I Can't Find the Runway! Flying to Fenland
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- I flew the PA28 to Fenland in Lincolnshire, and found out that locating the airfield is easier said than done when every field looks the same!
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Hi Noel, thanks for this video, it brought back a lot of memories. Not many people remember that British Airways used to have a helicopter division. Beccles was a main operating base for British Airways Helicopters which among other types flew Sikorsky S-61Ns to the Shell Leman and Indefatigable gas fields offshore Norfolk, the Amoco fields were supported from North Denes (Caister) by Bristow Helicopters. Most helicopter operations ended up moving to Norwich. But in the 80s and 90s, there were many helicopter flights between Beccles, North Denes (Caister) and offshore. In the 80s, the area was alive with S-76s, Bell 212s S-61s and even Westland 30s from BA. Thanks again.
Visited Beccles and the British Airways Helicopter base when I was a kid. My dad's childhood friend was a captain there following a career as a fast jet pilot in the RAF. I remember discovering that the Captains in Helicopters sit in the right hand seat but I can't remember why.
Many, many years ago, I flew with an instructor from Cranfield, and we could not find Fenland. There was no SkyDemon in those days. I may have had a Garmin GPS 92 with us, but I don't remember. Anyway, as I was still training, I wasn't too upset with myself as the instructor was just as bewildered 🙂
Is it me, or is your confidence level rising with every video? Looked like a greaser to me. Did my first take-off last weekend. So proud, so excited, such a buzz! It wasn't pretty but I'm sure the screams from my CFI were of joy and admiration...right?
I'm impressed Noel, I've just found this channel after watching your main channel. I didn't even know you had a license!
Noel said on a vlog he used to have a PPL 20 years ago but let it lapse. Re-qualified just about a year ago. (First vlog regaining his PPL was one year ago). It is a brilliant second channel. I'm really enjoying.
As a fellow male Noel and aviation fan, I salute you sir. Unfortunately, I have way too much anxiety to actually pilot an aircraft, so I am living vicariously through you. Godspeed!
I nearly spilled my coffee when you put the explosion and fireworks on-screen!
I’ve watched a whole bunch of Noel’s air and rail vids but had no clue you were a pilot as well. Super cool. My military career in the United States Navy took me the opposite way………under the water. I still hope to possibly try for private flying one day. Convincing the wife might be tough. Wish me luck.
I salute anyone who has a pilots licence, since I was a child I've always wanted to be one but I just know I would fail with all the tech stuff you need to learn,so I will just sit back and watch everyone's amazing flights and trips😊👍👍
Cheers Jay, it doesn't seem that tricky I just feel very lucky to be able to do this :)
You made me burst into that Monty Python song 'Fenland, Fenland, Fenland, a Country where I want to be...... (yeah, I know) 🙄😂 I couldn't see the Runway either. Their Controller sounded a bit grumpy or was it just me? Great flight Noel, thanks for sharing.
My Local Airfield ♥️ Welcome 🙏
Also..less than a mile to the west of Deenethorpes main runway, there's a b&b with a runway and hangar, walking distance to Weldon Village with two decent pubs with great food if you fancy a family flight and night out Noel 🙂
13:28 I used to live in one of those houses! Live in Cornwall now about to start my PPL. before I could've walked, now its an hour drive at least!
Not flown for a lot of years (money said no a very long time ago) but hell that did look hard to spot.
This is super cool. When you have to search realy hard to find the airport and the runway i got so happy for you when you found the airport.🙂
I did work experience at Fenland Airfield about 4 years ago! Awesome to see it again on video.
Here's the trick to finding an insignificant point like Fenland without GPS - i.e. visually. Pick an IP (Initial Point) near the point you want to navigate to (in this case Fenland) which IS easy to locate.
For example this could be Spalding. Include Spalding as a turning point. When planning the leg from Spalding to Fenland select a track which will take you 1 or 2 miles to the right of Fenland so that it will definitely be on the left hand side. (This is like a calculated "mistake"). Pay careful attention to the timing from Spalding to Fenland (Typically 2 or 3 minutes).
As you reach the time calculated look for Fenland at the 9 o'clock position and hey presto it will be there. If it isn't then fly back to Spalding and start again.
navigated to fenland many times, tough to find especially when its flooded. You should fly to Fowlmere by Duxford, great food and people!
Thanks for the tip, will have a look next time I'm heading down there!
Looking forward to seeing the video. Just thought I comment was great to see you on North West Tonight this evening giving some accurate, valid viewpoints of Manchester Airport ….. by the looks of things the queue could have reached my house !
I have to say Noel, it was much harder to find before we started using SkyDemon. As you say another very nice little airfield to visit whenever you get the chance. Thanks for posting and look forward to the next one. I hope to be back in the air soon!
