All episodes of The Two Thousand Feet Aviation Podcast

I get up in the middle of the night to see some flying bicycles; and Nushin Ilahi explains why women sometimes feel uncomfortable in the macho, spanner-wielding world of microlight flying.

Published 07/26/19

Behind the Scenes at an Airshow; The Thruster Post-Mortem: What Killed a Microlight Brand

Behind the scenes at an airshow; the death of the Thruster brand

Published 07/12/19

Learning To Fly Professionally; A Museum of Petrol Pumps

Commercial/airliner flying and ATPL training; petrol pump museum at Rochester airfield.

Published 06/28/19

Crosscontinental Special: From Western Ireland to Alaska

Centenary of the first non-stop Transatlantic flight; a PPL flying a 737 simulator; gyrocopter around the world.

Published 06/17/19

Vintage Aircraft: from the Beagle Pup to the Spitfire

In this episode, we meet people who restore and fly vintage aircaft.

Published 05/31/19

Worst Place for an Engine Failure: a Forever Jodel

Engine failure with nowhere to go; aviation as art.

Published 05/17/19

Episode Five: A Tale of Two Airshows

A special episode recorded at two aviation events. The future of GA and microlights, flying around the world at 80, and why aren't there more female pilots?

Published 05/04/19

Cheaper Flying, Cheaper Runways; Piloting for the Disabled People

Published 04/19/19

Spring As Seen By An Engineer; Microlighting Around Mt. Everest

Preparing aircraft for the flying season; flying a flexwing around Mt. Everest.

Published 04/05/19

Learning Abroad and Inventing New Words

Learning to fly abroad and the career of Gerry Breen, the pilot who invented the word "microlight"

Published 03/22/19

Out With The Cobwebs; A Pilot's History in VR

Returning to flying after the winter break; recreating family history in virtual reality

Published 03/07/19