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NetJets Pilot Redundancies in France & Belgium
Over the weekend I heard from many of my colleagues from my days as a pilot at NetJets. Responding to lower demand for fractional jet charter and jet cards, NetJets Europe is reducing its pilot numbers...
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My Hercules Days
Since the days of Biggles, moustaches have been synonymous with aviation. So it was fitting to see this C-130 Hercules aircraft sporting a rather natty moustache for Movember - the moustache-growing...
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Interviewing the High-Flyers: Patrick Jephson
Patrick Jephson I’m delighted to announce the launch of our new podcast series – Interviewing the High-Flyers. I couldn’t have asked for a more fascinating first podcast interviewee – Patrick Jephson....
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Interviewing the High-Flyers: Gautam Lewis
In the second of our “Interviewing the High-Flyers” podcast series, I was delighted to catch-up with Gautam Lewis. Gautam discusses his childhood and his music industry career, managing bands including...
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Top 10 Celebrity Pilots
Great to hear that Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden’s front-man, is launching his new aviation business, Cardiff Aviation. The company will be focused on providing technical aviation services, but also...
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Is being a pilot one of ‘The world’s best travel jobs’?
The Telegraph Travel desk recently came up with a list of the world’s best travel jobs. Coming in at number three was ‘Pilot’, flying into Barra’s beach runway as one of the world’s most spectacular...
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The Bespoke Approach: Going The Extra (Nautical) Mile For Our Customers
More than almost any other industry I can think of, private jet travel is absolutely centred around customer service. It’s a bespoke approach to aviation, designed around the needs of the end user. The...
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Learning To Fly: The Citation XLS+
Pilots are frequently asked about how many different types of aircraft they can fly. Normally private jet pilots only fly one or two different aircraft. This month I have been learning to fly the XLS+...
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EU to standardise airline pilots’ working hours across Europe
Updated 14th October 2013 Last week the EU’s plan for standardising pilots’ working hours across Europe was passed. This follows an earlier rejection of the proposals by the Commission’s Transport...
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Ask The Pilot: How much runway does an aircraft need to take off?
Last week saw Boeing embarrassed by its gigantic 747 ‘Dreamlifter’ freighter landing at the wrong airport in Wichita, Kansas. The Dreamlifter is a huge cargo plane, used to transport parts of its 787...
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The Use of Apps in Aviation: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s an iPad
Guest blogger Chris Oquist, private pilot and writer, looks as the increasing use of iPads in the cockpit Last year, the USA’s Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) agreed to allow pilots to switch out...
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Which is the best VLJ In the market? – ask the pilot
The entry level VLJ (Very Light Jet) market has continued to perform well during the economic downturn, seeing its market share increase – for both business and leisure flights. As the VLJ market...
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Budapest or Bucharest? 5 similar-sounding flight destinations
As a pilot and someone who runs a travel company I am very rarely lost. It’s part of my job to have a keen sense of direction (not to mention technology to help). So I was fascinated to read the recent...
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10 rules of private jet-iquette
With knee defenders causing tempers to boil over on airline flights, onboard etiquette is a matter of much debate at the moment. The seat pitch onboard a private jet definitely means your knees escape...
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From RAF pilot to financial adviser: Interview with Jonny Shingles
Jonny Shingles has had a varied travel, aviation and business career, from RAF fighter pilot to Sales Director of Jet Republic – one of the most ambitious private jet start ups. He then became Managing...
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PrivateFly at the Red Bull Air Race
Together with our friends at GlobeAir we have pioneered the use of technology to send private jet quotes from the aircraft operator to the customer in the fastest possible time. To celebrate our new...
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‘Sticking plaster’ London airport plans will cost billions more than proposed
The Airports Commission has released a report today, showing that all 3 plans left on the table for the London airport expansion project will cost significantly more than their bids suggest. The...
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Will new drone rules be stricter than many hope?
Drones are flying higher than ever in the news at the moment. Firstly the FAA is expected to announce its proposals for rules on the use of commercial drones - also known as UAVs (unmanned aerial...
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Flying the world’s most popular private jet
Take one jet, and add three pilot viewpoints. The jet in question is Cessna’s Citation Excel (XL), the best-selling private jet in the world. Taking it’s first flight over 18 years ago in 1996, the...
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The PrivateFly team go flying – at Bodyflight Bedford
While private aviation is our specialism, at PrivateFly we love flying of all kinds. Several of us in the team are qualified pilots, others have aerospace degrees – and the rest are all more than a...
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