years and now just enjoy flying around the country with my wife who is also a professional pilot although she lets me do most of the flying!
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This is the Van's RV-7 tailwheel aircraft that I built in my garage over 5 years. Its first flight was in July 2023 and we now fly it everywhere we can visiting people and places and documenting our adventures along the way for friends and family. I flew fighter jets for 20 years and now just enjoy flying around the country with my wife who is also a professional pilot although she lets me do most of the flying!
#SherburnInElmet #SherburnAeroClub #RRRA #Cranwell #vansaircraft #generalaviation #RV7 #Race777 #777 #GoPro #telemetryoverlay #Lickd #lycoming #GarminAvionics #BoseAviation #RVBP #RVFighterPilot #4k #Pilot #PilotFamily #Flyi...
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Видео
Sherburn Air Race Practice
Просмотров 464День назад
Our first Air Race weekend!! This is the somewhat rushed practice on the Saturday morning after a delayed arrival due to the weather at Cranwell. The first phase is the ‘Scatter Pattern’. This is to get you up and onto the course safely below other racers ahead. As it is a handicap event, your start is delayed based on your aircraft performance so that everyone should finish at the same time. G...
Formation at Sleap and Croft Farm and nearly a crash!
Просмотров 354День назад
Bank Holiday Sunday! Flying from Cranwell to Sleap to meet friends for lunch and some formation with their RV-8 then on to Croft Farm where I nearly flipped it upside down getting the wheels caught in the soft ground on landing. More formation with Arthur Williams in his Cub then return to Cranwell. Nearly a crash!.... Croft Farm is a fantastic strip, this was just a bit too early in the year f...
Goodwood Departure
Просмотров 19721 день назад
Departure from Goodwood on a sunny Friday afternoon. This is the Van's RV-7 tailwheel aircraft that I built in my garage over 5 years. It's first flight was in July 2023 and we now fly it everywhere we can visiting people and places and documenting our adventures along the way for friends and family. I flew fighter jets for 20 years and now just enjoy flying around the country with my wife who ...
Goodwood Departure (Shadow)
Просмотров 8121 день назад
Departure from Goodwood on a sunny Friday afternoon. This is the Van's RV-7 tailwheel aircraft that I built in my garage over 5 years. It's first flight was in July 2023 and we now fly it everywhere we can visiting people and places and documenting our adventures along the way for friends and family. I flew fighter jets for 20 years and now just enjoy flying around the country with my wife who ...
Flying Home After a Long Day
Просмотров 12321 день назад
Evening flight from Enstone to Cranwell. A beautiful evening and a great end to a great day out with 2:25 hrs total flying today! This is the Van's RV-7 tailwheel aircraft that I built in my garage over 5 years. It's first flight was in July 2023 and we now fly it everywhere we can visiting people and places and documenting our adventures along the way for friends and family. I flew fighter jet...
Goodwood to Enstone
Просмотров 13721 день назад
Flight from Goodwood to Enstone after visiting family for lunch, still a camera down and pretty straight forward so less than 3 minutes. Audio settings still incorrect so still a little distorted! This is the Van's RV-7 tailwheel aircraft that I built in my garage over 5 years. It's first flight was in July 2023 and we now fly it everywhere we can visiting people and places and documenting our ...
Flying with Mum
Просмотров 20321 день назад
I took my Mum flying for the first time in 22 years! We flew the RV-7 down to Goodwood for the day to mee family for lunch and take her flying. Unfortunately I had a camera battery faff and only had the cockpit GoPro running. This is the Van's RV-7 tailwheel aircraft that I built in my garage over 5 years. It's first flight was in July 2023 and we now fly it everywhere we can visiting people an...
Goodwood Family Lunch Stop
Просмотров 17221 день назад
Worth watching to the end! I finished my pilots licence at Goodwood 24 years ago. I have flown there since, taken the odd 'work' aircraft through the overhead and taken the RV-7 there once before but it's always nice to go there. It feels a bit like home and my family could meet us there. I also took the opportunity to take my Mum flying in the RV-7, the first time she has flown with me for 22 ...
