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Great advice and I have learnt to use my checklists for everything too.

Agreed, I have since heard he is a real cowboy and has upset a few pilots. I would not want him flying my kids or me for that matter.

Thank you for the comment on the quality and definately enter, it's amazing. My brother in law has participated for the past 2 years with his daughters taking turns, and is doing it next year with two cars, two daughters and one of their boyfriends.

Is every briefing and information during rally in spanish language only or also in english?

@@henkharbers4045​​⁠it’s in Spanish with a bit of English but it’s not worth attending. They post the route changes on the board each day and that’s all you need. Trust me I’ve been there twice and everyone one agrees.

That's why I love flying with you guys, you kinda know what you're doing and there are lots of checks in place. I just made a stupid mistake and the gauges are terrible on this 182, but I guess I could have always landed in a field if it did run dry, not a great option in a jet I guess, unless you are Russian

Thank you. I have improved a lot since then. I flew into Birming International Airport in the UK on Wednesday so had to be super professional. But flying through Farnborough Airspace on Friday with my daughter, I had to be even more on the ball, the ATC had their hands full and the comms were non stop. Very professional team Farnborough too

It was not on top of us, but it was certainly a lot closer than I would be comfortable with, especially as it was a PC12 and not a 152, fast and large. We have PAW in this aircraft but it did not pick anything up on the PC12 and to be honest it's not the greatest tool in the world. Professional comms and looking out the window would save most near misses, sadly the PC12 pilot didn't bother with either. I know the aircraft, flys from Fairoaks where I fly two other planes, the pilot is a bit of a tool, has had run ins with others both GA and professionals, so I guess we were lucky and whilst no in imediate danger, learning a good lesson. If in doubt get on the radio and state your position to any other traffic that might conflict

I'm very much looking forward to the rain stopping and being able to fly one of the Cubs again soon.

Hi sorry I don't knon the answer to that, but imagine that you will need a CAA PPL. I have a UK CAA PPL and a US FAA license too so I can fly in the states. You may be able to get a UK CAA piggy back license on your FAA licence but not sure.

@ChrisFlies yeah I do have a CAA PPL, that's awesome to know - I was a bit disappointed when I read that as I thought it would be nice to fly to France for a day, or Europe for a few. I think I'll confirm with one of my FIs. Thanks though. 👍👍

you make a good point. It's hard to know what to do as I don't want to mess up someones career, but I also don't want someone else to be in the path of a PC12 where the cpatain has no regard for those around them.

Thank you. You have the best all round taildragger I reckon, love the 180, but never flown in one. Totally agree on "wholw airplane flying" great way to learn so much more and feel very conneted

I can't belive I left it so long before flying one! Looking forward to some dry summer days and some farmstrip flying.

Hi Dan, lovely to hear from you and yes please do share my mistakes with your students. It's so easy to miss out something like this by just being lazy or assuming it's been checked. I was out with a helicopter pilot lastnight who always checks the fuel level before and after it's filled up. Good practice and something I'll do from now on.

Congratualtions to you too Mark, it's adictive stuff, something so nice about the level of control you have. I'm looking out for others with a Cub that I can borrow, would definately buy one if I lived in the US

@@ChrisFliesFor sure, me too!

Thank you for your very kind comment. Yep the hard lessons are the good ones, just hope I avoid the really hard ones! We have a dip gauge tube for the 182. I always dip the tanks three times when doing my checks and take the lowest reading. I also use 14USG p/h as fuel flow which is a worst case but should save me from running low, as long as the fuel caps are in the correct place!!! We’re hopefully getting a glass cockpit installed soon so will have digital fuel flow which will help a great deal. I’ve never trusted the fuel gauges as they just wobble. And the 182 is a nightmare for cross feeding and have much more fuel on the starboard tank than the port tank. I’ve even landed after a 1 hour flight, dipped the tanks and found I have more fuel than when I departed. An instructor I know, very experienced guy, looked at his in wing fuel gauge on his Piper Saratoga, had the engine run rough and stop in flight, flicked tanks over, restated and made a precautionary landing. Loads of checking later turned up a faulty fuel gauge, the tank was empty! No other way to check as you can’t visually inspect it. Keeping a log, which you do, is the smart way to fly.

SO easy to check and so dumb not to! I've learnt a valuable lesson here

Thanks Richard, I reckon I would not spot a missing fule cap on the PA28 if I wasn't looking for it! You just get so focused on the task in hand and then confirmation bias overrules everything else. I am no a lot more aware of what's going on; check, recheck and maybe check once more

Good questions, I think it had just been blown off and evaporated. The big spill at teh start was from full tanks, once they had dropped a bit the fuel just pulled out and atomised. I even put the cover back on which means getting on the top, but did not see the fuel cap was not in place, becasue I wasn't looking, nor smell any fuel. Bizzare and very lucky / stupid!

I gotcha. Hey mate, we are human. Great learning lesson. Thanks for sharing your story. You might have saved someone else, and never know it from sharing. @@ChrisFlies

Roger that, no more begging from me, be PLEASE sign up. Just kidding. Thanks for watching

I'm with you 100% but there is something about the tone of those comments in this video that is more about 'spread this safety message' rather than 'please boost my ego.' Regardless, I'm now a subscriber. Great content; anyone willing to share their mistakes for the benefit of others is encapsulating what it is to fly aeroplanes. It happens in airlines every day and is one reason they have the safety records they do.

Amen to that, never been so happy to have had to cut a flight short due to weather. Someone was looking out for me!

It's always the smallest things that cause the biggest issues. At least I have learnt to check then recheck everything. Bit like making sure you've doubled up the figure of eight on your harness before you absail off that 100ft tree!

Thank you so much.

You're welcome. I used to work for the British Automobile Racing Club (when it was based in London, in the building next to the London Palladium. .and I even got a lift there with a newspaper sports photographer in his light airplane, from Biggin, that was an experience, especially when a glider appeared in front of us so it was nose up and really looking heavenward!) I had many happy working race days there, starting with the first meeting when the BARC took over, and the first Easter F2 meeting. And I now live only a few miles away from Thruxton.

That's a great story and a wonderful way to discover flying and racing! I lok forward to flying in again soon.

@@ChrisFlies I was Press Officer on race days/weekends. So got to know all the press reporters and photographers, and many of the drivers, in the late 60s and 70s.. When the BARC was based in London we staff would stay in hotels in Andover, as would a lot of the drivers so the evenings were often party time. It's all very different now - they all roll up in their (luxurious) RV's, (even airplanes) and leave when the racing is over.

Hopefully I managed to miss your house and stick to the new noise abatement. Love Compton Abbas and the whole area, I’d love to live near here. Thanks for watching my video.

Thank you Terry, me too!

No worries, thank you for commenting. I will be uploading more full ATC video as lots of new pilots want to learn, as I did, what to say and when. My RT has got a lot better since this video too!

Thank you. I have been over to Enstone a couple of times and had not considered those who are “Blading in” to Soho House. I’ll keep a good look out and make sure we don’t have any of here near misses that I saw recently at Popham ruclips.net/video/bcBgAzoMVxM/видео.htmlsi=xpPAFjII2oSab2hq