Fantastic videos as always Jon. Your clear procedures and ATC are really helpful to help me improve my own proficiency while flying. It's also fantastic to be able to understand from ATC and to help me prepare what I'll say!
Watching this has made feel more comfortable about doing the airspace crossings when I commence that part of the PPL Nav exercises and so useful to hear the RT between you and the controllers. Thanks for uploading🙂
That was an excellent watch, Jon. An incredibly busy flight for you but you handled it perfectly well, no doubt because of all your work in the preparation. You had to be on your game with that one! 👌👏👏
Really useful Jon, cheers. I've been working towards my QXC on and off (mostly off!) through the last year in the same airspace , so this has been a useful example of the radio work , many thanks :-)
Enjoyed the Video. I am taking my LAPL with Bliss and Olly who we can hear on your video is my Instructor in G-BUFH I am loving the flying but ATC at Bournemouth is Scaring me every time I have to push the Button. Will play this a few more times as you made it seem so easy.
As a ppl on the pa 28 l would fly with you anytime.Good rt,well organised very calm and controlled . Good scanning technique.Brings back memories as I did my qualifying x country from Wycombe into Bournemouth
@@TheFlyingReporter It was back in 1985 in a BA tomahawk.Developed carb ice on my return to WAP .I used to fly into all the PFA rallies,Kemble,Cranfield .Question John could you not have requested a SVFR through the Gatwick zone then made a right turn and flown VFR all along the coastline crossing overhead Henngisbury Head which is a VRP.A lot les workload
@@kevinpointer1187 Probably could have done that VFR. But every time I've asked so far, that's been refused from Redhill. I wonder if there's a gain in track miles? There's also a low shelf of Class D west of chichester that I would have to stay below/or request a transit through, OR track around the isle of wight.
Well done Jon, excellent as always! Radio work does give extra pressure in a busy environment, but as you say, prep is key! Especially when the radio frequencies they give are the same as you have already written down and keyed in on standby! 👍
Thanks Don. You should always be able to plan ahead to the next frequency change. Sometimes they'll catch you out with a lesser used frequency, like director, or delivery, but often it's pretty standard.
Howdy! American pilot watching here. Listening to the radio is quite interesting. Trying to figure out what terms like “basic service” mean! Also I find it seemingly cumbersome that you have to get re-approved to enter controlled airspace every time. It doesn’t seem like the controllers can pass you off as easily as they do here in the US. We have something called “VFR flight following” that allows you to enter most types of controlled airspace (not large terminal areas called Bravo airspace without additional clearance) so long as you are in two way radio communication with the controlling agency.
Another lovely video. Nice to see a flash of Bliss Aviation at the end. We always use them at Bournemouth and they are extremely friendly and efficient. It almost makes one forget the £100 landing/handling fee!
@@TheFlyingReporter LOL true the point I was sort of making was that you made no mistakes on that busy flight. It’s so easy around Redhill and Gatwick to make mistakes. I know that from a few mistakes I made around there during my first post qualification flights.
@@TheFlyingReporter Controllers are always the good guys even when we make mistakes!!! Hopefully this lockdown will end soon and you can continue your relationship with them.
Do they cut you guys more slack in that respect? I suppose they still need you to change frequencies. Changing to ground in the hover solo must be tricky.
Do they cut you guys more slack in that respect? I suppose they still need you to change frequencies. Changing to ground in the hover solo must be tricky.
@@TheFlyingReporter well I don’t know about ‘more slack’, but I think it might be why helicopter pilot RT is sometimes not quite up to scratch. As far as frequency change in the hover goes, we have a button on the cyclic that switches from the main tx to the preset standby frequency so you can do it, as long as you’ve done your prep. It certainly focuses the mind!
Excellent video. Although I am not a pilot I love watching and learning what is needed to be able to fly. Maybe one day if I ever get to try and learn I wont be so green and clueless thanks to videos like yours. That was very informative (for me anyway) and I loved the ATC comms. Ps, Redhill is my nearest Aerodrome so that's probably where I would head to for learning?
