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02 Oct 2023

Spitfires & Dreamliners: Transferable Skills between Flying Warbirds and Airliners

By Jon Gowdy, Chief Pilot of the Aircraft Restoration Company and Senior First Officer for an airline flying the Boeing 787. Originally published in the Summer 2023 Log. I’ve been an active display pilot since I was eighteen years old and now fly the Dreamliner with a major UK airline. In this article, I’m going […]

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18 Sep 2023

A day in the life of a Holiday Airline pilot

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18 Jun 2023

A day in the life of a flying father

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15 Jun 2023

A day in the life of a Cargo pilot

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Pilot Mental Health – the Big Picture Part 3

22 May 2023
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Pilot Mental Health – the Big Picture Part 2

22 May 2023
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Pilot Mental Health – the Big Picture Part I

19 May 2023
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Challenging the ‘plane driver’ myth

26 Apr 2023
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Snow worries

17 Jan 2023
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A drone for Christmas? Know the new rules and stay safe

28 Dec 2022
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Strikes – and how to avoid them

23 Dec 2022