The Flying Reporter Podcast

A light aircraft and glider come into conflict with each other after a pilot is stung on the face by a wasp. An incident summarised in this month's Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing Podcast.Also in this episode of the Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing Podcast, we discover that the mid-air collision rate in the UK is 4 times higher that in the USA, and find out what changes are in th

In this Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing..- The CAA pushes ahead with restrictions on advertising Cost-Sharing flights, despite objections from the vast majority- Active carbon monoxide detectors could become mandatory in the cockpit- The UK's Flight Information Services could be in for an overhaulThis Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing is sponsored by Flyer Watches.https://www.flye

In this episode of The Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing Podcast, we hear about a hazard to the safety of aviation that isn't NOTAMed, nor published on aeronautical charts.The Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing is the essential guide to the most pertinent changes affecting your flying in the UK. Covering changes to regulation, airspace, training, licensing and medicals.Jon Hunt, is a

In this episode of The Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing Podcast, we discuss bird strikes and how to avoid them.The Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing is the essential guide to the most pertinent changes affecting your flying in the UK. Covering changes to regulation, airspace, training, licensing and medicals.Jon Hunt, is a private pilot, YouTuber and former BBC TV news reporter. He make

Find out what caused the undercarriage of a PA28 to collapse on landing and what it means for your flying.The Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing is the essential guide to the most pertinent changes affecting your flying in the UK. Covering changes to regulation, airspace, training, licensing and medicals.Human factors/ electronic conspicuity reportSign up for the EFATO workshop hereJon

A 160Kg drone, contracted by the UK Home Office, loses its command and control link while searching for migrant boats in the English Channel. The Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing Podcast discovers what happened. Jon also finds out what's happening with the CAA's plans for tightening the rules on cost sharing flights.The Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing is the essential guide

General aviation accidents are rising, even though traffic levels are lower than before the pandemic. In this Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing Podcast, Jon Hunt looks at the latest CAA safety summary.The episode also notes that the number of Airprox reports have been higher than normal this summer and we discover what is the biggest cause of pilot in-flight impairment.The Flying Repo

In this edition of the Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing Podcast, I discuss the risk to flight from GPS or GNSS jamming activities in the UK.The Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing is the essential guide to the most pertinent changes affecting your flying in the UK. Covering changes to regulation, airspace, training, licensing and medicals.Jon Hunt, is a private pilot, YouTuber and former

The British film director Guy Ritchie, famous for films such as 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', 'Snatch' and 'Revolver' has just taken over an English airfield. The Flying Reporter caught up with Mr Ritchie in one of the hangars at Compton Abbas, in Dorset to find out why.Jon Hunt, is a private pilot, YouTuber and former BBC TV news reporter. He

The Flying Reporter Pilot Briefing is the essential guide to the most pertinent changes affecting your flying in the UK. Covering changes to regulation, airspace, training, licensing and medicals. In this episode we hear about the CAA's plans for the Manchester Low Level Route, what to do if you detect Carbon Monoxide in flight and how an observant air traffic controller preve