What a great video. It reminded me of my first experience of flying a PA Warrior from Blackpool to Barton way back in 1990's on the last leg of my PPL Navigation Exam. However, on my way to Blackpool (from Halfpenny Green via the Low Level Corridor) I needed to negotiate Warton's MATZ and its Tornado traffic. Calling them up a lovely lady said, "Oh sorry love, they've all just gone home, so I suppose it'll be OK". It was 5.30pm. Landing at Blackpool then proved perfectly easy with no crabbing until when about to touch down the left wing and tail suddenly lifted and the propellor was almost scraping the tarmac. Apologising profusely to the tower staff for my worst landing ever they said "It's not your fault, the wind suddenly veered - it's been doing that all day, and we've changed the active runway as a result." The wind over the cliffs had become so strong that on then leaving for Barton the plane to my surprise took off on it's own within just 10% of the runway!

Nice landing, great video

Great memories, Doncaster does not exist anymore...

3 DC Headsets for joy

PS.....I'm from Manchester, (Wythenshawe)

They gave you the dog leg after hearing the Lancashire accent.....😉

I like that airfield, just a short walk from beach plus a nice caffe at the top of it. I remember watching your video a few years ago dre.aming of flying there myself. I have landed there a few times since :)

If that’s a regular flight just watch my caravan in the neighbouring site! 😂. Nice landing!

Another great video. My flying is OK. My navigating is OK. My comms are sh*t though and listening to these guys at Liverpool's ATC on your video will really help.

Flew 36 hours in Wyoming in 1998. Didn't continue when I got back to Liverpool later that year. Only restarted with Liverpool Flying School last year. Done 25 hours in a PA-28 but because of work/ travel/PhD, I just focussed on ground school this year and flying went on the 'back burner'. But, transitioned to a PA-38. Plan to complete my PPL, Night rating and IMC/IR (Restricted) by the end of next year and do multi-engine with Ravenair the year after. Not interested in commercial as I have another (aerospace) career. Great video, by the way. I've flown to Hawarden 3 times and the main reason being is - as you know - it's our alternate so in case there's an issue at Liverpool on the way home, at least I know where the VRPs are and the runway layout. Only issue with Hawrden is, with the hills to the West and South, the airflow can be quite disriptive so you're all over the place.

Very interesting video. Just out of interest, what is the flight time between these two airfields? Thanks.

any more content soon ??

is it your own aircraft?

Excellent video. Thank you

you still flying? noticed your fb gone :{}

Excellent! I plan to go in to Blackpool in a few days time. You might enjoy our vintage PA28 too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKfPqX1npLF2mJY

Great video - nice to have the comms on audio. Good to see the timely decision with the go-around - who put that pylon there?!! :D

Enjoyed that - I'm just PPL qualified and was looking to do Shobdon / Barton up the LLC later this week so great to see the procedures and get the tips.

i have flown from flintshire flying school in a piper tomahawk and live in blacon myself great flight ... we turned back around at prestatyn as it was only a 45 minute pleasure flight but i got to have control most of the way ... i also love caernarfon airfield too as my grandad is from there when i was young it was awesome used to be a hawker hunter and a decomissioned puma helicopter if i remember correctly... great video.

Brilliant. Lived in Upton years and now found out there’s an air field at Walton woods! 😆

Gosh, that was nice to hear, using the Q codes! QSY!!!

Nice. I'm planning to do something similar this week.

Great little compilation. Can tell you're all having a lot of fun. Hope you get back into your videos one day. Worth my sub just in case haha!

Awesome videos Andy - Im a Helicopter pilot and love watching your videos - very informative with radio procedures etc

My farther Max (Sigi) Romrig founded the Lincolnshire gliding club. Originally flying out of Swinderby, I still remember the day we went to look around Sturgate as a possible base for the club. I was about four years old. It was abandoned at that time. It did become the base, and I have very happy memories of flying with dad. He passed away a couple of years ago aged 94. I believe the club became the Trent valley gliding club now based in Kirton Lindsey.

Really enjoyed that thank you.

I'm guessing this is not real time ....how long did the flight take?

Is there any 2020 videos coming on flying trips cos am enjoying your videos keep up the good work 😉

Most people are not but are you airline pilots

As your have your private pilot license Do you have to pay to fly in a plane for the day

Is this your own plane

Good call on making the return trip. Caernarfon is a nice place but you don't want to get stranded there.

Nice video Andy, just discovered your channel. How do you mount the cameras outside and do they need to be approved installations ? Also enjoyed the training fix. Good to remember help is at hand if needed.

didnt think you would of pointed out my old school siddal moor weird seeing my town from that angle haha

Nice vid. How do find the corridor between Dovestones Moor VRP and Huddersfield corridor, going north/south? Do you ask for zone transit or is best to stay low while avoiding those masts? All the best

A good pilot. Why? You kept the linear feature of the Menai Strait on your left. If only everybody did this, instead of putting themselves in potential conflict with traffic going the other way!

2019 anyone

Fantastic video man :)

Hello Andy. An excellent montage - really well put together. Do I understand from other comments that we won’t be seeing more videos from you? Take it easy. Paul

Thanks for all the videos andy, I've really enjoyed them and understand the time you spend and why you plan to stop. Hopefully after a break you might get back into videos, i would really suggest you look at multicam editing in something like vegas home studio which is pretty cheap and would make it so much quicker for you to edit videos. James.

Thanks for all the effort you have put into some fantastic flying vids Andy, massively enjoyed watching them and remembering my time flying from Barton over that lovely Northern landscape. If you ever fly down south and fancy a brew at White Waltham let me know. Thanks again and looking forward to any vids in the future if you decide to!

Lovely montage Andy. Great version of a Stones classic that, nice one.

i do like the gnr version of sympathy :)

do I get a repeat fee? lol

Wow!!!! Greatshots......great flying..........huge smiles........just pure flying!!!! Have you ever thought what runway heading you have landed /took off the most excluding Barton?

Nice video Andy, like the music. I’ll be flying into Barton at some point in the spring when the grass can take the weight of RX. I’ll give you a shout 😁 Keep flying and having fun!

Well done Andy an excellent combination of brilliant shots, showing the splendour of the countryside you fly over and the smiles you put on peoples faces. Its fun to fly and great that we can share it and you will still be doing that won't you? Maybe the last video for a while but I should imagine a lot of editing went into this one!

Andy....excellent !!.....keep keeping it alive....hope to join you soon..))

It’ll hopefully be me taking up the filming role with the PPL and Woodford doing this and that but like all of my friends say, you show what it really means to fly I.e the freedom of it and the fun it isn’t all numbers and people who waste their time, top pilot

Just found your channel via Jon Hunts channel and subscribed . I’m originally from the Brum area , but now incarcerated in Sydney . I fly ultralights here , Jabiru aircraft mainly , but love to reconnect with the UK . I look forward to your future videos .