Flying home from Bolt Head Salcombe - EuroFOX 912iS

This video is the return leg from the previous video. Camera batteries were running low but I was still able to capture some of the breathtaking English countryside

[@ShortField]

Two videos in a few days, we are spoilt. Great video thanks Geoff.

[@FlyingDarkLord]

I’m grateful for you taking the time to watch sir 😊👍🏼

[@michaelblomfield1504]

Beautiful Geoff, awesome colours with the sun on the fields , and cliffs, and of course the colour of the water.🤗

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Thank you kindly sir 👍🏼 Not as spectacular as your part of the world, but I’m so pleased to finally get up in the sky after a miserable couple of months of rain & high winds 🥳

[@michaelblomfield1504]

@@FlyingDarkLord Certainly looked a beautiful day to be flying👍

[@clearprop]

I've fancied this field for a while now after watching Stuart Jones landing his CFM Shadow there. Looks incredibly scenic and somehow 'other worldly'. Would definitely need to pick my day though if I plan to go in the Peabee...🤔

[@FlyingDarkLord]

You are quite right, if you’re taking the Peabee I would be careful. Most people I spoke to warned me of adverse wind conditions, so picking a favourable day would be essential 😊👍🏼

[@kevchilton908]

Aww! So pleased you posted this Geoff. What a beautiful departure! And with your amazing aircraft you had no issues flying out over the cliff (whereas my Rockwell Commander would have made for a more ‘interesting’ departure… I suspect) 😬 Thank you for posting this, I owe you a beer👍🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Focusing on the departure meant I didn’t really get to appreciate the view until reviewing the 360’ footage, but you were right, it was breathtaking 👍🏼

[@jurofox]

The views are stunning for both videos!

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Thank you sir 🫡

[@wesleyconn620]

i had a home feeling as the radio operator sounded like Pert Radio :D keep up the videos love the Eurofox :)

[@FlyingDarkLord]

He seemed like a nice chap 😊 Thanks for watching, I’m glad you like the plane 👍🏼

[@PilotCaptainRay]

Lovely video of your return, Dark Lord…. Wow….Sometimes looking like you were flying over a Caribbean island !!… Beautiful 😍…. I don’t think you mentioned whether you enjoyed the flight….🤔…. ….. or what you thought of Bolt Head airfield…!!…🤭 Just love the camera angles and your natural enthussssiasmmm !…. 😊 Well done again… Keep ‘em coming, sir Captain Ray 👨‍✈️

[@FlyingDarkLord]

I tell you what Captain 👨🏼‍✈️… I bloody loved that flight & Bolt Head is awesome! A great airfield & the flight there is exceptional! If you want to visit somewhere unique then I’d recommend Salcombe! The views en route are beautiful! Flying is amazing!!! 😂 Joking aside, I must admit that the novelty of it all has not worn off in the slightest. I feel so fortunate that I am able to enjoy that incredible view & experience. It really is the most magical thing 👍🏼 As always sir, I am grateful of your support of the channel 🙏🏻

[@GolfFoxtrot22]

If I ever get my aircraft back to the West Country, I'm definitely going to land there. That was a good rate of climb out as well.

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Let me know if you do & we’ll try & organise to fly it together 😄👍🏼

[@davidallan9624]

Oh, now that was such a beautiful trip. Stunning views. You looked very contented there. Thanks for sharing this.

[@FlyingDarkLord]

I find flying so wonderfully therapeutic ☺️ Thank you for taking the time to watch the video & being kind enough to leave a thoughtful comment 😊👍🏼

[@ranbirsingh7666]

Geoff, another fantastic video… only complain is… TOO Short , never mind I’ll have to watch it again 😅😅

[@FlyingDarkLord]

😂👍🏼 Thank you so much… Sadly the camera batteries ran out on the return leg. I’m thinking about changing my interior camera set up for just that reason 🤔

[@john3Lee]

Always enjoyable - Thanks

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Thanks for watching & commenting 😊👍🏼

[@wdouglasc1]

Excellent video. Quite relaxing just ahead of the Super Bowl. Go Chiefs!

