Wayne Allen aka Whiskey Alpha Pilot
@whiskeyalphapilot.bsky.social
A 50ish private pilot trying to stay in the air. Creator of the 'Try Not to Crash' Podcast. Owner of 1/5 of a C172
Two hours, 25 questions and a slightly bent whizz wheel. Five years after my PPL theory, I was back in Linda Wheeler's Gerrards Cross classroom for the IMC ground school. Was it worth it? Full review ✈️ https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/kit-reviews/linda-wheeler-ground-school
September 22, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Two hours, 25 questions and a slightly bent whizz wheel. Five years after my PPL theory, I was back in Linda Wheeler's Gerrards Cross classroom for the IMC ground school. Was it worth it? Full review ✈️ https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/kit-reviews/linda-wheeler-ground-school
The CAA's electronic conspicuity consultation closes at midnight tomorrow.
Weak devices, no ground network budget, and nobody obliged to look at you. #GeneralAviation #ADSB
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/caa-electronic-conspicuity-mandate-cap3268
Weak devices, no ground network budget, and nobody obliged to look at you. #GeneralAviation #ADSB
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/caa-electronic-conspicuity-mandate-cap3268
September 21, 2026 at 8:05 AM
The CAA's electronic conspicuity consultation closes at midnight tomorrow.
Weak devices, no ground network budget, and nobody obliged to look at you. #GeneralAviation #ADSB
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/caa-electronic-conspicuity-mandate-cap3268
Weak devices, no ground network budget, and nobody obliged to look at you. #GeneralAviation #ADSB
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/caa-electronic-conspicuity-mandate-cap3268
£26.60 to land at Duxford, and that includes two hours in the museum.
Restricted joins, a frequency that never stops, and two Spitfires departing off the runway I'd just landed on. Five out of five.
New airfield review:
Restricted joins, a frequency that never stops, and two Spitfires departing off the runway I'd just landed on. Five out of five.
New airfield review:
Duxford Airfield Review (EGSU) | Whiskey Alpha Pilot - Whiskey Alpha Pilot
Duxford EGSU airfield review. £26.60 to land including two hours in the museum. Restricted joins, a busy FISO frequency, and warbirds sharing your circuit.
whiskeyalphapilot.com
September 14, 2026 at 11:11 AM
£26.60 to land at Duxford, and that includes two hours in the museum.
Restricted joins, a frequency that never stops, and two Spitfires departing off the runway I'd just landed on. Five out of five.
New airfield review:
Restricted joins, a frequency that never stops, and two Spitfires departing off the runway I'd just landed on. Five out of five.
New airfield review:
A CAA webinar on engine malfunctions Do you trust your fuel gauges, brief every takeoff, and look at the fields?. New Touch and Go Logbook piece: https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/power-off-brain-on
September 11, 2026 at 12:46 PM
A CAA webinar on engine malfunctions Do you trust your fuel gauges, brief every takeoff, and look at the fields?. New Touch and Go Logbook piece: https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/power-off-brain-on
Duxford queue today: two Spitfires, a Harvard and a Tiger Moth. Can't complain about that hold.
Flew home to Elstree, past Leavesden Studios, then a straight in to 08 with a surprise from the tower.
New video: https://youtu.be/cTvpdF7GzMY ✈️
Flew home to Elstree, past Leavesden Studios, then a straight in to 08 with a surprise from the tower.
New video: https://youtu.be/cTvpdF7GzMY ✈️
September 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Duxford queue today: two Spitfires, a Harvard and a Tiger Moth. Can't complain about that hold.
Flew home to Elstree, past Leavesden Studios, then a straight in to 08 with a surprise from the tower.
New video: https://youtu.be/cTvpdF7GzMY ✈️
Flew home to Elstree, past Leavesden Studios, then a straight in to 08 with a surprise from the tower.
New video: https://youtu.be/cTvpdF7GzMY ✈️
Some smaller aviation groups delete real pilot content and fill up with AI dross instead, all for "the algorithm." Here's why I won't play that game.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/gatekeeping-ai-dross-facebook-groups
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/gatekeeping-ai-dross-facebook-groups
September 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Some smaller aviation groups delete real pilot content and fill up with AI dross instead, all for "the algorithm." Here's why I won't play that game.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/gatekeeping-ai-dross-facebook-groups
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/gatekeeping-ai-dross-facebook-groups
Jack's the oldest on his ATPL course, older than some classmates' parents. I'm back doing my IMC soon. As olderc students, you'd think our age is a disadvantage. New video's up on why it isn't.
https://youtu.be/8R5WXElxmHg
https://youtu.be/8R5WXElxmHg
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Jack's the oldest on his ATPL course, older than some classmates' parents. I'm back doing my IMC soon. As olderc students, you'd think our age is a disadvantage. New video's up on why it isn't.
https://youtu.be/8R5WXElxmHg
https://youtu.be/8R5WXElxmHg
Twenty times more radiation at cruise than on my kitchen table.
For a passenger that is a tenth of a chest X-ray. For crew flying it every working day for thirty years, a very different sum.
