Beautiful video, Andy. I've wanted to visit Lundy for a long time and, freshly solo on flex, I'm beginning to imagine a time when I could fly myself there. Bring on the adventures. 🙂
Thank you DS. It is a magic flight out/back: just the right distance for a sense of achievement without the sense of panic. Great for an overnoight camp, with a good pub/resto in the village. Being so high out of the water, the sunset/sunrise can be 5star.
@@JourneymanBalladeer The idea of flying somewhere like Lundy with a tent in the back is exactly why I started training on flex. Just love the prospect of adventures like these.
Really nice video! I hadn't realized there was a usable strip on the island. We were just there (via MS Oldenburg) last week, and the weather wasn't bad, but nowhere near a good as it was for your flight.
Thank you for the compliment Mike. You will know how magic an island it is. There is an annual Fly-In organized by Cornwall Flying Club out of Bodmin, on the end July-start August weekend. I try to go to it, or on another weekend, every year: even though the runway is about as bumpy as one could find, or want to use. I did land in the field by the church once. The manager said I could give it a go when I called for PPR. So I did, and on arrival I asked said manager why he had suggested it. His reply was "I just wanted to see if it could be done!" On another occasion I gave the chef at The Marisco Tavern a flight, in return for a free supper.
The situation in UK is: 1. From January 2019 all radios must operate based on the 8.33Mhz standard. 2. Small airfields can use on of two frequencies for local traffic. a. 129.830 (changed from 129.825) b. SafetyCom 135.475. 3. These are not official air-to-air channels. A new channel was introduced in April 2019 for air-to-air use by microlight aircraft, to assist with situational awareness. 4. 129.8333 is NOT an allocated channel in UK, or achievable on standard aircraft radios. I hope than answers your question
Beautiful video, Andy. I've wanted to visit Lundy for a long time and, freshly solo on flex, I'm beginning to imagine a time when I could fly myself there. Bring on the adventures. 🙂
Thank you DS. It is a magic flight out/back: just the right distance for a sense of achievement without the sense of panic. Great for an overnoight camp, with a good pub/resto in the village. Being so high out of the water, the sunset/sunrise can be 5star.
@@JourneymanBalladeer The idea of flying somewhere like Lundy with a tent in the back is exactly why I started training on flex. Just love the prospect of adventures like these.
Really nice video! I hadn't realized there was a usable strip on the island. We were just there (via MS Oldenburg) last week, and the weather wasn't bad, but nowhere near a good as it was for your flight.
Thank you for the compliment Mike. You will know how magic an island it is. There is an annual Fly-In organized by Cornwall Flying Club out of Bodmin, on the end July-start August weekend. I try to go to it, or on another weekend, every year: even though the runway is about as bumpy as one could find, or want to use. I did land in the field by the church once. The manager said I could give it a go when I called for PPR. So I did, and on arrival I asked said manager why he had suggested it. His reply was "I just wanted to see if it could be done!" On another occasion I gave the chef at The Marisco Tavern a flight, in return for a free supper.
Are the frequencies of 129.825 and 129.8333 used Solely for Microlights in the UK, if so, those frequencies are very close to each other.
The situation in UK is:
1. From January 2019 all radios must operate based on the 8.33Mhz standard.
2. Small airfields can use on of two frequencies for local traffic. a. 129.830 (changed from 129.825) b. SafetyCom 135.475.
3. These are not official air-to-air channels. A new channel was introduced in April 2019 for air-to-air use by microlight aircraft, to assist with situational
awareness.
4. 129.8333 is NOT an allocated channel in UK, or achievable on standard aircraft radios.
I hope than answers your question