Flying in the UK is Confusing, Epic Formation Flight 

Guys - you really should brief yourselves on national ATC before you arrive. Firstly, Transition Altitude varies throughout the world and may vary region by region inside each country. It is NOT a standard 18,000 feet. You will generate an Airprox if you don’t change when you should. Secondly, your aircraft has windows and you have eyes - use them. You will be sharing the sky with airliners, private jets and the military as well as bug smashers outside controlled airspace throughout Europe. Thirdly, Europe lacks a well developed support structure outside controlled airspace because our skies are too crowded, the weather too unpleasant too often and our governments prefer to spend money differently. To usefully use an aircraft in Europe you have to have an Instrument Rating (ours don’t come after 20 multiple guess questions and five hours of training) and a well equipped aircraft capable of handle ice, ie. too expensive. A lack of traffic means we don’t have sufficient small airports with instrument approaches. Lastly, appreciate that you come from a very free, very rich country but it only occupies six percent of our Earth’s landmass and US citizens 4% of its population. Do not expect the rest of the World to be created in your own image. Instead, expect differences.

Im glad to two guys sorted things out, it’s a shame the owners of the video haven’t either seen and or commented on this matter. I’m only own a mere PPL but I was shocked to hear them blindly acknowledging instructions when they should of replied that they where unfamiliar with the terminology used. They were lucky at first they seemed to get a controller that actually was trying his best to help them and even got on the phone to help them clear their passage, obviously he read between the lines and understood they where naive. They need to understand that in Europe it’s extremely condensed airspace and in some views maybe over regulated, we just don’t have the space to fly around flight following or VFR as easily. To even think of passing even near London which IS the most congested airspace in the world just on the hopp i can only put down to them being fatigued and thinking they have flown halfway around the world they can just wing it, excuse the pun, is unprofessional. Oh and if they think they had it tough here wait till the Germans get hold of them!, hopefully they will of learnt the lesson by then.

Matt, until watching this video I had a great deal of respect for you however my opinion has regrettably changed somewhat. It is your responsibility as a pilot to know the airspace and regulations of the country you are flying within. A few basic points to consider in future prior to "mentoring" other aviators through the U.K. ATS; 1. It is unacceptable that you did not understand the difference between navigation inside and outside controlled airspace whilst transiting some of the busiest airspace in the world. You had no concept of airspace structure or location but acknowledged an ATC instruction to remain clear of controlled airspace without hesitation, that is simply irresponsible and dangerous. The responsible and legal action would have been to carry a UK navigation chart indicating location and classification of airspace, the same way you would have carried a VFR sectional chart in the USA for a VFR flight. A deconfliction service simply provides you separation from other traffic, it does not clear you into or through airspace hence the numerous instructions to "remain clear of controlled airspace". It is your responsibility to remain clear of airspace that is keeping you separated from commercial traffic. Failure to do so may lead to you endangering commercial air traffic and in turn WILL lead to legal prosecution irrespective of nationality or license. Hopefully you'll begin to appreciate the naivety of filing an IFR FPL "outside controlled airspace" routing Wick DCT Shoreham. To put this in USA terms, you just planned KBOS DCT KIAD VFR without a sectional chart or GPS and when asked for your routing by ATC, replied "whatever you prefer". 2. "IFR outside controlled airspace" is exactly that, outside controlled airspace. You have no obligation to talk to ATC and ATC has no requirements to know who you are prior to your initial call with or without a flight plan (the "pass your message" bit by the way). ATC are not required to pass your details to the next sector/ATC controller unless within controlled airspace. 3. Understand the term "transition altitude" or "transition level" and when to use them. If you are cleared to a flight level, do not repeatedly read back that you are maintaining an altitude, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt you know the difference. How can you be de-conflicted from surrounding traffic if you're not maintaining the assigned altitude/level. The U.K. doesn't have a uniform 18,000ft to set 29.92, it can be as low as 3,500ft in some areas and as you know the difference between the two can be hundreds of feet negating the benefit of the deconfliction. 4. You showed frustration, distain disrespect towards a controller for not knowing your flight details, but you did not even know your; Permitted route of flight, Correct altitude, Airspace you were currently within Airspace classification and its significance Surrounding Airspace location ATC service available ATC service that you require How those ATC services work or Air law for the country you were flying within. To mention only a few of many points. If you want to present yourself as the professional aviator you attempt to portray in your channel, have a modicum of respect and professionalism for those you are working with and who by the looks of things are trying to keep you alive as you blindly fly through their airspace or simply don't fly outside the USA and Canada. Many of your viewers will watch your videos in an educational capacity with hopes to replicate your performance. It is a sign of maturity and professionalism to admit when you do not know information and to emphasize this to your viewers in order to prevent the transmission of incorrect information. Other options for you are to edit your videos differently or just not post a particular video at all. I mean my comments with the greatest of respect from one aviator to another. I hope you can appreciate the gravitas of the video you have posted and the image it portrays. Wouldn't it be mortifying if someone follows in your unintended footsteps and ends up creating an incident, accident or getting prosecuted. I enjoy your videos and hope you keep posting, but please be occasionally mindful of their content.

