It’s taken a while to put together and edit but I’ve at last managed to upload the video of this flight. It’s quite long (nearly 1 hour) as it’s of the whole flight in its entirety. I’ve done this because I wanted to show other pilots who maybe have thought about doing the same but are worried about the procedures involved, especially the radio contacts that are necessary with air traffic control on both sides of the Channel, that really there’s nothing to fear.<\/p>\n
You don’t have to be perfect as many of the conversations included in the video show. All you have to do is say what you want to say clearly and confidently and the Controllers, who have massive experience, do the rest. And that includes the French ones who demonstrate amazing skill switching in an instant from French to English and back again.<\/p>\n
The landing at Le Touquet is quite interesting as traffic in the circuit began to build up, and this wasn’t even a very busy morning. It gets even more frantic on week-ends with aircraft coming in from all over Europe. All you need to do is not panic and keep aviating, navigating and communicating in that order, as the old saying goes.<\/p>\n
Enjoy!<\/p>\n