Having watched a lot of your videos recently, a question comes to mind. Wouldn’t it be less workload to carry the same transponder code from departure to arrival. Of course it goes without saying, some things in life are not what they should be !! Happy Landings.
Ace as always Jon. One question. Can u plz clarify why ATC offered u the options of IFR vs. VFR transit? What advantage would the former have? Apologies for the probably daft question. I’m a transplant to USA and trained here so very little experience flying in my old country. Douglas. PS hope all going well at the Beeb.
In short Douglas, I don't know. I'd already declared I was VFR. That said, they have a lot of IFR training around there, and into Bournemouth, and I suppose he wanted to be sure before giving me a clearance, as it might have been tight at 4000 IFR with the other IFR aircraft heading for the hold at the same altitude. Additionally, with the different flight rules, comes different separation minima from traffic and cloud. I was coming from class G airspace and he could have been checking with me that I could remain in VMC (1000ft/1500m from cloud) in his class of airspace. IFR would have been a hindrance on the controller, with the greater separation minima that he would have to apply, whereas when I'm VFR, he can get away with passing traffic information to VFR and IFR traffic about me, and to me about them. The only benefit of me switching to IFR would be if I couldn't maintain my flight in VMC.
Another good video Jon - been to Bournemouth many times and ironically we were the last departing flight before the November lockdown. Expensive handling, although you can eat as many snacks and ice creams as time allows. Do I assume correctly you don't have an autopilot?
@@TheFlyingReporter When I converted to a very aging PA28 at my first flying club, Conington, I remember the instructor showing me how to use it and telling me “never use the autopilot it’s unreliable”. Fortunately, my PA32 has a much better version which I have come to rely upon the majority of the time. Disadvantage is, I have to make a concerted effort to hand fly every now and then because I get so rusty. You dont appear to have that problem...always well balanced flight.
When I did my PPL Solo X Country over 30 years ago I cheated by switching my Tx Transponder Mode C and ATC, FIR even thanked me by telling me my exact position although I was aware anyways. It was in a Cessna 172 which flew like a transit van but at least the visibility below was excellent !
Another cracking video Jon and again excellent radio work, would be interesting to know how much landing fees and handling were at Bournemouth. Keep the video's coming and good luck for 2021
I am pilot in France (st brieuc airfield: LFRT) in pa28 arrow 3 200cv RU. In the future, i would liké to fly in UK when my english will be good. I want to know if in UK, are there more airspace controlled ? Altitude is it more restricted ? Can you give me a maximum informations about the differences between uk and France (because you have flight in France, i have watch this vidéo) thanks for your answer. Brieuc
Where do I start? Study your route very carefully and the general advice is to take 2 from controlled airspace, 2 miles and 200ft if possible to prevent airspace infringements. You give your details over the radio to an approach unit that controls the class D airspace, request a crossing from a VRP to VRP if you can and have a requested altitude and whether you are VFR or IFR. Don’t be afriad to ask ATC for help, just be aware they might be busy with commerical operations so know what you want and how to ask for it. Expect a reply along the lines of, ‘cleared to transit controlled airspace, VFR, not above altitude xxxx, report at xxx’ Or ‘Cleared to transit the control zone, vfr maintaining 3000ft/not below 3000ft etc etc. You’ll be given a basic/traffic/deconfliction service outside of controlled airspace and you’ll be told radar control when you enter.
