- Dad? - Yes
- Your oil temperature's a bit high.
That wasn't as hard as Ryanair!
Today I'm taking the Cessna for a ride to the place my aviation adventure all started
and I'm taking a special guest along for the ride.
But first, we're heading to see some of the oldest aircraft that are still flying today.
- Sandtoft Radio, good morning, G-BZBF request radio check and airfield information
- G-BF, taking off 05
- Ready?
- Ready.
- Let's do this.
50 knots, V1, Rotate
Watching that bird there
Move, bird
So we're off flying again.
I've got my first officer with me today
Say hello, Sam
Sam: Hello Sam
A bit of a boys trip today
We're going to head down to an aviation museum
And have a look at some old aeroplanes
Can you do me a favour?
On the transponder here
Type in the number 6-1-7-0
There we go, 6170
So now Doncaster can see us on the radar
Sam - Yep
They have something called Radar Contact
So Old Warden, where we're going to
Is near a little town called Biggleswade
How cute does that sound
It's a little airfield, and it's home to something called the Shuttleworth Collection
Which is a load of really old planes
Dude here is going to have a look around with me, aren't you
Yep
Didn't hear that, but yep
Give me a thumbs up
Thumbs up, there we go
First officer Sam
So I'm going to press that VFR button
- Sam: Yep - And it's going to change to 7000
There we go, and we're going to change to East Midlands now
And listen to East Midlands
Oh it's raining
Sam - Raining?
Sam - Did you say it's raining?
Sam - Oh my gosh! It's raining!
Sam - How is it raining though?
Sam - Looks like there's going to be a rainbow
Noel - Yeah, it's a weird day today dude
Pretty soon it was time to start our descent
Into the small airfield at Old Warden
- Old Warden Information, G-BZBF
Cessna 172, 10 to the north inbound to land
- Previously calling, callsign is PA28 downwind in the circuit to land
- Roger, we'll look for the traffic, G-BF
Sam: Dad? Noel: Yeah
Sam: Your oil temperature's a bit high
Noel: Yeah, I know darling thank you
I have been keeping an eye on it, it should start to cool down a bit
Now we're easing off a bit
Sam: OK
Noel: There we go, that oil temperature's coming down a bit now dude
Sam: Yeah
Noel: Now as we're getting a bit closer, can you just keep an eye out for any traffic you can see Sam?
Sam: What do you mean? Just planes out the window?
Noel: Yeah, keep an eye out the window, any aeroplanes just give me a shout yeah?
And just say like 'Traffic at 2 o’clock Sam: Affirmative
Noel: Thank you
So we can't overfly that horse centre there
See that red circle, it's got horses in it
So we can't fly over that
Sam: Why, will the horses freak out?
Noel: Yeah
- G-BF, in the overhead, descending to circuit height
We'll descend down to 800 feet
Noel: See the runway, 02?
Sam: Yeah Noel: so we’re going to land just after that road
Sam: OK
- Old Warden Information, G-BZBF, downwind runway 02 to land
Sam: Big old country house, I see it
- G-BF, final runway 02 to land
Noel: OK so you see the runway?
Noel: See the runway Sam? Sam: Yep
Noel: There's a road about halfway down and we can’t cross that road.
Sam: OK
Sam: Are we going to go after the road or before it?
Noel: Just after. Sam: OK
Noel: But I'm going to aim for just before
Because I do tend to float this thing a bit long
Noel: and it may be a bit hard as I want to make sure we're down
Sam: I'll hold on then
Noel: There we go
Sam: That wasn't as hard as Ryanair
- A glowing compliment, I think
- And Old Warden Information, G-BF runway vacated
Noel: This is a lovely little airfield isn't it Sam? Sam: Yeah
Noel: Swing it around here
We press that button in, pull it back and wait for the engine to stop
There it goes
Old Warden is home to the Shuttleworth collection
a huge collection of vintage aeroplanes,
many of which are still airworthy today.
Sam: And this is the actual plane?
Noel: These are the actual planes.
Sam: It's not a replica or a copy, this is the exact plane!
Noel: It is
And you know what, these aeroplanes actually still fly
They do air displays with them
Here at Shuttleworth and various other places
Here's a Spitfire look Sam
Sam: This is a Spitfire
Noel: There you go, how cool is that?