I don't mean to be a spoilsport but please don't stow your checklist on the instrument panel coaming - it causes potentially lethal internal reflections in the windscreen that make other aircraft (not to mention obscure airfields!) much harder to see. Stowing it where you did sets a poor example to others. I never allowed my students to do that, not even when taxiing. The coaming is painted flat black for a very good reason - that you might live to enjoy flying into old age.
What do you make of his over-reliance of the GPS on his ipad? All it takes is a fault with it and there's his source of navigation gone as I don't see any charts either. I'm old school and prefer a chart, compass and stopwatch but the ipad thing just seems very lazy and complacent
Ha ha ha love Fenland! Same happened with me coming from LEA. So difficult to spot even if your pretty much on top of it.
I did some circuits starting and finishing at Fenland in a Hughes helicopter about 20 years ago. I struggled to find the place even though I'd just left there, the instructor had to keep pointing it out. It's a little bit easier nowadays since they put out the runway markers, I don't think they had them back then?
Great video, looks a lovey day for it but a shame about that wind. Looks like Fenland will make it onto my list of airfields to visit. If you truly want a field in the middle of nowhere, you may wish to considering visiting an airfield called Eddsfield in North Yorkshire.
i struggled to find Fenland also.... Sky Demon was wirth its weight in gold on that occasion. A great airfield btw. .
great awsome video noel on the papa altha 28
Got a little grin on my face😁. Being trained as a PA200 Nav we used to hunt telephone boots in the Welsh and Scottish guts all the time as embellished targets. Without GPS, btw. Just radar 😉😃
Geez I nearly had a heart attack @ 14:23
Brilliant!!!!
That airfield is fairly nearby to me, never been to it though. I'd recommend flying into Connington which is nearby to Fenland, lovely airfield with a WW2 history and the staff are great!
Thanks Dylan, Conington was a favourite of mine when I was doing my PPL from Leicester, we used to pop over often while I was training!
@@FlyWithNoelPhilips Ooh sweet, I've done a few lessons out of Connington with one of the old flight instructors pre-covid, he vanished after the heat of the pandemic which was a shame as he was great, made sure I got the most out of it. I got gifted some more lessons so probably gonna go do that next month. Nothing like a spot of flying then a spot of lunch in the airfield cafe lol.
I’ve just started learning to fly at gamstone in g-bhwa
did some of my flight training here its a notorious airfield to find
Excellent video
Thank you Mark!
You should try Gamston to Deenethorpe near Corby a famous ww2 bomber base for the 401st bomb group of the 8th airforce
Also..less than a mile to the west of Deenethorpes main runway, there's a b&b with a runway and hangar, walking distance to Weldon Village with two decent pubs with great food if you fancy a family flight and night out Noel 🙂
Locating airfields are not always easy, I am so grateful we have moving map GPS and SkyDemon.
SkyDemon definitely helps, but it can still be tricky!
I like to use Google Earth to see what the airport and surrounding area is like.
@babyheartdoc I did the same for Fenland, tried to memorise the little village along the road to the north relative to the airfield which helped a little!
I never knew you flew, I’ve only seen you on crappy airlines
Great video. Feedback from me: There's a very high pitched noise whenever you're speaking through the mic in your headset. Not sure if that can be removed in post. But something you may want to check for a future vid.
Fun!!
Please fly to andrews areo dome in Essex Braintree!
Hey Noel! PPL out here in San Diego. I have never heard of SkyDemon, is it common in the UK? Here in the states its all ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot.
Why do all airfields not have a fluorescent red indicator or similar at the start of the runway this would be visible from the air and make life much easier!
Did anyone else get jumpscared at 14:22? 😂
This is cool. I just put a down payment on my 1st plane and will pick it up in a couple weeks
Oh that's fantastic! What are you getting?
@@FlyWithNoelPhilips Arion Lightning. Good looking and reasonably fast.
Ooh that does look like a cool little plane! Enjoy it!
You said you were clear of Marham MATZ o the North! The controller was trying to help you.
Haha you're quite right! I was to the northwest so technically we were both correct 😋
Would you like to come flying in our Jodel from Wickenby once we get it back in the air?
Green runways amongst green fields.
I found the aerial photograph in Sky Demon very helpful in my first nav exercise to Fenland.
I live next to that airfield fly out of there a lot.
Is it just my mucky mind, or did anyone else have to do a double take on the intro showing G-CCNT? 😁😇
"G-LB clear of your MATZ to the North" "G-LB roger position 7 miles west Marham" "I know where my position is thank you". You sure ? lol
Haha, in my defence I was to the northwest so we were both correct 😂
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