How bad am I after 100 days of NO FLYING??

[@RoryOnAir]

Well that was superb. Great to see you back in the air Ben. Looking forward to the next one already.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks Rory! It was great to be back up

[@ranbirsingh7666]

Brilliant Ben , nice to see back up again, some brilliant cloud surfing there!!! ☁️ 🏄‍♀️ (cloud surfing). Can’t wait until the next video 👍👍.

[@dawn_patrol_1]

Have missed the content Ben. Glad to see you back

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Ah thanks man, good to be back

[@CharlieGolfAviation]

Fab video Ben, as always! Great to see you back in the air.

[@ForFunFlyer]

I totally missed this vid, due to a busy couple weeks. Great work, Ben! Glad that you're both back up and making videos! 👍🏻

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Jolmer!! Hey buddy, ah thanks for watching. I hope you’re all well over there?

[@ForFunFlyer]

@@BenAtkinsonVideos Yes, everything's in the green! When the UK opens up again, I'd like to come over in PH-3G2. Do you fancy a collab?

[@ShortField]

Very enjoyable and shows these skills are hard won and easily lost but you did really well. Great stuff.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks very much for watching mate

[@kevchilton908]

Well done Ben, not a lot wrong with that! 👌👏👏

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks Kevin!! Hope you're up flying enjoying it again too

[@JodelFlyer]

That went well Ben. Nice to see you back in the air.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks Tim! Great to be back

[@antonwestergaard5211]

Sick to see you back!

[@TheMissendenFlyer]

Thoroughly enjoyed that Ben! Might pop up to Kemble on Monday afternoon - been a while since I flew due west......

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks Andy! Yeh do! No visitors to Kemble until the 4th may sadly. But let me know when you fly in ...

[@TheMissendenFlyer]

@@BenAtkinsonVideos Aha! Thanks for mentioning that - saves me finding out the hard way!!

[@thomaskiy8736]

Great video ben, I last flew 22nd December but got airborne again on Wednesday 14th and it felt great, I'm still learning but all went well (bit rusty) I'm now 18 hours in on a c42. keep up the superb videos I find them very very helpful 👍

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks Thomas! Excellent - glad to hear you're back up...

[@richgarner7870]

Great to see you back up in the blue mate! Good skills!

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks Rich...

[@simons6423]

Thx you’re back. Always blue sky.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Ah thanks Simon!

[@KevinWolters]

nice to see you're back! :D enjoyed the video Ben! Cheers!

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks Kevin!!!

[@liquidusblue]

Managed to get up today in a CT2K I'm learning in. Last flew 17th of October. 182 days! Can't believe it. Did pass air law in December. Surprised how much time has passed.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Excellent stuff!! It's crazy how time flies isn't it!

[@onthemark40]

Wow. 102 days has gone by already. Glad to see you back in the air again!! Great flying considering all that time off. Can’t wait to see some more videos.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Crazy isn't it!!! Thanks for watching buddy!!

[@paulwyse878]

Brilliant video Ben! Noticed the link on the microlight fb page! Luckily I'm only a few lessons in so not too much to forget. I was offered a flight in a Eurostar today for a lesson as the current c42 is out for maintenance, it looks a great aircraft to fly! Couldn't take the flight as I had plans and I think the cloud cover had other plans anyway! 😆 Next lesson booked for the 1st so fingers crossed. Looking forward to more videos! 👍

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Ah thanks Paul! Great to hear you found my channel and you're enjoying it. Best of luck with more flying!!

[@BoB4jjjjs]

You are remembering to make your call a bit better. :-))

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

We try. We try!

[@tomgregory6077]

Great video, thanks Ben 👍

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks for watching Tom!

[@simoncourtney1592]

Well you just haven't lost your aptitude so well done. Really enjoyed that video. I am going up on Sunday, the first time since end of October. Hopefully my home simulator has helped to keep me proficient to some degree .Looking forward to seeing your next video. And maybe one day might see each other up there.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks Simon. Great to hear you enjoyed the video. Did you fly yesterday?

[@simoncourtney1592]

@@BenAtkinsonVideos Yes I flew. I enjoyed it very much-a bit on the rusty side, but that'll wear off.

[@CJThePilot]

Well done Ben, great to see you back in the air and you handled everything pretty well after the long break! That EV97 really is a marvellous machine isn't it. I must say I can't wait to get back up myself after watching that. Fantastic editing as always 👍

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Ahhh thanks CJ! Yeh it's great tool that plane. Thanks again for watching. Looking forward to more of your stuff!

[@CJThePilot]

Cheers Ben, I had my currency flight today and it went really well so looking forward to a good summer of flying 👍

[@musoseven8218]

Nice to see you back Ben - you lucky chap, good to see you again buddy. My mate hasn't flown since late March 2020, he's Long Covid now, so he's a long way to get back. I thought you did well though. Your instructor had some sage words of wisdom. My mate recons that the 3rd stage of flap (60°?) on the EV97s is almost like an airbrake in that the nose and cockpit takes on the characteristics of a helicopter lol! One quicky on the feedback front some of the flash type images and text? I found that a bit challenging, not as bad as subliminal messages lol! but I went a bit cross eyed with some - soz, thought I'd feed that back. Keep em coming though and enjoy, we do!

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks again for watching - great to have you back

[@hughwiedman9711]

Outstanding Mate! Now you need to get back in the air with your RC birds! Just getting in the air with a couple weeks off for me with those, especially the F4 and F16, is a challenge!🤣 Fortunately here in S. Florida we've been open since last May for flying.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Haha that's the plan!! Watch this space! I need some stick time on the avanti and tundra for a while before trying the F4 again! Ahh very good ....thanks for watching Hugh!

[@hughwiedman9711]

Ben, just upgraded all my 90mm fans to the FW 12 blade 1875 Kv inrunner and it turned both F4's as well as my F16 and F18 into something special. No comparisons with the old fan. Actually much easier and more fun to fly, nothing like more horsepower. When you're ready, PM me and I'll let you know more, but suggest you not waste time on the F4 without changing fans.

[@grahammills8733]

That’s me in helicopter LU!

[@flyingkub]

Hi Ben good to have you back. What is it with your instructor not have his mask on over his nose?!? You did well, I had to go it alone in my SSDR.

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks buddy! Gosh yes - how was it for you?

[@flyingkub]

@@BenAtkinsonVideos I was a bit anxious but made sure the weather was fair, took off did a bit then a few circuits. Since then I have done a load of upper air work, circuits and a few flights to places (views still being edited) clocked up nearly 7hrs this weekend, with a couple of easy cross countries and more circuit bashing. If we get a good weather window, it would be good to see if we can do that meet we talked about a long time ago (might be hard this year the way things are though, unless we can get things aligned).

[@GolfFoxtrot22]

So good to see you back flying again. I bet you were nervous?

[@BenAtkinsonVideos]

Thanks buddy!! I was ok actually...nice conditions helped though I must say!

[@GolfFoxtrot22]

@@BenAtkinsonVideos I was nervous until the wheels lifted, then it just felt like a normal flight. So good to see you back up. You've got a nice snappy editing style, I like it.

[@FlyingVideos]

I bet your heart was pounding?