For a passenger that is a tenth of a chest X-ray. For crew flying it every working day for thirty years, a very different sum.
I Took a Radiation Detector on a Plane. Here's What It Actually Read - Whiskey Alpha Pilot
A Radiacode 101 on a commercial flight: 0.05 microsieverts on the ground, 1.02 at FL350. Twenty times more, and why that matters to crew not passengers.
whiskeyalphapilot.com
September 4, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Twenty times more radiation at cruise than on my kitchen table.
For a passenger that is a tenth of a chest X-ray. For crew flying it every working day for thirty years, a very different sum.
For a passenger that is a tenth of a chest X-ray. For crew flying it every working day for thirty years, a very different sum.
Wheels stopped doesn't mean the mags are dead. Only the pilot knows.
My thoughts on uninvited help, the marshaller who isn't a marshaller, and who's actually in command on the ground.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/are-you-a-helpful-stranger
My thoughts on uninvited help, the marshaller who isn't a marshaller, and who's actually in command on the ground.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/are-you-a-helpful-stranger
September 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Wheels stopped doesn't mean the mags are dead. Only the pilot knows.
My thoughts on uninvited help, the marshaller who isn't a marshaller, and who's actually in command on the ground.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/are-you-a-helpful-stranger
My thoughts on uninvited help, the marshaller who isn't a marshaller, and who's actually in command on the ground.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/are-you-a-helpful-stranger
I bought a radiation detector because I like things that go beep.
Then I took it through airport security with the recording running, and then onto a plane.
One of those was more eventful than the other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZkxLDwvs1I
Then I took it through airport security with the recording running, and then onto a plane.
One of those was more eventful than the other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZkxLDwvs1I
August 29, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I bought a radiation detector because I like things that go beep.
Then I took it through airport security with the recording running, and then onto a plane.
One of those was more eventful than the other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZkxLDwvs1I
Then I took it through airport security with the recording running, and then onto a plane.
One of those was more eventful than the other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZkxLDwvs1I
Bounced it at Duxford. More than once. The new video works through the whole approach from the cockpit. The mistake started well before the flare. Would you have gone around?
Why did I bounce? Landing analysis from the cockpit
Yes I bounced the landing at Duxford. More than once, and then when...
youtu.be
August 22, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Bounced it at Duxford. More than once. The new video works through the whole approach from the cockpit. The mistake started well before the flare. Would you have gone around?
Somebody told me I need a CPL because I fly and post videos. So I read FCL.205.A properly. Here's what it actually says, plus what an aviation video costs to make.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/what-it-costs-to-make-an-aviation-youtube-video
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/what-it-costs-to-make-an-aviation-youtube-video
August 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Somebody told me I need a CPL because I fly and post videos. So I read FCL.205.A properly. Here's what it actually says, plus what an aviation video costs to make.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/what-it-costs-to-make-an-aviation-youtube-video
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/what-it-costs-to-make-an-aviation-youtube-video
YouTube doubled the watch hours for monetisation. 4,000 becomes 8,000 in February.
I quit for roughly a day. Then I did what any pilot does when the approach isn't working. Go around and try again.
https://youtu.be/G1PgO0ZwB6U
I quit for roughly a day. Then I did what any pilot does when the approach isn't working. Go around and try again.
https://youtu.be/G1PgO0ZwB6U
August 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM
YouTube doubled the watch hours for monetisation. 4,000 becomes 8,000 in February.
I quit for roughly a day. Then I did what any pilot does when the approach isn't working. Go around and try again.
https://youtu.be/G1PgO0ZwB6U
I quit for roughly a day. Then I did what any pilot does when the approach isn't working. Go around and try again.
https://youtu.be/G1PgO0ZwB6U
YouTube doubled the watch hours for monetisation. 4,000 becomes 8,000 in February.
I quit for roughly a day. Then I did what any pilot does when the approach isn't working. Go around and try again.
https://youtu.be/G1PgO0ZwB6U
I quit for roughly a day. Then I did what any pilot does when the approach isn't working. Go around and try again.
https://youtu.be/G1PgO0ZwB6U
August 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM
YouTube doubled the watch hours for monetisation. 4,000 becomes 8,000 in February.
I quit for roughly a day. Then I did what any pilot does when the approach isn't working. Go around and try again.
https://youtu.be/G1PgO0ZwB6U
I quit for roughly a day. Then I did what any pilot does when the approach isn't working. Go around and try again.
