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Air Traffic Control Engineer ret'd, Supporter and one of the many founder owners of AFC Wimbledon.CAVOK PPL.

UK
Joined April 2012
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From overhead Ipswich this afternoon, snowstorms over Norfolk @metoffice #GBOLY #Flying #weather
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youtu.be/CBrufeox_kg A little video blog of the Heathrow crossing on Friday #avgeeks @flightradar24 #GBOLY Thanks for all the great comments!
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When you just have to take the opportunity to do the zone transit of a lifetime. flightradar24.com/GBOLY/398f…
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Grabbed the opportunity of a lifetime today, never to be repeated (hopefully 🙄). Received an excellent transit service from @NATS #Heathrow Radar in G-BOLY. #avgeeks #cessna #c172 #pilotsoftwitter #wingviewthursday
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#SpinnerSaturday BOLY's polished up job is fitted and ready to go! #avgee
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#QED is pleased to confirm positive engine testing results for new bioMSAR™ prototypes, including our first with 100% #biofuel. Promising developments show bioMSAR™ can deliver lower emissions without compromising performance: bit.ly/3Da0q2Y
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Fantastic video from these young farmers explaining the basic economics and mathematics of the inheritance tax law that Rachel Reeves from customer service and is clearly incapable of. Please share this to inform the left wing echo chamber where needed.
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BOLY'S away for her annual maintenance. Time to take the Spinner polish challenge! #C172 #avgeek #pilotsoftwitter can't see from the #flightdeckmonday
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Vic Abbott retweeted
The global IT outage is not impacting any NATS operational systems. Our statement:
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About to coast out in G-BOLY, 4500ft at #Folkestone with #ChannelTunnel under the nose, then mid channel with our destination @Le_Touquet clearly in view. #pilotsoftwitter #avgeeks #Cessna #C172 #flying
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Lovely shot of @SouthendAirport and #Southend From BOLY's Wingcam yesterday whilst receiving a transit service from @SENAirTraffic enroute to Le Touquet. They even opened our flightplan!👍 #spinnersaturday #pilotsoftwitter #avgeeks
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youtube.com/watch?v=rm2nl-l4… A lot of fun as 'ballast' in an RV6 on Friday on a flight up to Beccles. #pilotsoftwitter #avgeeks #Flightdeckmonday @UKParaBeccles
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A lovely afternoon for a couple of circuits in G-BOLY this afternoon #avgeeks #pilotsoftwitter
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Vic Abbott retweeted
An easy way for anyone to stop a baby from crying 🤣 xitter.gq/tannokasa4/status/1793…
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This girl captured the COOLEST video of the meteor that fell in Portugal ☄️
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