Learning To Fly

Welcome to another podcast in the “Getting to know…” series from Grant Francis and GoFly. Find out more about flying and my own path to the PPL at www.flyinglessons.tv Today we meet one of the youngest team members, Ben Makin, who began his flying career only a few years ago, having won a scholarship with the RAF.  

Grant Francis is learning how to fly with Gofly in Old Sarum. In this video, we follow him on his very last required solo flight, over what looks more like the Savannah than Somerset.

Join broadcaster and presenter Grant Francis as he learns how to fly with GoFlyUK. In this episode he goes on his qualifying cross country. The longest distance he has ever flown solo… join the adventure!  

Grant Francis is a broadcaster, voice over artist and now, a trainee pilot. Follow his experience as he learns to fly and gain a PPL (private pilots license) with GoFly Flying School in Old Sarum just outside Salisbury in Wiltshire. In this lesson, the adventure takes us on “Diversions”

Welcome to another podcast in the “Getting to know…” series from Grant Francis and GoFly. Find out more about flying and my own path to the PPL at www.flyinglessons.tv Today we meet a man who has the air in his blood. He’s the GoSkydive chief instructor,  a father, husband and more importantly (as he would say himself), a dreadlock enthusiast and Iron Man competitor. This is getting to know…. Ryan Mancey.

Follow presenter and broadcaster Grant Francis as he learns how to fly with GoFly in Old Sarum. In this video podcast, we visit the stomach churning (its really not that bad) world of 45 degree turns and spiral dives….

Welcome to another episode in the “Getting to know….” series from Grant Francis and Go Fly. Squadron Leader John Sharp is a well known face at Old Sarum. He is the curator, director and driving force behind the amazing Boscombe Down Aviation Collection. Hidden behind the doors of what looks like a small portacabin, is an incredible collection of aviation history spanning two enormous aircraft hangars, from clothing and models to complete cockpits and aircraft that you can get up-close and personal with. There are no barriers meaning you can indulge your senses and explore, touch and climb into many of the exhibits.  When you visit the airfield, this collection forms part of the iconic history that Old Sarum has helped shape since the early 1900’s. If your flight is rained off or you have a few minutes to spare, visit the collection and experience historic flight… hands on. Find out more about the collection at www.boscombedownaviationcollection.co.uk or book your flying experience at www.goflyuk.com.  Find me and the GoFly team on twitter @grantfrancisuk @goflyuk  

Follow presenter and broadcaster Grant Francis as he learns how to fly with GoFly in Old Sarum. In this video podcast, the journey begins… literally, with the first navigation! Here it is on youtube too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=728fhqprneM&t=35s

Follow broadcaster Grant Francis as he learns how to fly with GoFly in Old Sarum, just outside Salisbury, Wiltshire. In this lesson we look at “PFL” or the “Practice Forced Landing” an essential emergency procedure. If you would like to find out more about becoming a pilot yourself, go to www.goflyuk.com and follow the team on Facebook.com/goflyuk You’ll find more updates and blog posts at www.flyinglessons.tv

Hello. I’m Grant Francis, broadcaster, consultant and newly found aviation enthusiast. I’m learning how to fly an airplane and I’m very pleased you’ve taken the time to join me on this adventure. In this video, I take my first Exam and, only an hour later, perform my first solo flight as Pilot In Command of an aircraft. Find out how to become a pilot yourself at www.goflyuk.com, find gofly on facebook at www.facebook.com/goflyuk and on Twitter @goflyuk You can follow my updates, blogs and podcasts at www.flyinglessons.tv as well as on your usual podcast provider. Thanks for watching!

Thank you for downloading another podcast in the “Getting To Know…” series from Grant Francis and GoFlyUK. When you consider what this man has achieved in the last 11 years, you might expect him to be swanning around surveying the small empire he now commands but this, couldn’t be further from the truth. A slight, […]

Welcome to another audio podcast in the “Getting to know…” series. In this episode we meet a former nurse, professional dancer, dog lover and now, flying enthusiast. With modest ambitions of a nice lunch at an airfield only minutes away and to beat holiday traffic to see friends in the west here’s Getting to know, […]

Grant is learning to fly and gain his PPL (Private Pilots License) with GoFlyUK in Old Sarum just outside Salisbury Wiltshire. In this episode, he completes his first set of “circuits”, which are practice laps around the airfield utilising every skill learned up to this point. Join him on his journey and follow the blog […]

Follow Grant Francis as he learns to fly with GoFly in Old Sarum, Wiltshire. In this update, we take a quick look at stalling… which is not the scary death spin people may believe it is.

Grant Francis is learning how to fly and work towards gaining his PPL. In this video episode, see Grant undertake his FIRST take off and practice some all important turns. If you would like to find out more about becoming a pilot yourself, speak to the team at GoFly in Old Sarum, just outside Salisbury […]

Here’s the latest video podcast update of my first lesson with Charlotte In this lesson we were looking at how to ascend and descend. You can see a Full-Res version of the film here: Ups and downs of flight  If you would like to know more about hands-on flying experiences or learning to fly yourself […]

Welcome to another podcast in the “getting to know you series” from GoFly. Today’s interview is unflappable in the air and his knowledge of aviation is second to none, almost encyclopaedic. He began his career as a Navy pilot, but of a ship, not an aircraft, before moving towards flying in the mid 80s. After active […]

Have you thought about learning to fly? Ever wondered what a flying lesson was like?  Worried that you wouldn’t learn anything or get to have a go? Well I’m here to dispel all those myths. Its all about hands-on, its all about having a go and its all, really very interesting… Here’s a bunch of […]

Welcome to another podcast from from GoFly. In this episode, I talk to one of the Flight Instructors (FI’s), Dan Jack, who has flying in his blood. His father flew commercially his entire career and his grandfather flew during the war and worked for Air Traffic. Dan’s working life began in a very different area […]

Not every day is suitable for flying, so after hanging around for a couple of hours and drinking not quite enough tea, waiting for the cloud to clear (which it eventually did) and the cross wind to drop (which it didn’t) I found a family about to take a tour of one of the most […]