Whiskey Alpha Pilot

Whiskey Alpha Pilot I am slightly older than your average newly qualified pilot. Described as an 'Up and Coming YouTuber'. Owner of 1/5 of a 1977 Cessna 172.

Follow me on my journey learning to fly and beyond.

Léon Ellison was one of my electronics tutors at university. A genius and a gentleman, in that order and both completely...
21/05/2026

Léon Ellison was one of my electronics tutors at university. A genius and a gentleman, in that order and both completely. The kind of teacher who made hard things feel reachable.

He died in 2024. I only learned this week what he'd been quietly doing for the twenty years or so since I last saw him.

He'd built a Lancaster cockpit. Not a model. Not a sketch. The full cockpit of an Avro Lancaster bomber, from the ground up, in his back garden. He tracked down the original drawings. He photographed every Lancaster he could get to. Then he went into his workshop and fabricated the lot.

This week it was winched out and driven up to the Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre in Lincolnshire, where the engineers there plan to turn it into a working simulator. Knowing Léon, that's exactly what he'd have wanted.

A genius and a gentleman. Rest easy.

Full piece on Touch and Go Logbook: https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/he-built-a-lancaster-in-his-back-garden

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Three forced landings on my first flight back after months on the ground. My instructor Connor decided to find out exact...
16/05/2026

Three forced landings on my first flight back after months on the ground. My instructor Connor decided to find out exactly how rusty I'd got. Spoiler: very. ✈️

Full vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WMjU3O-Pb8

Back in the air today. First time with no passengers this year. KK was behaved as always, the tower briefly forgot who I...
09/05/2026

Back in the air today. First time with no passengers this year. KK was behaved as always, the tower briefly forgot who I was, blood pressure recovered, and apparently I made some contrails on the way home.
Sorry chemtrail folks. Just water vapour. And wasnt me. Same as it’s always been. ✈️

Today on the blog: before KK, there was R2-TK.Seven years of trooping with the 501st Legion, three costumes built, and o...
04/05/2026

Today on the blog: before KK, there was R2-TK.

Seven years of trooping with the 501st Legion, three costumes built, and one screen-accurate astromech who's been to GOSH, the BFI, Farnborough, and a HEMS pad at North Weald with Essex & Herts Air Ambulance.

Then flying happened. Same brain, different obsession.

New Touch and Go Logbook post: https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/before-kk-there-was-r2-tk

Happy Star Wars Day from KK and R2-TK.Before flying took over the weekends I was heavily involved with the UK Garrison (...
04/05/2026

Happy Star Wars Day from KK and R2-TK.

Before flying took over the weekends I was heavily involved with the UK Garrison (501st Legion) and R2 Builders UK. Built a screen-accurate R2 unit. Caz and I took him onto the airfield at Elstree a couple of Star Wars Days back, and he was clearly looking for a spare X-Wing.

These days I chase a £100 burger instead of Death Star plans.

Short on the channel: https://youtube.com/shorts/FqAuew6NGyc

Everyone's panicking about AI writing their emails. Meanwhile over in Japan JAL is putting actual humanoid robots on the...
28/04/2026

Everyone's panicking about AI writing their emails. Meanwhile over in Japan JAL is putting actual humanoid robots on the ramp at Haneda Airport for the next two years. Loading bags. Handling cargo.

Robots are taking over. Even more efficient ways of losing your luggage. And the autopilot was apparently just the warm-up act. ✈️

Wait until they get to the cockpit and try to land at Elstree on a gusty Tuesday. Best of luck to them.

Aero Friedrichshafen 2026 has now ended. In 2023 I flew there in KK and then walked the show floor and honestly it was s...
26/04/2026

Aero Friedrichshafen 2026 has now ended. In 2023 I flew there in KK and then walked the show floor and honestly it was something else. 860 exhibitors, incredible aircraft, and a Zeppelin flying overhead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AocmrIM25g

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