THAT'S ALL FOLKS! - LAST WEEKLY PILOT VLOG  

More sad news yesterday. RIP Your Majesty.

Thank YOU Tim, it has been a pleasure to have shared your videos.Events have changed all our lives this week. Go and enjoy your new life and surroundings, my thanks for your personal support. See you when you are ready and able, enjoy your flying without always thinking of making a video.

Good luck with all the moves etc. Hope all goes well, and I look forward to seeing the next video, when you are ready - Safe flying in the meantime Tim and thank you for your support/feedback on my channel. Lee

I bet you pondered long and hard over whether you should or shouldn’t post this video, Tim. I’m glad you did, it just made a lovely little break from the sad passing of our wonderful Queen 🥲 I look forward to seeing you on here again, but make sure you look after your family and yourself first at this busy time for you 👍 👏👏👏

Lovely to see the horses. My coffee mornings will not be the same now but thank you for what is a wonderful slice of your life in 377 vlogs. What an achievement over 7 years of videos. Brilliant.

Tim. Thank you so very much.. the tremendous effort has been very appreciated here in the desert ! The weekly dose will be sorely missed but look forward to the occasional when you get the time. 377 is no small commitment.!!! (PS. Will continue to be reminded of your VLOG many times a day...i snitched your soundtrack for my ringtone !!!!)

Found this on UK forum re ya brakes Same system as the Condor, and I used to replace master cylinders often in Blackbushe days. When I ran the Condor Club with three Condors I replaced them rarely and had overall very little trouble with them. The difference was a 5 Pound fine for anyone caught leaving the brakes on! If you leave the brakes on the fluid will leak past the piston in the master cylinder. This piston is not connected to the rod that pushed it, and so it stays in position. The answer is to pump fluid from the slave cylinder bleed nipple and this pressure will push the master cylinder piston back. You can do this a few times and then you have to replace the master cylinder. (I believe these were Citroen master cylinders, or so I was told). You can bleed the system all day and never get the brakes to work hard. Sometimes I left it overnight and after all the bleeding, f'ing, and blinding the day before, the sodding brakes would be alright in the morning! Perhaps patience, allowing the air to drift up on its own pays off. Always pump the brake fluid up from the bottom. New brake shoes had to be filed to fit the eccentric adjusters. The eccentric adjusters would be set fully back, the shoes tried on, the contact marked and then filed with a round file until the shoes fitted inside the drum. You may have to flat file the face of the shoe where it contacts the slave piston as well. There was always some adjustment required when I got new shoes from Rollasons. I sometimes saw a bracket made to fit between the shoe face and the slave cylinder piston to open the shoe up to close the gap between it and the drum. I think that once the eccentric had reached its expansion limit the mechanic had gone a step further by 'shimming' the face of the shoe against the slave piston. I used to rough the surface of the brake pads with coarse cloth or a file as they used to come glazed. The system uses sliders to connect the rudder pedals to the brake master cylinders to provide differential brake at near full travel of each rudder pedal. Sometimes I had to file the latch that swung on the brake handle to contact the saw teeth parking brake arc. Be careful, some of these systems use different hydraulic fluids. The master cylinders that work with Red hydraulic fluid have a red spot painted on them. The springs that hold the brake shoes together are liable to break. These are strong springs, I used to attach them before fitting the shoes and use a big screw driver to open the gaps to fit the shoes over the pawl and the slave pistons. Make sure the rubber seals around the slave pistons are the right way around, the hollows should be on the inside. From memory they are angled "C" shaped and the hollow of the C should be on the inside. I remember using my nails to fit this seal inside the cylinder, wet with fluid. I write this to the best of my memory, I hope it's useful.

Looking forward to our next get together and after that, see you when we see you. Cheers Tim.

Thanks Tim, I've very much enjoyed and looked forward to your videos. Takes me back so much flying in the UK. Best wishes to you and your family and I look forward to seeing your posts again.

Hi thank you for these videos. I’ve looked them to learn aeronautical english…and then have starter making my own videos (Jodel d112 in Normandy)

As the nation mourns you’ve given us 25 minutes of pure flying joy, as always. We look forward to your return, whatever frequency it is, it’ll be a treat. Thanks Tim, and hope your house moves go well. 🤞

Love the Looney Tunes ending! All the more determined to come and see you soon! Good news on my 182 - fingers crossed, barring any more unforeseen problems I should be flying again in a few weeks. Your videos will be even better to watch now that they're going to be rarer! Thanks for all the work Tim. No one except those of us who make these videos will ever know how much goes in to it!

I'm watching later than usual on what has been an historic week for all the wrong reasons. I was glad to see this 'last' video was as regular as normal. Its a shame the underwing camera didn't work this time. Nice to see the horse settle into its new home. As I wrote before, best wishes for all your moves and things that need sorting. I look forward to the next date. Meanwhile, I wish you safe, happy flying and boring landings.