Hi Brieuc. Tommo has covered a lot of it, but in answer to your core question 'is there more controlled airspace'. I'd say yes and no! It does feel that we have more, because we are a smaller country, and most of our commercial aerodromes are very busy, particularly in the South East. So, while you will have class D airspace around aerodromes like Carcassonne, Caen, Le Touquet etc, traffic levels and traffic types are nothing in comparison to say London Gatwick, Southampton etc. So you will find our Class D is much busier, and more like your Paris area for example. The way I see it, and the way it feels as a light aircraft pilot, is that there is a controller/UK class D mindset, where light aircraft is segregated rather than integrated. This isn't the perfect way of explaining it, but basically, you can expect to get a class D transit through Deauville, Le Touquet, Caen, Rennes etc etc, and probably at the level, heading, track you want.....In the UK, you can not rely on getting a transit at all, and if you do, it will be a very specific routing/altitude... It's luck of the draw, depending on how busy the controller is, their attitude to it sometimes possibly comes into it, what they're comfortable with etc. Different Class D aerodromes will seem more willing to give transits that others. Southend, Brize, Liverpool...always, Southampton, Bristol, perhaps a little less willing. That all said, I have only been refused a transit twice. Once at Gatwick VFR, and once trying to cross Luton IFR. In terms of altitude, unless you can fly IFR, a lot of the south east around London is covered by the Class A London TMA, which at points limits you to 2500 ft. So in that respect, it's a bit like Paris. Hope that answers some of your questions. My answers are from a pilot perspective, from my own experience, and from my interpretation of it. Controllers will explain it differently I suspect.
@@TheFlyingReporter i will start to fly to jersey for m'y first flight out of France. Thanks you very much for your explanations. Your vidéo are very understandable and very good quality. Thanks, enjoy your flight, flying reporter!
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Great video, lovely vis, nice service from Solent.
love the c/s of the Duchess "Black Adder"....great flight
Was indeed busy, and than you still have time to talk us through it all in de video. Wonderful! Tnx
Fantastic videos as always Jon. Your clear procedures and ATC are really helpful to help me improve my own proficiency while flying. It's also fantastic to be able to understand from ATC and to help me prepare what I'll say!
Thanks Noel.
Watching this has made feel more comfortable about doing the airspace crossings when I commence that part of the PPL Nav exercises and so useful to hear the RT between you and the controllers. Thanks for uploading🙂
Great to see you back in the air again Jon. Fantastic view over my old stomping ground at Southampton
Thanks Pete.
That was an excellent watch, Jon. An incredibly busy flight for you but you handled it perfectly well, no doubt because of all your work in the preparation. You had to be on your game with that one! 👌👏👏
theses videos are so useful, I'm a PPL student about to do my QXC and struggling with radio
I so enjoy your flying in the UK! I can actually *understand* ATC! Beautiful flight! Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching Christopher.
Really useful Jon, cheers. I've been working towards my QXC on and off (mostly off!) through the last year in the same airspace , so this has been a useful example of the radio work , many thanks :-)
Enjoyed the Video. I am taking my LAPL with Bliss and Olly who we can hear on your video is my Instructor in G-BUFH I am loving the flying but ATC at Bournemouth is Scaring me every time I have to push the Button. Will play this a few more times as you made it seem so easy.
Brilliant Jon. Love all the RT in your videos. I’ve learned so much from them so thank you.
Lovely landing!
You're so chilled in the cockpit. Great video!
Really enjoyed the video, especially helpful to have each frequency change/check in. Thanks!
Busy but cool, calm and collected Jon. Interesting flight and excellent edit.
Thanks Tim. Sometimes they just come together well. Happy new year!
Good stuff - "Behind the departing Duchess" made me chuckle in both a Meghan / slightly camp sort of way....
Excellent work as usual Jon.
Busy it was, but you handled it very well. Congrats Jon!
Thank you Fabrizio.
As a ppl on the pa 28 l would fly with you anytime.Good rt,well organised very calm and controlled . Good scanning technique.Brings back memories as I did my qualifying x country from Wycombe into Bournemouth
Bet that was an exciting, thrilling and nerve wracking flight. When was that?
@@TheFlyingReporter It was back in 1985 in a BA tomahawk.Developed carb ice on my return to WAP .I used to fly into all the PFA rallies,Kemble,Cranfield .Question John could you not have requested a SVFR through the Gatwick zone then made a right turn and flown VFR all along the coastline crossing overhead Henngisbury Head which is a VRP.A lot les workload
@@kevinpointer1187 Probably could have done that VFR. But every time I've asked so far, that's been refused from Redhill. I wonder if there's a gain in track miles? There's also a low shelf of Class D west of chichester that I would have to stay below/or request a transit through, OR track around the isle of wight.
