About Me

I had a huge flight phobia so started learning to fly in 2013 but it took me to 2020 until I finally passed my UK PPL Skill Test. I am now a qualified Private Pilot and am undertaking my Night Rating and also my UK Instrument Rating Restricted. I am living proof that it is truly possible to overcome your fear of flying regardless of how frightened you are.

Some say that all fears are irrational. For the first 10 hours of my training I used to be literally petrified and didn’t want to much too much in my seat and can remember sweating and gripping the yoke so tightly that my hands heard for days afterwards. My fear didn’t feal very irrational to me, I can tell you.

…Why??

I did my first solo flight (on my own) after just 7 months of training however my instructor became an airline pilot so I got moved to someone new. He also became an airline pilot so I kept stopping and then restarting my training. I went through 5 instructors and 3 Flight Training Schools and 2 airports.

I ended up at Bristol Aero Club ironically based at my home Airport in Gloucester (aka EGBJ) and they invested the time and effort to get me through my phobia and pass my UK PPL Skill Test. I can still remember being scared stiff when i was planning my first Cross Country Nav (QXC) and that was in August 2020. Covid lock down also impacted me like all General Aviation and Commercial pilots.

I have just launched my social media channels and website (December 2021) and hope to upload regular flying videos capturing my progress and also other aviation related topics.