Shoreham is not in London, as is 95% of the rest of England.

They fly on the left in England

Firstly, that was an amazing journey, amazing set of videos! Secondly, getting a bit flustered with different RT procedures is understandable but not bothering to look at the UK CAA guidance is a bit silly. CAP 413 lists the RT procedures and if it's a non ICAO standard phraseology, it's neatly summarised in the appendix. I wouldn't dream of going through some of the busiest airspace in the world not being confident in the RT. it looks to me that you got a great service from Scottish and London Information who were very patient with you and obtained clearances for you (also the "information" part of the designator is a clue as to what type of service you will receive). Next time you're in the UK, if you don't understand what ATC is asking then just tell them in plain English or let them know you are new to flying in UK airspace, I sense London Info picked up on this and was actually giving you a personalised level of service.

It's kind of scary how ignorant they seem of how the ATC is supposed to work and how dismissive they are about it.

Pass your message is standard for most controllers in the uk, basically means say what you are doing and where you want to go and basic service is standard and ive never heard deconfliction on frequency. Anyway great video!

Hey Matt, it was great flying in formation with you that day - fun giving Alfie his first flying lesson too mate :) Pissed my pants laughing when you two looked so perplexed at the London Info controller's request for you to "Pass Your Message" :) You seemed not to appreciate then that London Info is a non-radar service (can't see where you are, so only procedural) hence his questions were directed at re-inserting you into controlled airspace at some point. Totally foreign concept vs the US I know :) Again, great seeing you and meeting JP & Louis :) Cheers chaps :)

Wow! Just a really great video. Posting a comment to fully articulate how much I appreciate the effort it takes to make these videos is sometimes hard. This is one of those videos. Today is my birthday...thanks for the awesome gift!

I have had the pleasure of flying IFR in the US and the UK. I have to say that the US system, where everything is in one system, C172 with A380 and the controllers know about both does make a lot of sense. The 18,000ft rule also makes sense. I love flying in the states, the numerous RNAV approaches, to the smallest of airfield and the PCL make it a real pleasure, however. This does not excuse you from carrying out your basic preflight planning. I am assuming that you filed a DCT to EGKA, which just can not be done here, I dont know how it was accepted by eurocontrol, I can only assume that you filled VFR. The only thing that I saw to negate this was that at some point you had a FPL om the GTN650 showed BPK-LAM-DVR-EGKA, or something like that. I, again assume, that you got this from London FIS. Foreflight doesn't work in the UK, if it does only to a limited capability. I didn't see a CAA VFR chart, but I accept you may have had one, and when you are VFR in the UK you have a legal requirement to have one, or a suitable means of navigation. You can be excused for find the UK airspace confusing, I can agree with you that it is not as good as the US, and I would love it to be the same system as the US, but you can not be excused for the total lack of preflight planning, knowing local procedures and being aware of our airspace system, its your legal obligation. The first part of your flight was outside controlled airspace. You don't need a radio to fly there, so its eyes out the window all the time, unfortunately you then went in to some of the busiest airspace in the world, around London. As a UK IR pilot I would have spent some time researching this, prior to the flight. I spent a long time researching my US flying from the UK know about the clearances, cancelling IFR, filing IFR plans even before I stepped in to an aircraft.