Landing Out Take
Просмотров 9728 дней назад
A slightly crude edit of a clip landing at Wellesbourne on 14 Apr 24. A little distraction on landing but it did me no harm at all as it turns out! This is the Van's RV-7 tailwheel aircraft that I built in my garage over 5 years. It's first flight was in July 2023 and we now fly it everywhere we can visiting people and places and documenting our adventures along the way for friends and family. ...
Race Training Take Off and Landing Clips
Просмотров 4128 дней назад
Just a couple of phone camera clips from the ground for the race training flight. I didn't run the cameras on the flights to avoid distraction! If you listen carefully you can hear the countdown being shouted to the chap with the flag. When the flag raises you increase teh power as much as you can on the brakes, when the flag lowers you're off! Thanks to John Kelsall for the clips! This is the ...
After work aerobatics!
Просмотров 169Месяц назад
A quick flight after work with a mate! A beautiful evening but really quite windy. It was probably 18kts across and quite gusty, on the edge of my and the aircraft limit I suspect! This is the Van's RV-7 tailwheel aircraft that I built in my garage over 5 years. It's first flight was in July 2023 and we now fly it everywhere we can visiting people and places and documenting our adventures along...
Cranwell to Popham for Air Race Training!
Просмотров 204Месяц назад
We took our RV-7 to Popham for the weekend for the Air Race training weekend to participate in the British Air Racing Championship in 2024. It was a 42 min flight condensed into 8 mins. Having spent 5 years building it, it's such a good feeling to see it out and about! As you can see, our allocated race number "777" already added to the tail and under the left wing! This is the Van's RV-7 tailw...
Quick flight with my neighbour
Просмотров 119Месяц назад
A quick 25 min flight on 13 Apr 24 taking my next door neighbour flying in the RV-7 that he watched me build next door for 4 years! Turns out he's a natural too! This is the Van's RV-7 tailwheel aircraft that I built in my garage over 5 years. It's first flight was in July 2023 and we now fly it everywhere we can visiting people and places and documenting our adventures along the way for friend...
The Offset Approach to 26 at Popham!
Просмотров 32Месяц назад
This is the Van's RV-7 tailwheel aircraft G-RVBP that I built in my garage over 5 years. It's first flight was in July 2023 and we now fly it everywhere we can visiting people and places and documenting our adventures along the way for friends and family. I flew fighter jets for 20 years and now just enjoy flying around the country with my wife who is also a professional pilot although she lets...
Lovely aircraft and fantastic camera/telemetry setup. What do you use for getting the telemetry info? Good luck with the Air race.
Thank-you so much! It's my first aircraft build and early days for video editing so some improvements to come. I don't want the cameras to be distraction whilst flying so I just turn them on for the duration and edit whatever I get afterwards. It is possible to get some limited telemetry from the gopros but I use the data from the Garmin G3X. There are a few software programs out there but I use a program called 'Telemetry Overlay'. Quite fiddly and infinitely adjustable but I have made a couple of templates that I stick to now. I see you have GDU 460s in your Skyleaders so you just pull the CSV file off that after flight. Hope that helps!
Ben when is the race ???
It was at Sherburn over the weekend, I just haven't edited the rest yet!
Ben, congratulations on a great channel. We'll have to be mindful of cameo roles in the future! Great to see this day out as we discussed the immediate aftermath that evening. One day out definitely to remember.
Heaven!
Hadn't noticed the number on the tail before, nice touch!
It’s a recent addition as our allocated air race number, first race this weekend :)
That’s us!!! 🥳👍🏼🎈
I refuse to believe that RUclips worked that out!!
@@rvfighterpilot If it did, then that is some scary AI stuff going on there!!! 😳😳😳
Picked up my Good Morning Ben transmission! Great to see you at Goodwood with Sophie, and Phil and Alison
It was always going to!
Man, I love RV7s! It's been a while since I've been inverted 😢 I've got a couple of videos in one out of Barton 😊
I watched them!
@@rvfighterpilotwoop woop!