Sam: 1941 Supermarine Spitfire, I've heard of that before
Noel: There we go
Sam: I've never actually seen a Spitfire in real life
Sam: Plus it's armed
Noel: I don't think it's actually armed
Sam: The world's oldest flying aeroplane and aero engine
Noel: Wow Sam: 1909
Noel: So this plane is oldest flying aeroplane in the whole world
Built 111 years ago
How amazing is that
Sam: Wait a second
Sam: You're saying this is the Wright Brothers plane
Noel: It's not the Wright brothers plane
This is the Bleriot Type XI
And it was the first ever plane to cross the English Channel
It's the world's oldest flying aeroplane, this is the original
From 1909 Sam, that's 111 years old.
Sam: Wow.
Sam: What's an autogyro?
Noel: So an autogyro is not quite an aeroplane, not quite a helicopter
It's like a microlight but you see it has a rotor on the top
And this was in James Bond
This is the autogyro from James Bond You Only Live Twice
Noel: Get Mummy to show you Sam: Wait was this is actually in the film?
Noel: this was actually in the film James Bond, You Only Live Twice
And you see it has the guns?
It was lovely to visit the Shuttleworth Collection with Sam
and great to see his enthusiasm for these old aeroplanes.
He was buzzing about seeing the Spitfire for days afterwards
and I hope to take him to see some of these old birds flying some time.
Noel: Clear prop!
- Old Warden Information, G-BZBF, Cessna 172 taxi to runway 02
So for our next flight we're heading up to Leicester
About a 25 minute flight from here
And it's about halfway home.
And it's a place I haven't flown to since I got my license
It's the place I learned to fly
It will be the first time I've been back there since I got my PPL
So it will be nice to pop in and see how the place has changed
- Old Warden Information, G-BZBF taking off 02
There we go.
And off we go
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- Leicester Radio, good afternoon G-BZBF
- G-BZBF Leicester Radio, pass your message
- G-BZBF Cessna 172, 10 miles to the south
Inbound at 2000 ft
Request joining and landing information
- G-BF runway 04 in use, right hand circuit for fixed wing,
- QFE 997 Hectopascals
- 04, right hand circuit, QFE 997 hectopascal, G-BF thanks.
[G-MK, finals touch and go 04]
[G-MK, surface wind indicating 050 degrees 16 knots]
G-BF, final runway 04 to land
- G-BF surface wind indicating 270 degrees 13 knots
- G-BF runway vacated
- Roger.
And we'll have the fuel all the way back out
- And mags going off, and masters coming off.
So here we go then we're at Leicester, the place I learned to fly
about 20 years ago
And just over there is G-BKGW
It's one of the planes I learned to fly in
And it's still here
Right, let's go and head inside
Enjoy that flight? It was a bit bumpy though.
Sam: So you know that guy, did he know you from YouTube?
Noel: Yeah
Sam: So, to him, it was effectively like Mr Beast just popping in for a visit
Noel: Erm, I'm not quite Mr Beast, Sam.
Sam: No I mean like, to him though
Noel: I don't think so Sam.
So quite funny, recognised, spotted
And not by somebody who knows me from before
'Are you Noel Philips off YouTube?’, Yes, I am, hello.
While I shrink.
What's it like having a famous dad, Sam?
Sam: Ehh...
Noel: I'm not famous really.
Look what I found!
My favourite plane from when I learned to fly
I passed my PPL in this plane,
G-EN,
I did my first flight in G-EN
I did my first solo in G-EN
And I passed my PPL in G-EN.
So this plane means a lot to me.
And she's still here, that’s so cool.
So nice to see her after all these years.
It was time to jump back into today's ride, G-BF, for the short hop back to Sandtoft.
It had been great to land at Leicester again after all these years
it's a great little airfield with a nice cafe and well worth a visit - I'll definitely be back.
Meanwhile we had a great 30 minute flight back up to Sandtoft
including a transit of East Midlands Airport's airspace
Thanks so much for watching this video, I do hope you've enjoyed it
don't forget to hit subscribe, take care, and I'll see you next time.
Sam: Engine switchoff confirmed
Noel: Welcome to Sandtoft, Sam
Sam: Now I can finally drink my Coke. And you can go off.