A good (safe) pilot knows all the foreseeable aspects of their flight prior to engine start.There are enough "unknowns" along the way to challenge us.

Might have been an investment to have had a check ride with a UK instructor.

Very nice as usual. But here is a suggestion: please add some means for viewers to identify the nicer spots you are overflying, either with on-screen labels, post-production overdubbed narration or even just a simple "time reference" list on the video description itself. It would help us locate those spots in Google earth, get more details in other youtube videos or other sites, etc.

As a brit, this is hilarious to watch. You forget how different stuff is. And remember “a good pilot is always passing their message” 😂

You’re dealing with some of the best ATCOs in the world. Your lack of research into how ATC works in the UK is embarrassing. Your extremely lucky you didn’t bust a zone. If you consider the high level of traffic particularly in the South East I’d consider yourselves extremely lucky.

Welcome to the old continent chaps.....you prepared a cross Atlantic flight. A little preparation on the ATC will not harm you.... Cheers.

Good God, I feel bad for the GA guys over in the UK. It's easy to take flight following and no fees for granted here in America. Keep up the awesome videos Matt!

What a thrill to fly it must be. I only flew three times in my life, once to Ireland in 1973, once to Puerto Rico in 1990, and once in Kitty Hawk, NC in a Cessna. Hats off to you guys.

I just thought I’d say, the second part of this video starting at 17:47 inspired me so much that I went to Shoreham airport myself and did a trial flight in a piper pa-28 warrior over Beachy head and back.

A big surprise in your attitude to the ATC terms of the United Kingdom. I found your comments quite surprising and showed that you had not spent very long listening to the English language over here or had done any preparation for this leg of your journey. Are you aware of the English phrase, the six P's? Prior Planning Prevents p### Poor Performance. As for understanding English, in some respects, it is the Mother tongue and apart from the local accents, you should not any issues understanding it. Unlike a lot of your read backs, sometimes it was 0EU, sometimes it was N0EU, 210EU, and very often I could not figure out which one was used as it was so mumbled even though I was using the CC. Experience is the best adventure.

Good to see you flew into shoreham, my current training airport to get my PPL, Amazing airport with some great scenery. The ATC for me is quite simple, but then again, it’s what I’ve learned, but listening to USA ATC, it does seem more difficult.

Love it that the military atc has off on weekends.... when starting the next Battle of Britain, choose a saturday, gives you 48 hrs. :-)

This is interesting, but in some ways almost embarrassing. If I were flying in the USA I'd learn their procedures beforehand, if I drive in a foreign country, I learn the appropriate traffic law first. If you're coming to the UK to fly you'd think at the very least knowing the correct response to "Pass Your Message" and the UK ATSOCAS stuff would be useful.

The trick in flying Wick to Shoreham is to plan a route solely talking to the Tower Controller at each end ;-) The interesting thing to note is that the first controller at Scottish asked all the question individually, that are normally passed by the PIC on first contact in response to "Pass your message?" At 4:35 the SatNav outlines your partial Flightplan as OTR BANTO BKY BPK DET EGKA. In the London TMA thats a tricky route avoiding Luton Stansted Heathrow City and the many less commercial fields... This routes through all the stacks for Heathrow, whose bottom is FL70 prior to Approach. That would be some tough flying.. Much better to fly to the West via DCS POL STAFA HON GWC. The option - fly lower, amongst all the other GA aircraft flying outside controlled airspace where "eyes outside" is 100% imperative! Reminds me of the Pilot magazine articles - I learned to fly from that one ..........

