Thank you for the plug!!! Brought back some great memories flying to my old airfield. In that video I totally messed up as I was in the low level airspace above me at 1,500ft. I was at 1,200 or something like that. I switched too early to the QFE and climbed 30 seconds too early, which resulted busting through level by a few hundred feet for a few seconds! 🙈🙈
Your video really helped me when I regained my PPL, so thank you for the honesty! It taught me to give a nice wide berth around airspace, and more importantly to watch that QNH. I was very paranoid on this one!
In a (fake) deep and dark sounding American accent: "Danger Zone, Danger Zone, Danger Zone." In a wimp English accent and sing-song tone: "Clear Prop". Man card gets out of Noel's pocket and walks out of cockpit.
I think my second training flight I was taught how to fuel..... the instructors hate doing it!!! If you ever hit Elstree, give me a shout love to buy you lunch!!
Hey Noel, great Video as always fella. Ref Gaydon, yes it's the former RAF Gaydon, but these days it's home to JLR and Aston Martin for they research & development work, and they both use it as their test track. Wish I'd have known you were coming to EGBW as I might have been able to pop up and say Hi!! Maybe next time! Stay safe chap.
That was a fun video. I always enjoy comparing procedures in the UK with those here in Canada. I chuckled at your comments about self service fuel and share your frustrations. For the first 20 years my home field had an attendant at the pumps, so no problem. For the past 10 I have been at a field with self service. Each refuelling is an adventure that can feature such challenges as no receipts, a credit card machine that sometimes that refuses to work and a hose that sometimes decides to spontaneously rewind in the middle of fuelling. We call it the “anaconda.” Cheers
Another fun video...I was surprised how little communication with ATC almost all of the flight until the tower to land....interesting....loved you fueling...do you put your cc in before or after you pump the fuel.....shocked me whilst driving in France on the motorways fueling first, then going in to pay. (That ended in the US in the 1970's!) Lol
Loved the video,, was curious however in the video from dash cam saw somewhat of a gap in door was it not closed tightly or is it just fit and finish. The 172 I fly has a few of those gaps. What a gorgeous flight. Regards Steve B.
Nice video! Not the best plan to attach the bonding wire to anything with paint on it. I was shown to use the exhaust outlets, taking care not to get burnt!
Ahhh my neck of the woods, well Old Buckenham is in the same county as me about 15 mins away! Hope you had fun, it is verrrry quiet there! There was a piper flying over Norwich again a few days ago and i wondered if it were you, although not sure when this was filmed, was it a Monday?
Oh my goodness me Noel! I wish I had known that you were coming to Wellesbourne, because I live there and would of paid for you to have a full English breakfast as Wellesbourne airfield cafe!!
Thanks for the suggestion Isaac, it's a slightly different type of content with different viewers though so I find they don't do as well over there and can impact the other videos.
Noel I’ve been meaning to ask you if there are any flight plans you submit that require you to ever lock-in the nav radio to a VOR/DME or NDB? as part of your planned route or to help you navigate ever? Thanks and love the channel!
To be honest, I usually work on GPS all the way. I'll tune the VORs for reference, and for DME, but unless the GPS stops working, I probably wouldn't rely on radio nav.
@@FlyWithNoelPhilips that makes perfect sense especially with operating a small plane like myself I rely mainly on gps but do you use them as waypoints sometimes?
At these airfields the best you can get is the nearest big airport, then look at the windsock as you fly over for wind conditions. You can also use things like smoke from chimneys as a reference.
The transition altitudes differ in different parts around the uk you can see these in the en route section of the aip there is an online version provided by nats, you can see them there
Thank you for the plug!!! Brought back some great memories flying to my old airfield. In that video I totally messed up as I was in the low level airspace above me at 1,500ft. I was at 1,200 or something like that. I switched too early to the QFE and climbed 30 seconds too early, which resulted busting through level by a few hundred feet for a few seconds! 🙈🙈
Your video really helped me when I regained my PPL, so thank you for the honesty! It taught me to give a nice wide berth around airspace, and more importantly to watch that QNH. I was very paranoid on this one!
The motor museum at Gaydon is excellent, worth a visit
Always puts a smile on my face when I see you’ve uploaded love the vids
what a amazing video noel i love the aircraft make
Excellent video Noel
In a (fake) deep and dark sounding American accent: "Danger Zone, Danger Zone, Danger Zone."
In a wimp English accent and sing-song tone: "Clear Prop".