Great video Tim! Thanks for making them all. I have enjoyed watching and can’t wait for the next 👍😊

Tim you have inspired me in rekindling my flying interests , and I thank you for that . I fully appreciate the time and effort you have taken in giving us all our weekly flying fixes and I’ll miss them ,and look forward to seeing you on your return . Take care Tim and my best wishes to you and your family . I somehow feel that it’s not quite “ that’s all folks “ just yet .

Hi Tim, An unbroken run of 377 weekly videos is an awesome achievement. You have a lot going on in your life and it's right they should take priority. I look forward to your videos each week and hopefully look forward to see more if / when you're ready to return. Fyi, I watch your videos on my TV and that doesn't give me the option to comment sadly. However, I have commented a few times previously (from my laptop) and thank you for acknowledging those. Good luck with your house moves and sorting your father's estate. Neither being simple things to do. Best wishes, Vernon

377 not out, well played that man!

I can completely relate to the time it takes. I hope it takes some pressure off and you can get some life balance back.

I totally understand. It's a big accomplishment to have done weekly vlogs that long; well done, Tim! Good luck with all the work and see you next time!

If you ever make it to the States, I’m only four hours from Oshkosh, for AirVenture. You are welcome to stay with us, in northern Indiana. At this point I’d like to mention Queen Elizabeth did a marvelous job of being a representative for Britain. God save the Queen.

Massive Thanks Tim. Chris.

Thanks for all the videos, Friday mornings just won't be the same anymore. Look forward to your future videos and good luck with the house move.

No I'm not going to accept your "that's all folks" to the ending of this video Tim and I shall be tuning in on the 30th September - just in case!! Great to see you both smiling and very special to see the horses I think. Good luck with the move mate and see you soon ....

Thanks Tim, I look forward to any future content when you are ready. Best wishes with your projects.

We'll miss your weekly dose of fun Tim, but I do know the time it takes to produce an interesting video from the raw footage and understand your need for a break. Happy landings!

You’re an inspiration Tim, enjoy your well deserved pause - hope to see you back down the line!

Looking forward to the update at the end of the month!

Thank you for your service Tim. Fridays won’t be the same. I hope we get to fly together this winter at some point would be great to see you.

Thank you Tim - as I've reengaged with flying your videos have been a great source of interesting and fun material to turn to. Good luck with the move(s) and look forward to September.

Greatly appreciate your efforts and I’ve really enjoyed the videos. I haven’t flown for many years but your videos have been the next best thing.

The relentless dry weather and yellow short cut grass really changed the landing characteristics at our airfield. Good luck with your other commitments and look forward to your future videos

I have enjoyed the time spent with you Tim, I will be here when and if you make more videos. Cheers!

Always loved your videos Tim! I hope you will be back again soon sharing your adventures online. I hope to see to you one day at airfield in Norfolk next time your visting. Take care and fly safe!

I've been retired for five years now and every friday morning I was up to watch your video . I,m gonna miss that! Look forward to the end of september to see your nex vlog! English is a second language to me . Hope it's Ok!

Well done Tim, enjoyed them. Trip to St Omer 2014 you filmed, I was there. One hell of a trip weather wise from Yorkshire for us pilots.

Only just caught up after an extended hospital visit. Sad to hear you are stopping, but many thanks for all your videos - I have enjoyed them. Best of luck with the moves etc!

Well Mae and Karen look suitably sortd. Duncan looked relaxed. Tim you look more relaxed now you have made the decision to ease back (you not the only one few you tubers I watch have scaled back to 2 weekly even monthly) it's sposed to be fun and if it's not then don't do it. Bring in production values can make it feel like work. Bugger Techo eh ah well go do it all again good excuse to go flying anyhoo. Brakes like a Dark art they work or they don't and become a right royal to get back to working proper like. You to like the Two Ronnie's you can decide which one you are...... Be well Fly lots and Carry on see you around 30th maybe. :0)

Great video as always. The graphic Designer (from WAY back) appreciated the graphic of the Airfield joining pattern. I have taken screen shot and will be using that when I come visit. Maybe progressively there has been uneven break pad/disc wear over the years thats causing that pull to the left on braking? Hope the move goes well, will await September 30th, and will make contact via the airfield details when I plan to visit. Thanks again. Take Care.

I try to film every flight with my rear cockpit camera so should something happen then there is a record and I have the cockpit audio as well. You never know if it might be a good video for other to learn from (like my arrival video the other week). Hope to see you about some place in the Jodel, keep safe and good luck with all the work you have got and look forward to any video you feel inclinded to produce, when you feel like doing them.

Thanks for all the flying content Tim. Your effects are appreciated, editing videos is a long job. Good luck in your move and sorting out all you personal stuff. Enjoy your flying when you can.

IFR= I follow reservoirs!!!

3000ft Tim…..Vertigo time………….