1:35 is the Island of Stroma. My parents actually were the only ones that lived on that island as caretakers for the owner. My jaw dropped when I realized that was, in fact, the same island.

Love the formation pictures over white cliffs..so fabulous

Cheers, Matt. I need reminding sometimes that I live in an amazing city. On the bus on the way home last night, the route took me past Trafalgar Square, Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament. Going past these famous and beautiful landmarks, all I could think was how tired I was, and how much I just wanted to get home. Sometimes seeing our own cities through the eyes of tourists makes us appreciate where we are, and how lucky we are to live here.

I think it was 1995-6. There were three quotes of American athletes I’ll never forget. One major league baseball player was asked why his team lost, “too many home runs and stuff”. The Yankees had just won the World Series and in the locker room celebration coach Joe Torre was asked if he got a call from then president Bill Clinton. He said he did but when he finally got to the phone, Bill wasn’t there. Reporter asked “well what happened?” Joe said “I think when I finally got to the phone he had gone to eat a sandwich or something”. We diss Americans too. My fav coach. And the final quote pertains to these boys here chest beating about this video with a bit-O-trash on Americans. We sent a young man over to play the British Open. Our guy won the tourney 1995. As John Daly was being handed the green jacket he was asked if he’d be wearing it around. He said “probably not. Too many rules and stuff.” An American not-beta-male. Deal with it. We don’t like all those rules. That is why we are not liked. I don’t mind not being liked. I don’t like guys who need to be liked. Yes,these pilots should have had a bit more regard, but for this to launch into trashing America is precisely why we like our country. My dad flew out of Watton preparing for D-Day. He didn’t much care for the Brit culture and some of its insufferable demeanor, well, of some Brits, not all. It’s a different kind of arrogance, one of delusional supremacy and childish revelry. The American attitude is who, cares or really, give a shit. I guess it might go back to 1776 and then the 1812 bitter ransackers & common vandals first violating our sea routes. Sir Winston is one of my all time heroes. He and that Iron Lady were epic leaders. I can easily differentiate between them and today’s socialist pub brat groupies. I suppose in WW2 we were defending America too but many didn’t think so. You wonder how many American pilots violated your sophisticated royal airspace inadvertently while grouping up for those daylight raids? Some 40,000 didn’t live to tell.

Ok so first, comparing USA ATC services with UK ATC services is not that one or another is better, the thing is that airspace is way different together with ATC structure and infrastructure. For me USA way of filing flightplan or understanding airspace/atc services is a lot more simpler than UK and a little bit easier. I found in USA that with just one app you can get almost everything for your flight (maps, charts, briefings, wx, frequencies, flight plan and all about that) where in UK you cant. It was more simpler the airspace to understand, way more simpler everything!! Im an Argentinian - ANAC PPL, FAA-USA CPL ME IR and UK-EASA ATPL CPL ME IR and i was really confused while i was flying in UK, when they talked about controlled airspace when you were talking with someone with radar (Exeter for example) but that does not mean that is wrong, its just i was expecting kind of the same thing as US (flight following, IFR, etc etc) but even thought that i managed to get through it, i was still confused and i was not the only one that saw that. So i will recommend if you are from USA and you are planning to go to UK to do ATPL or something like this video, study a little bit before or get in touch with someone that can explain it. Other thing that sometimes they put so much stuff on the explanations or questions from ATPLS that you focus on just passing it or get used to questions instead of knowing the topic from top to bottom. So if the ask you stupid things from everything you get to get crazy with that stuff instead of knowing the simple stuff. ATPLS exams were a pain, there is no way to pass them without doing the question banks from each of the subjects at least 3-4 times. That does not mean to memorize questions, but like i said above, when they do that stuff about asking things that are difficult or that you are never gonna use/do it/apply it at the same time, you focus on that and you forget sometimes the simple stuff like whats Basic/Traffic/Deconfliction servicies are. Anyways both countries are great, but again USA at least for me was simpler to understand.