Well done Jon, excellent as always! Radio work does give extra pressure in a busy environment, but as you say, prep is key! Especially when the radio frequencies they give are the same as you have already written down and keyed in on standby! 👍
Thanks Don. You should always be able to plan ahead to the next frequency change. Sometimes they'll catch you out with a lesser used frequency, like director, or delivery, but often it's pretty standard.
Howdy! American pilot watching here. Listening to the radio is quite interesting. Trying to figure out what terms like “basic service” mean! Also I find it seemingly cumbersome that you have to get re-approved to enter controlled airspace every time. It doesn’t seem like the controllers can pass you off as easily as they do here in the US. We have something called “VFR flight following” that allows you to enter most types of controlled airspace (not large terminal areas called Bravo airspace without additional clearance) so long as you are in two way radio communication with the controlling agency.
Hi Collin. Things are done a little differently in Europe, and then the UK has its own quirks. Thanks for watching.
Another lovely video. Nice to see a flash of Bliss Aviation at the end. We always use them at Bournemouth and they are extremely friendly and efficient. It almost makes one forget the £100 landing/handling fee!
They must've had a special offer on. I think it was only £90 that day! Despite the cost, it's always trouble free.
Love it! As a fresh pilot this is so helpful. Thank you for sharing :)
Always loads of Fun for me comparing the way We do things here in Canada and the way the do things in The UK
Great video. I intend copying your flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. What a wonderful flight sim that is.
Yes wanted to do the same @david Morgan. I miss flying in the UK, unfortunately you can't fly a PA28 on the Sim for now
@@CyrilDeretz very soon JustFlight are realising a Pa-28 !
@@reflex3105 That's great news. Can't wait to fly on the first plane I trained on
@@CyrilDeretz Exact same here, trained on that aircraft and cant wait to fly it in msfs, the one theyre creating is the Arrow IV
wow, great flight, i used to fly out of rehill and brought back many good memories john hancock
Thanks for watching John. Please subscribe, if you haven't already, for more Redhill flying adventures!
Another nice video John. Your videos are my RT refresher.
Thanks Ashok, I really should work harder to be CAP413 compliant then!
Love your radio work! 😍
Great video and I thought your RT was 1st class!
I hope callsign 'BlackAdder 08', when asked by ATC to say intentions, reply's 'I have a cunning plan..BlackAdder 08'
As cunning as a fox who’s just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University..
@@TheFlyingReporter But has moved on and is now working for the U.N. at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning.
Fantastic video!
Really enjoy yours vids, impressed to see you check your performance and an emergency brief before take off, very professional!
Every time I watch your videos, it makes me longing to fly in the UK. I like the radio work, well done. Will do your flight on my simulator
Good luck with the flight Cyril.
Very busy indeed for just one pilot but real cool work 👍👏
Cheers Stewart.
Great video Jon, sorry I have been away for a while - looking forward to watching your return trip on your website! All the best, Julian
Thanks Julian.
Thanks Julian.
Well done keeping the controllers calm, it was a busy flight.
They don't need my help to keep calm...they are born that way!
@@TheFlyingReporter LOL true the point I was sort of making was that you made no mistakes on that busy flight. It’s so easy around Redhill and Gatwick to make mistakes. I know that from a few mistakes I made around there during my first post qualification flights.
It's what the controllers are there for....nobody's perfect.....ask me how I know!
@@TheFlyingReporter Controllers are always the good guys even when we make mistakes!!! Hopefully this lockdown will end soon and you can continue your relationship with them.
Isn’t there a corridor through Hamble ?Do you know a BAPilot called Starnie as he used to instruct at Redhill and is half Indian.
Awesome job as always! Love your videos. Makes me want to get an LAPL
What are you waiting for?
@@TheFlyingReporter don't have enough funds for training at the moment...
Don't give up!
Great video, very informative. The audio was particularly clean 👍
Thanks for the comment Daniel.
Happy New Year good to see the continued Vids Hello From vancouver BC Canada
Happy new year Mike.
Great videos John. Not flying the arrow much?
