@@nathanyoung1040 it certainly is, people are happy to pay sometimes a lot less to travel upto Bristol rather than fly from Cardiff due to the cost of flights.
Great video! Just curious about why you went this route and not the full PPL? I'm trying to decide on the best route for my pilot training. Also in South Wales, but closer to Cardiff. Thanks
@@smiffysmokelife thank you, this is the most cost effective way to qualify as a pilot in my opinion. I have no need at this moment in time to fly an aircraft than more than this amount of seats and I am able to transfer it over to fly a bigger aircraft which will count towards it if I want to.
Tip.. stop, and look behind you.. when coming back up.. Truly magnificent view.. Always In the top ten beach views from around the world. Nice tat’s also..!😊😂
great to finally see the museum set up, not been open that long, a few years now i guess camera work makes me a bit dizzy, and i appreciate can be difficult when you look around especially if your using a phone, its easy to keep moving, look at something and stop for the viewer, we can pause if need be, if you keep moving and we pause, its a blur and no use watching model of an RAF ship, yep i like that one, comment of the year, if you can identify any ships by name in the RAF i'll send you a medal, RAF rescue boats not included hehe small wheel big wheel turning the same weight, all about leverage, imagine replacing wheels with a lever, short and long, the longer one will be easier to turn, because the end of the lever moves further distance to move the weight i love your aircraft recognition, give you a generous 3 out of 10 for trying, please read the notices at front of aircraft, take a photo, and narrate over the top of the film footage - not a 747, its half as narrow for starters, i'm guessing a 737 by seats in cockpit, seats in rear look military, so perhaps military personnel transport followed by Sepecat Jaguar, lovely plane then Tornado GR1, i remember this being assembled somewhere
This is definately worth a visit another one nearby also is three cliffs bay which is also highly rated in Europe. Yes you can access the beach by a path that runs next to the hotel at the top of the car park.
What a fantastic vlog and really informative. We’ve wanted to visit this place for a while- is it easy to park? We have a camper van so need a good place to leave it. Thanks
@@amandadearlove4686 there is a free car park which is huge at the caravan park. It will be very safe and there is loads of room so you won’t be stuck for parking. Thank you very much!
Thanks for the quick reply I’m plotting the route now to see when we can visit. Do you think a dog could get down there as we would like to bring her along, she’s a large breed. Look forward to seeing more of these type of vlogs- we love Wales and need some good ideas of places to go.
@@amandadearlove4686 if you need anymore info then don’t hesitate to ask. The way I went down to the hidden rock pool I wouldn’t take a dog down it’s very steep and takes a lot of jumping along rocks and at the bottom you have to get onto the sand which some parts are high.
It's called Broughton, pronounced "bruffton' Check tide tables, you can walk around the headland as you look out from the main beach to the left, for an hour or so either side of low water on the spring tides.
The Aircraft Maintenance is at Cardiff Airport, not St Athans, the Aircraft you see from the Traffic Lights are ready for scrappage and being broken up,
@Walesadventures St Athan used to be a home of DARA back in the day, in which case military aircraft were indeed repaired and maintained at St Athan, unsure if that's still the case.
@@lmaoroflcopter Govt spent millions on building the hangers across the road from the Museum, They never got to be operational, closed the facilities as soon as it was opened, Now taken over by Aston Martin and other hangers are used by a Civil Aircraft Maintenance company owned by the the lead singer of Lead Zeppelen or some other rock band as he is a qualified Pilot, across from them the old hangers are now an Aircraft breakers yard and beyond those is now an Industrial estate, the whole place is unregcognisable from just 10 years ago, even the accomodation blocks are now just rubble.
@theredvic looks like it all got killed off in 2008 if Wikipedia is to be believed, phew might have dodged a bullet there as only reason I knew DARA was based there is because I went for an apprenticeship and backed out. "On 22 May 2007 it was announced by the Minister of State for Defence Equipment and Support, Lord Drayson, that DARA would be merged with ABRO, the Army Base Repair Organisation.[7] It was also stated that the VC10 maintenance unit at RAF St. Athan would not now be privatised. The new Defence Support Group was established from 1 April 2008."
Decent video taff. Not sure about your gay shoulder bag lol, also I don't understand why you want to video a toilet on an aircraft I'm baffled with that. I've been on planes regularly for 48 years and never visited a toilet ( short haul) on an aircraft, generally I use toilet pre departure. Glad you enjoyed your family holiday, regards from ystradgynlais
@@stevexn I love the bag adds to the outfit and handy also with filming equipment to pull out quick and easy. Just a little something extra with the toilet for the video just showing people, you never know people may watch who may of never flown so I thought I may aswel show people. Thank you for the comment from down in Swansea.