It all seems to work well here in the UK, with my limited cross country flying- I'm mainly going up and down and round and round. It's all good...

Amazing video!! Thanks Matt. And also a great lesson on why I will fight the privatization of the ATC in the U.S.

Well done trying to get our ATC over here. We have a very un-joined up ATC outside controlled airspace.

You do a great job in your video presentations. Really enjoyed this one. Cheers, Start Safe, Stay Safe

This is so strange to watch as a British pilot and aircraft engineer, the pa28 on your right at 17:14, I maintain, never thought I’d see you guys so close to home, it’s weird

Cool to see the approach to Shoreham from the air. I've seen a couple of airshows there, but never had the aircraft perspective

I'm sure someone else has pointed it out but "pass your message" means "I'm ready to copy say what you need to say"

Enjoyed watching! Thanks for posting and keep up the good work!

Ah cool, you flew over my town just south of OTR :) loving the videos, blue skies guys!

This whole journey was amazing and makes me want to get back in the air! Such good content!

You can't see "all of London" in a month let alone a day, LOOL

Excellent video, I feel like I’m there. Great drone shots of Scotland coast and castle.

Great fun video, thanks. Fun seeing food service experiences abroad.

How much did the fuel cost to get that far? Do you have stats somewhere?

Matt, a tip from a trucker who has used bottles as a bathroom many times. After you dump it out put some mouthwash in the jug and swish it around and leave it in there until the next dump

You're flying into another countries airspace and you expect them to conform to the airspace where you live. Do your research before you come here!

Nice series so far. Looks like a great trip enjoy. Thanks for sharing

The easy way to respond to "Pass your message" is ADDPAA Aircraft, Departing, Destination, Position, Altitude and Any other info including service required.

And he handles all of the food. Nice.

Do you think the difficulties you experienced were because you are not used to the density of air traffic and controlled airspace in the UK? In the US you have a lot more space, so I expect the workload is a lot lower for a private pilot such as yourself, so you can relax more and get on with flying and not having to worry about where anyone else is. It's the equivalent of someone who has only ever driven on dirt roads in the middle of nowhere deciding to drive into NYC during rush hour whilst in the middle of a teleconference. I've not flown much in light aircraft but the major thing that stood out to me was how much radio chatter there was and how much my instructor was having to communicate with ATC and other aircraft (this was in the UK, btw). The second thing that stood out was how many other aircraft there were in the air.

Great Video! I really enjoyed watching it. Thanks!

7:38, you flew right over my home town, just on the curve of the river in South Tyneside. You should have stopped in Newcastle, it's much nicer than London :D

8:33 while the pilot pees the shadow on his back looks like a wee wee.

There was a perfect translation of a mumbled Danish communication in the Greenland video. The UK video is full of *inaudible*. Gold

Man I've never clicked so fucking fast, loving this series and checking for uploads everyday.

In the UK we speak normal. Pick up your speed, open your ears, and use the right number of syllables and you might get on a bit better.

Gorgeous formation footage. I could look at 20 minutes of that alone. I love Beachy Head but have never seen it like that! But you can keep your salad, I want that lamb burger. Hope you made it to the Battle of Britain Memorial while you were in London!

Wait for the shake!

Matt, I was wondering why you always have your friend Rachel do your captions(?) Is it because she has a good ear? Why would she do it rather than you? Or do you work on the CC's together?

Waiting for the next new part how went the rest of journey to Austria. Thank you so much for your good job!!!)

hey guys. very nice trip! it was a pleasure to watch your video. can i ask you about the costs of this trip? i think the costs were very high with all landing taxes and the renting of the plane.. greetings

Dangerous...

left the cowl flaps open during cruise :-0) Absolutely epic flights and scenery. Admire your adventurous spirit

I don't like mentioning this but I didn't have a pot of glue what the US ATC were on about in Florida last year.