Hi Mark. I'm asked this a lot now, and I have covered it in some of my vids. I've done an FAQ about it. www.jonhunt.net/faq/
You need to try to fly in a microlight. Idea: fly to RAF MONA (the public are aloud to fly on the weekend and evenings) and visit Llandudno.
Super stuff Jon. I think this would be an extreme challenge in a heli without SAS or autopilot due to not having spare hands to write anything down!
Do they cut you guys more slack in that respect? I suppose they still need you to change frequencies. Changing to ground in the hover solo must be tricky.
Do they cut you guys more slack in that respect? I suppose they still need you to change frequencies. Changing to ground in the hover solo must be tricky.
@@TheFlyingReporter well I don’t know about ‘more slack’, but I think it might be why helicopter pilot RT is sometimes not quite up to scratch. As far as frequency change in the hover goes, we have a button on the cyclic that switches from the main tx to the preset standby frequency so you can do it, as long as you’ve done your prep. It certainly focuses the mind!
Bet you have to be way ahead all the time. Challenging, with Radar, Tower, Ground.....
@@TheFlyingReporter well I certainly try to be but I haven’t flown a heli into many places with multiple frequencies yet so we’ll see!
Jon, in the summary you missed.........5 gold rings. Very busy indeed but you were cool all the way through. A great advert for forward planning.
Thanks Mikey.
Excellent video. Although I am not a pilot I love watching and learning what is needed to be able to fly. Maybe one day if I ever get to try and learn I wont be so green and clueless thanks to videos like yours. That was very informative (for me anyway) and I loved the ATC comms.
Ps, Redhill is my nearest Aerodrome so that's probably where I would head to for learning?
Nice one Jon. Looked like a good work out. Does the increased workload take the enjoyment out of flying or add to it?
Having watched a lot of your videos recently, a question comes to mind. Wouldn’t it be less workload to carry the same transponder code from departure to arrival. Of course it goes without saying, some things in life are not what they should be !! Happy Landings.
John
Another inspirational day out. What happened about the change of aircraft to a retractable.
Hi John. I'm asked this a lot at the moment (it has been addressed in a couple of episodes). it's now a FAQ. www.jonhunt.net/faq/
Nice video Jon, only a little jealous you have the privilege of writing things down whilst you're flying haha
Another example of why fixed wing is better than your chopper! ;)
Busy busy busy. But still enjoyed the flight
You or me?! I enjoyed it, even thought it was busy. Glad you enjoyed it!!
Ace as always Jon. One question. Can u plz clarify why ATC offered u the options of IFR vs. VFR transit? What advantage would the former have? Apologies for the probably daft question. I’m a transplant to USA and trained here so very little experience flying in my old country. Douglas. PS hope all going well at the Beeb.
In short Douglas, I don't know. I'd already declared I was VFR. That said, they have a lot of IFR training around there, and into Bournemouth, and I suppose he wanted to be sure before giving me a clearance, as it might have been tight at 4000 IFR with the other IFR aircraft heading for the hold at the same altitude. Additionally, with the different flight rules, comes different separation minima from traffic and cloud. I was coming from class G airspace and he could have been checking with me that I could remain in VMC (1000ft/1500m from cloud) in his class of airspace. IFR would have been a hindrance on the controller, with the greater separation minima that he would have to apply, whereas when I'm VFR, he can get away with passing traffic information to VFR and IFR traffic about me, and to me about them. The only benefit of me switching to IFR would be if I couldn't maintain my flight in VMC.
Another good video Jon - been to Bournemouth many times and ironically we were the last departing flight before the November lockdown. Expensive handling, although you can eat as many snacks and ice creams as time allows. Do I assume correctly you don't have an autopilot?
Hi Andy. The aircraft has a simple autopilot, but I'm not sure it can be relied upon.
@@TheFlyingReporter When I converted to a very aging PA28 at my first flying club, Conington, I remember the instructor showing me how to use it and telling me “never use the autopilot it’s unreliable”. Fortunately, my PA32 has a much better version which I have come to rely upon the majority of the time. Disadvantage is, I have to make a concerted effort to hand fly every now and then because I get so rusty. You dont appear to have that problem...always well balanced flight.
Great video!
Thank you Paul!