Man card gets out of Noel's pocket and walks out of cockpit.
I think my second training flight I was taught how to fuel..... the instructors hate doing it!!! If you ever hit Elstree, give me a shout love to buy you lunch!!
"£140 quid later and i spent an hour watching planes and eating a burger." Basically the life of a PPL pilot!
Hey Noel, great Video as always fella. Ref Gaydon, yes it's the former RAF Gaydon, but these days it's home to JLR and Aston Martin for they research & development work, and they both use it as their test track. Wish I'd have known you were coming to EGBW as I might have been able to pop up and say Hi!! Maybe next time! Stay safe chap.
That was a fun video. I always enjoy comparing procedures in the UK with those here in Canada. I chuckled at your comments about self service fuel and share your frustrations. For the first 20 years my home field had an attendant at the pumps, so no problem. For the past 10 I have been at a field with self service. Each refuelling is an adventure that can feature such challenges as no receipts, a credit card machine that sometimes that refuses to work and a hose that sometimes decides to spontaneously rewind in the middle of fuelling. We call it the “anaconda.” Cheers
Great video Noel, please show the Vulcan bomber next time you come to wellesbourne
Love the Top Gun plugs........................ but Noel your singing is as good as my flying! Great video as always!
Greased it!
Another fun video...I was surprised how little communication with ATC almost all of the flight until the tower to land....interesting....loved you fueling...do you put your cc in before or after you pump the fuel.....shocked me whilst driving in France on the motorways fueling first, then going in to pay. (That ended in the US in the 1970's!) Lol
Love it ❤❤
Loved the video,, was curious however in the video from dash cam saw somewhat of a gap in door was it not closed tightly or is it just fit and finish. The 172 I fly has a few of those gaps. What a gorgeous flight. Regards Steve B.
Nice video! Not the best plan to attach the bonding wire to anything with paint on it. I was shown to use the exhaust outlets, taking care not to get burnt!
Gaydon was a v bomber base then navigation training before closing.used to have airshows
Ahhh my neck of the woods, well Old Buckenham is in the same county as me about 15 mins away! Hope you had fun, it is verrrry quiet there! There was a piper flying over Norwich again a few days ago and i wondered if it were you, although not sure when this was filmed, was it a Monday?
Oh my goodness me Noel! I wish I had known that you were coming to Wellesbourne, because I live there and would of paid for you to have a full English breakfast as Wellesbourne airfield cafe!!
It probably was rubbish weather down in Southampton as well aha
Maybe you should have gone inverted with an F15 and you would now be that Noel Philips!!! Loved the blog.
We forget the UK is basically a massive US aircraft carrier
Noel you should put these flying vlogs on your main channel. You would get much higher engagement.
Thanks for the suggestion Isaac, it's a slightly different type of content with different viewers though so I find they don't do as well over there and can impact the other videos.
Lol noise abatement in a warrior☺️. It’ll be “Caution wake turbulence” next. 🤣
How do you find the Bose headset, do they eliminate radio interference?
I hope soon you can fly bigger aircraft
Noel I’ve been meaning to ask you if there are any flight plans you submit that require you to ever lock-in the nav radio to a VOR/DME or NDB? as part of your planned route or to help you navigate ever? Thanks and love the channel!
To be honest, I usually work on GPS all the way. I'll tune the VORs for reference, and for DME, but unless the GPS stops working, I probably wouldn't rely on radio nav.
@@FlyWithNoelPhilips that makes perfect sense especially with operating a small plane like myself I rely mainly on gps but do you use them as waypoints sometimes?
So you didn't show us the flight prep and what you suppose to see in your instruments when flying IR
Hi Noël where did you get your pilot license and what kind do you have?
at 6:19 I can see a little bit of sky at the door seals. near the lock to the ceiling..are you aware of this ?
Where do you get airfield information if there was no one manning the tower? I’m guessing they don’t have an ATIS?
At these airfields the best you can get is the nearest big airport, then look at the windsock as you fly over for wind conditions. You can also use things like smoke from chimneys as a reference.
What is IFR and VFR? Never flown here 🤣🤣 but love your vids! Makes me wanna have lessons! X
Instrument flight rules and Visual flight rules.
@@gordanmilne7034 thanks so much! X
I thought flight levels are for above 10,00 ft
The transition altitudes differ in different parts around the uk you can see these in the en route section of the aip there is an online version provided by nats, you can see them there
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Two altimeters, next to each other? Never seen that before.