I enjoy so much your flights!

Hi Mat, You complain about the way we speak but we use the English language i,e, A battery is a battery. You use the word Baddery I am never sure if that is one "D" or two. Good programs though.

When I learnt to fly in the eighties a U.S License was not valid in the UK unless further training and exam carried out. I guess that would have explained some of the problems with ATC you encountered. We don’t have the space like you guys in the states. Strangely at the time a UK Licence was valid in the U.S though. A lot people looking to gain a PPL would travel to America because it was so cheap in those days I wonder if it still is. Great film chaps keep em coming. (“Chaps” I’m being rather English there guys) I would still love to do some flying in the U.S but I’m getting older so doubt I will get to do it now.

"If the world could just be the same as the US, it would make sense". Some dude, 2018.

23:23 insane.

I stumbled across your VLOG, flying from the US to Europe and followed up to this video, Epic Formation Flight. Amazing videos!! At 4 am I had to go to sleep and now I can't find the continuation videos of your journey to Austria. Are they published? Are they in episodes or a series? Thanks!

I feel sympathy for foreign pilots who come fly in the UK. Most Brits will react to this saying "well you should bloody inform yourself before flying here! It's your bloody fault! Rubbish! Reckless!" The reality is that the UK is the odd one within ICAO and they do aviation in such an extremely unnecessarilly complicated way that is simply confusing and frustrating. Flying entirely within Controlled Airspace (CAS) is fine. The problem is once you get out of it (OCAS), you're left completely on your own which is unlike the rest of Europe. And then getting back into CAS is a bloody nightmare because the limits of controlled airspace are so damn water-tight.

Just watched all of the footage from America to England on the Cessna...probably the best vids I have ever watched...Bravo....one question though, you did loads of work in the front with comms, etc, how will he get back with just him and backseat dude who doesnt seem very Cessna/Nav airplane savvy ?

The UK’s Air Traffic Services Outside Controlled Airspace offer four levels of service: A Basic Service is intended to offer the pilot maximum autonomy and the avoidance of other traffic is solely the pilot’s responsibility. The controller/FISO will pass information pertinent to the safe and efficient conduct of flight. This can include weather, changes of serviceability of facilities, conditions at aerodromes and general activity information within a unit's area of responsibility. A Traffic Service provides the pilot with surveillance derived traffic information on conflicting aircraft. No deconfliction advice is passed and the pilot is responsible for collision avoidance. A Traffic Service contains the information available in a Basic Service. In addition, controllers provide surveillance derived traffic information on relevant conflicting traffic. Headings and/or levels may also be issued for positioning and/or sequencing. A Deconfliction Service provides the pilot with traffic information and deconfliction advice on conflicting aircraft. However, the avoidance of other aircraft is ultimately the pilot’s responsibility. A Deconfliction Service contains the information available in a Basic Service. In addition, controllers shall aim to assist the pilot with his responsibility for the safety of the aircraft by passing traffic information and deconfliction advice. Headings and/or levels will also be issued for positioning, sequencing and/or deconfliction advice. A Procedural Service is a non surveillance service in which deconfliction advice is provided against other aircraft in receipt of a Procedural Service from the same controller. The avoidance of other aircraft is the pilot’s responsibility. Pasted from description in Skybrary.com Yes it is confusing.

9:02 Matt, beware the effects of carbohydrate narcosis LOL. Kit Kats are snooze food after the buzz ends.

highly enjoyable to be along for the ride. really cool. thanks

"they talk so funny" - it's called English!

Just one question, this rural route you took, did you have to OK that with ATC? Flying willy nilly is a bit of a luxury in the UK, even Emirates can't take a random detour around the coast whenever they fancy it. Just wondering. Airspace here is at a premium, it's the reason QFA intercepts in about 300 seconds.

He wasn't mumbling at all! he was speaking clearly! you just cannot understand English clearly!

Great video. Keep them coming -- please!

Why did you not let the controller know you did not understand the instructions?

