Flying around the UK
Ian is a keen private pilot and has held a UK National Private Pilot’s License since 2012.
He currently flies a Eurofox taildragger and also has a lot of hours on Ikarus C42 microlight category aircraft. Both are two seat sport aircraft, the Eurofox has a maximum take off weight of 560kg and a cruising speed of 90 knots, the C42 has a maximum weight of 472kg and a cruising speed of 75 knots.

Eurofox G-PECX at Compton Abbas May 2024

Pre flight checks Eurofox G-PECX October 2024

C42 G-CDVI departing Henstridge Aug 2022

Ian at the controls of C42 G-CDVI

Barbara with C42 G-CCYR at RAF Cosford Oct 2022

C42 G-CCYR at Stoney Lane airstrip Oct 2022
Over 190 airfields visited

The weather is CAVOK!, C42 G-FLYC near Southampton, taken from sister ship G-SFLB
Ian has visited 192 different airfields ranging from small grass farm strips to some larger UK airports including Alderney, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Exeter, Norwich, Oxford and Southend.
To mark the 100th airfield he visited he landed at Birmingham International, at one point No4 in the circuit to an Emirates A380 and two Ryanair 737s!
On the day he visited his 150th airfield he landed at the small hill top airfield of Nayland with its steep upslope, a little like landing at the famous Courcheval Altiport!
Like many UK private pilots, after waiting out the long groundings for Covid lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, Ian is now back in the air for more flying adventures.

Barbara boards G-FLYC at RAF Halton, November 2021

C42s G-SFLB and G-FLYC at RAF Halton, November 2021

Approaching Land’s End, the most westerly point of mainland England

G-FLYC Lands End airport October 2021

Naylands steep sloping runway, August 2021

Final approach to Nayland

Ian with C42 G-FLYC at Tatenhill 2019

Ikarus C42 G-FLYC in front of the old 1930s terminal at Birmingham, October 2018
Flying with record breaking Barbara

Barbara at the controls of C42 G-FLYC
Ian does most of his flying with Barbara, an amazing pilot who is 90 years old and still going strong. We believe she holds the UK record for qualifying for her private pilots license at the oldest age, 79 years old.
Barbara has joined Ian on many of his airfield adventures and has now passed 125 different airfields visited in the UK herself too.
Here are a selection of pictures from some of our past trips in the UK.
More Flying Pictures

Ian’s flying partner Barbara at beautiful Eastchurch airfield in Kent, June 2021

Ian at Bristol April 2021, some of 21 stored Easyjet’s in the background

At Stoke microlight airfield in Kent, June 2021. Its a tight squeeze, railway and power cables to the north, sea wall to the south!

Approaching Bristol April 2021

Barbara at Ledbury September 2020

G-FLYC at Norwich September 2020

Barbara and Ian at Birmingham in 2018

Steep sloping runway at EastBach Farm in 2020

At Wycombe Air Park 2017

At Cardiff 2017

Barbara with C42 G-SFLB at Sittles Farm 2016

Alderney in 2016

Southend in 2015

At Inflite Southend in 2015

Barbara at Thruxton in 2015

3 aircraft fly out to Bodmin in 2014