(cheery music)
- What an absolutely glorious morning
to go and have a Big Mac.
So, the plan for today then, fly to McDonald's,
pick up lunch, then fly home
in time to pick up the kids from school.
Sorted.
Ha-ha.
Golf Lima Bravo, taking off runway 21.
- [Radio] Lima Bravo roger wind 210 degrees, 10 knots.
- Taking off Golf Lima Bravo.
All right.
What a gorgeous morning it is
over Lincolnshire this morning.
We have Coningsby just below us now.
About half an hour until I land into my destination,
and to get my Maccas.
Okay, so we're about to cross the wash,
which is an area of sea between Lincolnshire and Norfolk
- [Radio] Golf Golf Alpha Lima Bravo, traffic
Southwest, eight miles,
altitude indicates 2,000 feet above, fast jet
operating in Holbeach Range
- [Noel] Looking for the traffic, Golf Lima Bravo.
Norwich Radar good morning. Golf Golf Alpha Lima Bravo.
- [Radio] Golf Golf Alpha Lima Bravo Norwich Radar hello,
identified on handover, traffic service.
- [Noel] Traffic service,
Golf Lima Bravo, thanks.
Norwich Tower, good morning.
Golf Golf Alpha Lima Bravo.
- [Radio] Golf Golf Alpha Lima Bravo, Norwich tower good morning,
continue downwind right hand and report ready for base,
- Continue downwind right hand and report ready for base,
Golf Lima Bravo.
Golf Lima Bravo, final runway two seven.
- [Radio] Golf Lima Bravo, runway two seven,
you are clear to land,
surface wind variable at two knots.
- Cleared to land, Golf Lima Bravo.
Look at that. Greased it.
Just a shame it wasn't on the center line.
- [Radio] Golf Lima Bravo vacate next left via delta,
and then head straight down to the Saxon apron
there should be a marshaler there to meet you
- Next left at delta and straight down to the Saxon apron.
Golf Lima Bravo. Thanks for the help.
Okay, flaps coming up,
transponder going onto standby,
landing light coming off,
A marshaler.
Right then, beautiful sunny Norwich on a very sunny day.
Time to go and find this McDonald's and get my Big Mac.
Nice to see they've got it well signposted here,
hotel and Maccas that way.
Hello there, how are you?
- I'm very well, how are you?
- Yeah, I'm very well. Thank you.
All right, what to have, what to have.
- [Employee] Order number nine.
- Bingo. Cheers, thank you.
Sorry, thanks very much.
All right, success.
Now, time to go and hopefully eat it
in the plane before it gets too cold.
Right then. Time to go back to Gamston
and enjoy this Big Mac.
I'm looking forward to this.
Norwich tower, good afternoon.
Golf Golf Alpha Lima Bravo
we're on the SaxonAir ramp requesting engine start.
- [Radio] Golf Golf Alpha Lima Bravo, Norwich Tower,
good afternoon, Victor is current
QNH 1018, start approved.
This is why I didn't used to like flying out of
East Midlands all those years ago,
because you always ended up taxiing for miles,
and then you've added like 10, 15 minutes of flight time on
before you've even left.
At 150 quid an hour, that's like, five McDonald's.
- [Radio] Golf Lima Bravo, runway 27,
wind is light and variable from the north.
Cleared for takeoff.
- Cleared for takeoff. Golf Lima Bravo, runway two seven.
Okay, power is set,
T's and P's all in the green,
airspeed is increasing.
Let's go back to Gamston.
Right, time to crack open the Big Mac.
Somehow, a Big Mac tastes even better when you're
at 6,000 feet over the north sea and The Wash.
Amazing.
You know what?
There's something incredibly special
about sitting at 6,000 feet over the wash,
North sea's over there,
the wash down here on the left,
Skegness down there,
Hunstanton we just flown over in Norfolk,
eating McDonald's.
I mean, that's the best Big Mac I've ever had,
and these fries are also pretty delicious.
6,000 feet.
- [Radio] Golf Lima Bravo apologies, request your destination?
- Our destination is Gamston, Golf Lima Bravo.
- [Radio] Roger, thank you.
- Only thing is,
making sure you've not got a mouth full
when you're trying to talk to air traffic control.
You know, for me, this is what flying's all about.
I know loads of people are saying,
"Oh, why would you go all that way and just have a Big Mac?"
but that's the point of this.
You know, a drive to Norwich for me
is about three hours by road.
The train would just be like, impossible, I mean,
it would take absolutely hours,
four or five hours maybe to get to Norwich by train.
In a plane? 45 minutes each way.
You know, for the geography of the UK,
from that point of view, Norwich may as well be
in a different country.
It is that difficult to get to by land
but by air, you hop across the wash,
be there in 40, 50 minutes. It's incredible.
And I can just get to a McDonald's in Norwich,
have my lunch there,
and then fly back home again.
This is what flying's all about for me,
and it don't get much better than that, really.
If you're enjoying this video,
don't forget to check out my other video,
flying a plane for the first time in 20 years.
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Golf Lima Bravo, in the overhead,
descending to circuit height.
- [Radio] Golf Lima Bravo, roger.
- Golf Lima Bravo final runway 21 to land.
- [Radio] Golf Lima Bravo roger, wind 230 degrees,
six knots.
- Landing, Golf Lima Bravo.
Runway vacated, Golf Lima Bravo.
Welcome back to Gamston.
So, back on the ground, at Gamston.
And you know what, that flight
symbolizes everything I love about flying.
I mean like,
an hour to get from here to Norwich,
which is about a three or a four hour drive normally,
have a big Mac, and fly home,
and still be home in time to come and
pick the kids up from school.
It's just incredible that I can do this.
And I'm really privileged to be able to have my license,
to be able to fly all over the country
and be anywhere I want really, within an hour or two.
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- [Sam] Let me guess, you went to McDonald's for your lunch?
- I did.