I bought this thing called a "pilot relief tube" for long trips like that. It is basically a condom that has a plastic hose the runs down your leg to a bag strapped around your leg just above the ankle. It works great, but trying to force yourself to piss while just sitting there was nigh impossible! It goes against every instinct and 48 years of not peeing your pants. It was excruciating! I finally talked my sub conscience brain into doing it, but it was frustrating. But once I got the hang of it, it was awesome. I wear it all the time now just hanging around the house. (just kidding)

Great video. ATC is indeed confusing. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Holland.

Oxford English for a VFR flight cruising at FL 90, that's very special

Not a good look posting a video like this. It’s a pilots responsibility to be fully prepared for any flight. UK air traffic control is as good as anywhere in the world. I flew commercial jets for 28 years, many times into the states and getting to grips with the style and speed of r/t takes a while. But this is what flying responsibly is about. Preparation preparation preparation. Like another comment here I was impressed at first but became very disappointed after hearing some of the radio communications. Preparation! Worrying to think that I had 200 passengers and people were/are flying around with such a cavalier style in controlled IFR airspace.

Nice to hear my local airfield, shobdon on atc.

What a superb video - thank you so much. Absolutely agree that UK ATC is odd and counterintuitive. And the landing fee at Shoreham is a disgrace. But hope you enjoyed your experience.

Great series of films. Pity about some of the juvenile conversation. So cool, so awesome, so cool, really kinda like, so awesome, so cool, kinda like ad nauseum. You're men not high-school pupils.

It’s understandable that Matt is confused about the procedures and phraseology used in the UK. The rest of the world, from the US to Europe to Asia, has adopted universal, standard procedures and terminology. The whole point is that if you’re on a route that overflies five different countries you don’t need to learn the local procedures for all of them - they are all the same. Not the UK though. We’ve decided to go our own way with bizarre non-standard local procedures that are different to the entire rest of the world, are much more complicated and much less fit for purpose. Couple that with a (privatised) ATC system that often just wants to get you out of its hair rather than offer much help, patchy availability of radar services outside of CAS, with no handovers between units (again, due to privatisation) and airspace designed to keep the small planes out, the UK is far behind the most of rest of the world when it comes to facilitating GA flights. I don’t believe the ‘busy airspace’ argument: there are places in the US and Europe that are just as busy and they manage to fit GA in without any fuss at all. Flying around, say, Paris is a breeze compared to here. FWIW I am a British instrument-rated pilot and fly extensively across Western Europe under IFR and VFR.

I love your content but the way you speak about the UK, it's people and systems is just rude! A bit of respect when you're visiting someone else's country might be an idea!

when you eventually crash, try not to take out a passenger plane with you

Matt...You KILLED it on this one. The Air to Air shots were spectacular. A few of them were worthy of a print for sale.

Did not understand the radio speak but understand that Louis must of been hungry as he was picking his nose. Lol.

You must have the rekord of saying «Games of Thrones» in an airplane😂

2:30, John Sinclair, Master of Caithness.

Please do a bit of research before you come back again 😅

Amazing

It’s absurd that countries have different basic procedures and language structure. Everyone should agree and operate the same exact way. Don’t care who’s method is adapted most.

I read that the Brits are offended, lol. How much more complicated is the airspace in London compared to San Francisco and LA/ San Diego areas. Dozens of airports below class B that ATC has to watch over and manage VFR traffic mixed with airlines and big commercial jets. All the service is fast, professional and very helpful. From the video, the British controller was not in a super busy frequency like apporach control in the evening in LA or SF Bay Area. I wish the Americcan have never adopted the random imperial system in favor of the metric system, BTW. Can British pilots who fly in America post some comments here? Awesome video Matt, Thanks.

Your rear passenger sure picks his nose a lot... lol Nice flight - thanks for sharing. - Kimi

If you guys are such huge fans of game of thrones you should have stopped in Northern Ireland! GOT was filmed over here!