When I did my PPL Solo X Country over 30 years ago I cheated by switching my Tx Transponder Mode C and ATC, FIR even thanked me by telling me my exact position although I was aware anyways. It was in a Cessna 172 which flew like a transit van but at least the visibility below was excellent !
Another cracking video Jon and again excellent radio work, would be interesting to know how much landing fees and handling were at Bournemouth. Keep the video's coming and good luck for 2021
Hi Keith. About £90 this time.
@@TheFlyingReporter well that's not bad for such a large airport. thanks for the info Jon.
Wonderful video Jon but now how about you doing a cross country in a proper airplane like a cub! LOL
I need to get hold of one first.
What are the costs in Bournemouth? Many of us across the pond have heard horror stories about flying in Europe.
About £100 landing/handling
Stuff a Stoat if I taxied at the speed you did I would be flying!! Don't do that in a taildragger!! Good video with lots going on.
I am pilot in France (st brieuc airfield: LFRT) in pa28 arrow 3 200cv RU. In the future, i would liké to fly in UK when my english will be good. I want to know if in UK, are there more airspace controlled ? Altitude is it more restricted ? Can you give me a maximum informations about the differences between uk and France (because you have flight in France, i have watch this vidéo) thanks for your answer. Brieuc
Where do I start? Study your route very carefully and the general advice is to take 2 from controlled airspace, 2 miles and 200ft if possible to prevent airspace infringements.
You give your details over the radio to an approach unit that controls the class D airspace, request a crossing from a VRP to VRP if you can and have a requested altitude and whether you are VFR or IFR. Don’t be afriad to ask ATC for help, just be aware they might be busy with commerical operations so know what you want and how to ask for it.
Expect a reply along the lines of, ‘cleared to transit controlled airspace, VFR, not above altitude xxxx, report at xxx’
Or ‘Cleared to transit the control zone, vfr maintaining 3000ft/not below 3000ft etc etc. You’ll be given a basic/traffic/deconfliction service outside of controlled airspace and you’ll be told radar control when you enter.
Hi Brieuc. Tommo has covered a lot of it, but in answer to your core question 'is there more controlled airspace'. I'd say yes and no! It does feel that we have more, because we are a smaller country, and most of our commercial aerodromes are very busy, particularly in the South East. So, while you will have class D airspace around aerodromes like Carcassonne, Caen, Le Touquet etc, traffic levels and traffic types are nothing in comparison to say London Gatwick, Southampton etc. So you will find our Class D is much busier, and more like your Paris area for example. The way I see it, and the way it feels as a light aircraft pilot, is that there is a controller/UK class D mindset, where light aircraft is segregated rather than integrated. This isn't the perfect way of explaining it, but basically, you can expect to get a class D transit through Deauville, Le Touquet, Caen, Rennes etc etc, and probably at the level, heading, track you want.....In the UK, you can not rely on getting a transit at all, and if you do, it will be a very specific routing/altitude... It's luck of the draw, depending on how busy the controller is, their attitude to it sometimes possibly comes into it, what they're comfortable with etc. Different Class D aerodromes will seem more willing to give transits that others. Southend, Brize, Liverpool...always, Southampton, Bristol, perhaps a little less willing. That all said, I have only been refused a transit twice. Once at Gatwick VFR, and once trying to cross Luton IFR. In terms of altitude, unless you can fly IFR, a lot of the south east around London is covered by the Class A London TMA, which at points limits you to 2500 ft. So in that respect, it's a bit like Paris. Hope that answers some of your questions. My answers are from a pilot perspective, from my own experience, and from my interpretation of it. Controllers will explain it differently I suspect.
@@TheFlyingReporter i will start to fly to jersey for m'y first flight out of France. Thanks you very much for your explanations. Your vidéo are very understandable and very good quality. Thanks, enjoy your flight, flying reporter!
runway 36, 75 knots
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Did you ever fly with your brother?
I haven't tempted him up yet.
Your priming to quickly, your not giving the primer time to fill up before you push the plunger thats probably why it was a little difficult in starting..
Great video!
Thanks MIchael.