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Thank you so much ☺️ I hope your chefs prepare you a superb bowl 😋 Enjoy your meal 👍🏼

[@robertadams2857]

@@FlyingDarkLord 😂😂 About the same interest with me too.. nice flight.

[@FlyingDarkLord]

😄 thank you sir 👍🏼

[@ratters33]

Looks awesome! 3.5 hours flight for me - direct 😞 May need a day but looks like a worthwhile adventure.

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Wow! Yup, that’s a big ask 😬 but if the weather & conditions are good why not 🤷🏻‍♂️😄

[@ratters33]

@@FlyingDarkLord Thats what the planes are for, right?

[@FlyingDarkLord]

😄 ABSOLUTELY!!! 👍🏼

[@conradcurtis8583]

😊

[@SuperRealityKid]

Nice, as usual Geoff. Anne and I visited Bolt Head in 2004 and had to stay there for thee days due high winds. Landed a C42 in a very challenging crosswind that attracted a man who had a holiday chalet nearby. As he approached me, driving across the airfield in his BMW, I thought I had done something wrong and was about to get a bollicking, but he started to explain that he had been amazed at to strange angle I was heading on final, and he had to see who this fool was, landing with such a crosswind, when we both suddenly realised we both knew each other from White Waltham. Keith?, Jim? 🤣🤣. He and his wife kindly became our taxi during our enforced two day layover when we explored the walks and the fabulous beach of Hope Cove and, of course, Salcombe. I can see you are editing a bit more and keeping the film length down Geoff? I try to be as hard as I can with my editing and consign many hours of film to the cutting room floor having understood that viewers like the scenes to change often. Been a while since I did a KZbin video, must digitus extractus 😎😎

[@FlyingDarkLord]

It’s a scary small world & the aviation community smaller still. It truly does bring people together! 😊👍🏼 Bolt Head is magnificent, but as you say, very subject to adverse weather conditions, especially for the little ‘sparrow-like’ aircraft we fly 😅

[@dennismurphy746]

Excellent video Geoff, definitely going there this year. I saw your response to someone asking about the auto pilot, but I cannot find it now. If you get time could you post a video showing the auto pilot in action. I am waiting for Steve to fit me in for the servos. Not so sure now. Hope your new instrument panel lives up to expectations. I am looking forward to seeing it

[@FlyingDarkLord]

It was a comment left by John Milner on the last video which I replied to. I’ve been in touch with Paul from EuroFOX about it but so far no solution is forthcoming. You can change the sensitivity settings on the autopilot but it goes from a slow long lazy oscillating & pitching sinusoidal ‘hunt’ about the mean to a really short snatchy version of the same motion. So I don’t use it for anything other than ‘emergencies’ for when I don’t have someone able or willing to take the controls whilst I check the radio/navigation/other issue. It’s useful to have, but 99% of my flying is ‘by hand’. It’s been many months but I’m hoping Paul can look at it sometime & perhaps after he’s looked at it I’ll do a video on the advantages & disadvantages of it in the EuroFOX. It could just be user error 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@dennismurphy746]

@@FlyingDarkLord Thanks Geoff.

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Let me know how you get on, I’d really be interested in your opinion on the system once you have it fitted (assuming you go ahead) 👍🏼

[@tombreitenbach]

@@FlyingDarkLord Maybe there is an unwanted play in any of the rod connections, which let the steering always overshot the point, where it should stop the motion. Just a thought....

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Good point 😮👏🏼👍🏼 It’s going back to the supplier next month so I’ll get them to check it & let you know the outcome 🤓

[@markcourtney7251]

Let me know if you and your wife fancy dropping into our gliding site sometime! Devon and Somerset gliding club! PPR good food good views!

[@FlyingDarkLord]

We would love that! I have a great respect for glider pilots & am also always keen to land at new airfields 😊👍🏼 When are your most active times of the year?

[@markcourtney7251]

@@FlyingDarkLord we fly (weather permitting) on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Spring is around the corner that would be a good time!

[@FlyingDarkLord]

That sounds great! We need longer days & more consistent weather 😎 Will be in touch 👍🏼

[@paullanham1014]

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[@FlyingDarkLord]

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