https://youtu.be/G1PgO0ZwB6U
Twenty minutes to pump up one tyre. The valve hides behind the spat and lines up in exactly one place. Never the one you need. So you move the aeroplane. New logbook piece on why I hate wheel spats. #GeneralAviation #Cessna172 https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/why-i-hate-spats
August 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Twenty minutes to pump up one tyre. The valve hides behind the spat and lines up in exactly one place. Never the one you need. So you move the aeroplane. New logbook piece on why I hate wheel spats. #GeneralAviation #Cessna172 https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/why-i-hate-spats
Who forgot the battery? Me. The Moxy is a CO detector that runs inline with your headset, so a warning lands in your ears, not on the cockpit floor. Never found out if it works. Nine volt, not included.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/kit-reviews/moxy-co-detector-first-impressions
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/kit-reviews/moxy-co-detector-first-impressions
August 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Who forgot the battery? Me. The Moxy is a CO detector that runs inline with your headset, so a warning lands in your ears, not on the cockpit floor. Never found out if it works. Nine volt, not included.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/kit-reviews/moxy-co-detector-first-impressions
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/kit-reviews/moxy-co-detector-first-impressions
Nellie B at Duxford yesterday. A P-47 Thunderbolt went past and I felt it before I heard it. Eighteen cylinders. My 172 has four, and I'm proud of every one of them. ✈️ #Duxford #Warbirds #GeneralAviation
August 8, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Nellie B at Duxford yesterday. A P-47 Thunderbolt went past and I felt it before I heard it. Eighteen cylinders. My 172 has four, and I'm proud of every one of them. ✈️ #Duxford #Warbirds #GeneralAviation
Flying with my shoulder harness off, and the keyboard warriors keep pulling me up on it. A Delta flight finally made me reconsider. New logbook post: seatbelts, habits, and going a bit green in an Extra. ✈️ https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/clunk-click-every-flight
July 18, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Flying with my shoulder harness off, and the keyboard warriors keep pulling me up on it. A Delta flight finally made me reconsider. New logbook post: seatbelts, habits, and going a bit green in an Extra. ✈️ https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/clunk-click-every-flight
The CAA wants every aircraft below FL100 transmitting its position.
why? . #GeneralAviation #ADSB
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/caa-electronic-conspicuity-mandate-cap3268
why? . #GeneralAviation #ADSB
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/caa-electronic-conspicuity-mandate-cap3268
July 14, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The CAA wants every aircraft below FL100 transmitting its position.
why? . #GeneralAviation #ADSB
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/caa-electronic-conspicuity-mandate-cap3268
why? . #GeneralAviation #ADSB
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/caa-electronic-conspicuity-mandate-cap3268
Expected a dry PowerPoint webinar. Got thirty helicopters you can't hear on your frequency, a proper lesson in lookout, and the news that you're allowed to say "standby" to ATC.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/runways-and-realities-review
#GeneralAviation #LearningToFly
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/runways-and-realities-review
#GeneralAviation #LearningToFly
July 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Expected a dry PowerPoint webinar. Got thirty helicopters you can't hear on your frequency, a proper lesson in lookout, and the news that you're allowed to say "standby" to ATC.
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/runways-and-realities-review
#GeneralAviation #LearningToFly
https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/runways-and-realities-review
#GeneralAviation #LearningToFly
Took the soft option and dropped to a PMD. Then I stopped talking and booked the Class 2. Wired up, poked, prodded... and passed. France and the IMC are back on. ✈️ https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/practice-what-you-preach #StudentPilot #PPL #LearnToFly
July 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Took the soft option and dropped to a PMD. Then I stopped talking and booked the Class 2. Wired up, poked, prodded... and passed. France and the IMC are back on. ✈️ https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/practice-what-you-preach #StudentPilot #PPL #LearnToFly
Back in the land of the Class 2 Medical thanks to great service from the flying Medicine team in Watford. Highly Recommended!! @flyingmedicine #class2medical #pilotmedical
July 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Back in the land of the Class 2 Medical thanks to great service from the flying Medicine team in Watford. Highly Recommended!! @flyingmedicine #class2medical #pilotmedical
New arrival: the Moxy CO detector. Plugs inline with my headset, so a CO warning comes through the cans rather than beeping away to itself while I'm oblivious. First job: work out the cables. Second job: see if it detects my farts. What are you running for CO in your aircraft? #GeneralAviation
July 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
New arrival: the Moxy CO detector. Plugs inline with my headset, so a CO warning comes through the cans rather than beeping away to itself while I'm oblivious. First job: work out the cables. Second job: see if it detects my farts. What are you running for CO in your aircraft? #GeneralAviation
I asked for a MATZ penetration and the internet lost it. "You don't need to ask!" True. But I'd sooner have a word with the folk who own the fast jets and the guns. Why I ask anyway 👇 ✈️ https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/do-i-have-to-ask-for-a-matz-penetration
June 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I asked for a MATZ penetration and the internet lost it. "You don't need to ask!" True. But I'd sooner have a word with the folk who own the fast jets and the guns. Why I ask anyway 👇 ✈️ https://whiskeyalphapilot.com/touch-and-go-logbook/do-i-have-to-ask-for-a-matz-penetration
Flew the 172 home from Kemble with a mate who is absolutely, definitely not my instructor. He just behaves like one. Two pilots, one Cessna, plenty of notes on my radio work. ✈️ youtu.be/N-Ht6nUBqD0 #Cessna172
June 25, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Flew the 172 home from Kemble with a mate who is absolutely, definitely not my instructor. He just behaves like one. Two pilots, one Cessna, plenty of notes on my radio work. ✈️ youtu.be/N-Ht6nUBqD0 #Cessna172