How pilots tow banners - Cessna 172 - Rochester, UK 

RIP Simon, A pure gent of the Skies

Rest in Peace Simon Moores... You were a very skilled banner tower and pilot. Fly safe.

Completely shocked to hear of the death of Simon. A complete blow to the community and it's extremely sobering that such even the most experienced of aviators can find themselves in such unfortunate circumstances. Thoughts are with his family.

I remember well banner towing at RAF Chivenor in the late 80's. The banner was towed by a Hawk T1A but it didn't have a message on it...it was a target banner and student pilots would try and hit it with 30mm cannon shells. Once the banner had gone there was always loads of fuel to go and explore Dartmoor. Happy days!

Wow and I thought they just tied it to the back of the aircraft and took off. Very informative thanks Jon

WOW! Amazing skills by Simon. Another great vid Jon.

Can't wait for the out-takes and that sheep we caught on the way home.

Excellent. I remember the National Flight School @ EIWT used a Cub for banner towing when I was there learning how to fly a C150 some 17 years ago. Always admired the skill of banner pilots during the pickup.

Obviously these guys are secretly training to land on an aircraft carrier, using their skills with the tail hook 😄

Great video! Always wanted to see the banner towing operation. Your friend is very skilled!

Another good one Jon and nice flying from Simon. Looking forward to watching the Dundee epic

Really interesting video! I didn't realise there was banner towing in the UK

In my early years of building hours I flew banners. Citabrias and C150 with 180hp. We flew with 3 hooks and would stay aloft for 3+hours. Somedays we would have 4-6 planes in the air over a football game plus the Goodyear blimp. This was all pre-9/11. Ask an old time banner pilot about wrapping the hook cable around the rudder horn or a Citbria. On pick up when the line goes taunt it kicks the rudder full over. That's an oh crap moment at 300 agl.

Bloody marvellous really! They got the only blue sky day in Britain that year! Lol

Simon seemed like a stand-up bloke. _Requiescat in pace_.

Wow. Thanks for the video.

This is my new favourite aviation video lol well done.

impressive skills, great video again dude.

Flying Reporter does a Flying Report :) Nice one! :)

I hadn't realised until now the banner isn't attached at takeoff - very informative! I guess the other trick is ensuring you're doing a left hand turn around your target audience so that the message isn't "mirror"/backwards =)

Unusual job and top skills

Too much fun to be a job. Nicely done!

Amazing! I am surprised you didn't write "the Flying Reporter" on the banner though...

Another great video! Very interesting too! :)

Rest in piece simon

8:50 G-CNCN That's me 28th May on my way upto Newcastle from North Weald..

This channel is like television-quality! Great content. Thanks for sharing:)

Great Video! Very educational. Thanks.

Putting those banners together is an absolute nightmare ;) Your fingers will be blistered!

Great video

Interesting, informative and entertaining. What more could a person ask of a RU-vid video? Worth a "like" in anyone's assessment.

Thank you for this! I worked ground crew for a banner tow operation here in the US for a good four plus years! Loved every minute of it! It's neat to see how other tow operators outfit their aircraft, as well as the similarities! It's a lot of work for both the pilot and the ground crew (if present). As a bonus, most of the pilots were CFI's, and I'd get to log the cross country time (right-seat) to and from events! Free hours! Question: Are there billboards being towed over there, too? These are 50' tall, 150' long sheets of nylon with images/words.

Fantastic insight and amazing skill. Ps: Spotted you on election night!

I love the pilot T-SHIRT lol

RIP Simon😓

Wow

Now that looks properly bonkers! Where do I sign up :)

@1:54 that' not gaffer tape. It's normal grey duct tape. By the way it was interesting

just viewed this video, would like to understand how the banner stays in one orientation instead of spinning along its axis as there is only one cable from the aircraft, is it weighted? very interesting vid.

I'll bet Simon can retire on all the money he made this past year flying the "Wenger Out" banners. Great video.

Is G-BEUX a former Multiflight Aircraft?

How do they drop the banner??? No one explains how the banner is dropped. Frustrating!

interesting video, he made that pickup look easy, I'll bet it's really not!

People love to call airspeed alive... who cares. Engine instruments are where your eyes should check. Need them green, good RPM