Very unimpressive video, you swinging the camera around like a drunk! The Percival wasn’t a bomber, the Shackleton that you started off with wasn’t a World War II plane. It was derived from a World War II plane, the aircraft carrier that you barely looked at is a mock up of the current two that we have. I can’t watch anymore because of your swinging around. get your knowledge sorted before you start making videos
@@robertpryse-jones3081 they were really kind and have invited me back free of charge for a behind the scenes tour which I will definately be taking them up on
@@Walesadventures oh incredible day for us, we were contracting at Fords Bridgend and finishing early we all jumped in the van and got half price tix from Scouse brethren and the fairground, the emotions and Stereophonics were at their nadir and we sat up on the hill smoking and getting those feelings only live music and football can offer us working class people. Kudos to our South Walian kin..Wales/England.
@@Walesadventures Incredible decade, so much more than Blur/Oasis for me and my mates, Pink Floyd 94, Genesis 94, Prince 95, The Cure 92, Eubank vs Benn 2 ( tho I spent most of the fight in the khazi imbibing!)IRA outrages/ring if steel around London and so on. Cheers to you for the memories my mate. 🎧📚☘️
The wite helicopter with light blue stripe is a Westland sea king which was the licenced built version of the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, this is the N version that flew between Penzance to the Isles of Scilly, the were also used by the oil industry in the north sea
The Red , white and Blue Jaguar was part of the Empire flying School at Boscombe Down that used trials aircraft and had one sort of RAF aircraft iin service at the time including a Canberra bomber that dated from the 1950s they even had foreign aircraft such as a Dassault Alpha jet
The Avro Shackelton the areophane that you described a ww2 plane is actually from the 1950's and was the backbone of the RAF Airbourne Early Warning plane before being replaced by the Boeing Sentry AEW plane . The Shackelton can trace its lineage back to the Avro Lancaster that was the mainstay of the RAF during the war
@@tarranian1158 it really is amazing it was my second visit. I have been invited back by another member of staff to do a private tour with him to make another video on
The Avro Shackleton was never in WW2 and the other bomber you mentioned was in fact a Percival Sea Prince it was never a bomber but this one was used for training Navigators. The Boeing 747 you kept mentioning were you opened the over head lockers is in fact a Boeing 737. The aircraft that you went in where your daughter played on the bunk bed is called a Guppy.
Hi mate, first of all many thanks for such a delightful and glowing review of our museum. Your video, along with your family brought a huge smile to my face. I am one of the senior volunteers (both in age and how long I have been a volunteer there 🙂) at the museum and my wife, Linda, was the lady at the door that greeted you when you first arrived. Just for info, I spent 30 years serving in the Royal Air Force, working on several of the aircraft you saw and as you can imagine, myself and my fellow volunteer colleagues are extremely passionate about our museum, What impressed me about your video was your passion in making the video and reflecting the passion that we as volunteers have. I am just so sorry that we did not meet up during your visit. In our defence we were quite short of volunteers that day, so I was probably doing other stuff. Please could I invite you back to the museum, free of charge, and I would love to give you a personal guided tour of the entire museum and to answer so many questions you had about the various exhibits. I will also ensure that you get to have a look out the back of the hangar, a full flight in the flight simulator and an epic view of our Tornado jet. I also noticed that in the video you did not sit in our Phantom aircraft called Black Mike, so that is a must. If you are interested, please let me know and we will arrange a date and how to contact each other. Kindest Regards Martin (Spanners) Spanswick P.S. Dylan is one of our younger volunteers and his passion and dedication to the museum is fantastic. 🙂
Thank you so much for your kind words on the video we absolutely love it up there and you all do such a fantastic job. I would most definitely take up the offer to return that would be amazing and if possible I would love to do another video showing how I was invited back to the museum to see some more things and find out some more information if this was ok with you. Many thanks
@@Walesadventures That would be absolutely fine and to be honest was going to suggest possibly another video. Let us know when and we can arrange a suitable date.
@@Martinspans this sounds amazing thank you so much for the offer! Sundays are best for me due to work commitments. June is a very busy month but I will work around you as best as I can!
@@Walesadventures Ok mate. I normally do Sundays. June is also very busy for me with various things. July is equally busy. There is no rush at all and we can do it any time in the future. The offer is open for the foreseeable future 🙂
@@Martinspans sounds great Martin we will make it happen at some point after July. I will keep in touch on here with you and can also send you my email or number to get it arranged.
Thanks for reviewing the museum I am one of the volunteers at the museum you spoke to on your way out on Monday to answer the question with getting access to the back of the museum in order to go round the back of the museum one off the volunteers has to escort you out to the back of the museum and will be happy to show you what we have got out of the back next time when you come to the museum ask one of the volunteers if you can have a look out the back of the museum and they will get someone will let you have a look thanks for the great review aswell
Thank you for your kind words Dylan I remember speaking to you as we left and thank you for that information regarding the back of the museum that would be great. Keep up the amazing work you are doing it’s a fantastic place
