FlightPub

05/09/2026

05/09/2026

✈️🍺 Planes, Pints & Oxford!

FlightPub heads to Oxford for an overnight adventure, flying our Robin DR400 from Swansea to Oxford Airport before setting off in search of some of the city's most famous and historic pubs.

We visit the beautiful Trout Inn at Wolvercote, familiar to fans of Inspector Morse and Lewis, before heading into Oxford to explore the Radcliffe Camera, Sheldonian Theatre, THE TURF TAVERN, King's Arms and The Bear.

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Two minutes of flying, historic pubs, real ale and one of Britain's most beautiful cities. 🍺✈️

Aviate. Navigate. Communicate. Inebriate.

30/08/2026

From Beerbellies to cricket! 🍺🏏✈️

FlightPub was invited to the The White Cross Inn, Groeswen to give a talk about our flying and pub adventures as part of their monthly Beerbellies evenings.

Two weeks later we were back — this time as the White Cross took on our local, The Pipeworks Bar, at cricket!

Planes, pints, pubs and some occasionally recognisable cricket. What more could you want? 🍻

Two brilliant events and a reminder that great local pubs aren't just places to drink — they're at the heart of their communities.

Aviate. Navigate. Communicate. Inebriate.

21/08/2026

Welcome to FlightPubs’ latest episode - Perranporth (Cornwall). To save you the effort, no clicks required, just sit back & enjoy the highlights reel (especially recommended for any ladies with a weird foot fe**sh).

As ever we’re trying to innovate, to maximise our offering to you, our valued FlightPub viewers. So please let us know what you think of this new format.

You can also check out the full feature-packed video on our YouTube channel .

12/08/2026

Footage taken as we over flew Ebbw Vale, Wednesday 12th August 2026, capturing the huge hill fire and the emergency services tackling the blaze.

08/08/2026

Good day FlightPubers, the boys are back flying, to Cornwall no less & bring you this medley of lovely flying coastal vistas, YouTube link below -

https://youtu.be/817w2_zNL3E?is=euvPtDk-Uu0Mx6y8

Yes Cornwall is always a good idea, so when Gav suggested a day trip there (in the lovely warm sun), he didn’t needed an especially hard sell to convince Pete, who after less than one second of deliberation agreed.

As the title ‘Scenic coastal flight… North Devon & Cornwall to Perranporth’ suggests, this vid is all about the flying & packed with stunning coastal scenery. So not much more to say really, but since when has that ever stopped me?

Other highlights include; Gav demonstrating the additional safety precautions taken, when flying over the sea & Pete getting quite dark. A redacted scene, where Gav (who is solely responsible for editing these vids) flirts with a visit from the British security services. & Pete exposing Gav’s lamentable general knowledge, of Perranporth’s brewing & sporting scene (a bit of a niche subject area tbf). We also tease part 2, where we lean more into the pub facet of FlightPub, enjoy… & if, sorry when you do enjoy it, please remember to like/ subscribe etc. Ty.

28/07/2026

It’s the Cont Y Beic special edition! This is a slight departure for FlightPub, as we dip our toes into undercover journalism & investigate the scourge of Bike Cnuts, obstructing our roads in 21st century Britain. Link below -

https://youtu.be/Aw5eQb4emBg?is=Rm3qqn8oFYtbFMmt

Yes, potty mouth Pete tests Gav’s bleeping function, in his editing software to the max. As he stows away undercover, at the Tenby long course weekend. This is a sort of Iron Man triathlon type thingy, but on consecutive days, not one after the other (like real Iron Man types). So it was sea swimming on Friday, road bike cnuting on Saturday (which everyone bar Pete entered) & a marathon on Sunday (I think, we’d gone by then). But not only was it Iron Man lite, with a rest between the events, there were also watered down distances. So our comrades took the sensible option of the 40 mile route, rather than the full fat 112 miler. Well I say ‘sensible’ in inverted comers, it’s still a long way & the only truly sensible one was Pete, who blew off the cycling altogether & just went for the pubs.

We introduce a couple of new guest faces to FlightPub for this episode, namely Jeff Owen who amazingly was Gav & Pete’s school teacher many decades ago (true), simple maths tells you he’s therefore no spring chicken, but is fit as a flea & puts Pete to shame (not that difficult where fitness is concerned). Also Bryn, who is Jeff’s son & a real character. Bryn is a real Welsh speaker (unlike Pete’s pigeon Welsh) & is soon correcting our pronunciation, plus introduces us to a more censor friendly name for Bike Cnuts, namely the Welsh - Cont Y Beic (apologies to any easily offended Welsh speakers, unless your only offended because your a cyclist, in which case I’m having my apology back!).

Tenby was on good form, warm/ sunny but the ridiculous temperatures of the heat wave had passed. & the event had a nice vibe, it turns out Bike Cnuts are just normal/ even nice people, when your not stuck behind them in your car. We sample some of Tenby’s pubs (more decent than destination pubs tbf) & our two favourites were; the Hope & Anchor & the Harbwr brewery tap on picturesque Sergeants Lane (not to be confused with the other Harbwr pub, not bad, but nothing special).

To the great delight of Pembrokeshire’s motorists, Saturdays event seemed to be a roaring success, with moderate to blood boiling annoyance to anybody not sitting on a bicycle. Pete also meets one of his ex-colleagues Lewis at the finish line, who was a very good sport with Pete’s (slightly obnoxious) interview technique (sorry Jeff!). Later during the evening & on behalf of the Cont Y Beic community, Gav launches into a most uncalled for ambush/ character assassination of Pete, questioning his very integrity & undercover credentials! So was Pete won around? Fnuck no! But I may be persuaded to enter next year, IF they have a 5K/ no hills, fun cycle event (followed by lots of pubs/ b**rs). Enjoy…

26/07/2026

Highlights from our visit to the Imperial War Museum aviation museum at Duxford.

23/07/2026

Have you ever dreamed of meeting the FlightPub crew, ie Captain Gav (aka ‘Mav’) & Pete (call sign ‘Turkey’) in person? I thought so & in that case it’s GREAT news folks! FlightPub is appearing LIVE, at the officially fab - The White Cross Inn, Groeswen (near Caerphilly), next Wednesday 29th July 2026, at a designated time, probably in the evening around 8pm.

As part of their ‘eclectic social calendar’, they run a regular event called ‘Beer Bellies’. Where they invite interesting guest speakers, such as brewers (who would be much more interesting than us tbf) to attend & er speak. But having run out of interesting guest speakers, no sooner had lovely proprietor/ land lady Mair clapped eyes on Pete & Gav, she immediately thought ‘Beer Bellies’ (no childish jokes please!). Hence our star appearance.

What can you expect? I hear you all ask (if you’re still reading). The answers are; 1/ (Definitely) a lovely pub, in the countryside near Caerphilly. 2/ a scintillating presentation from Gav & Pete, talking on & on & on, about FlightPub (if you haven’t done so already, please check us out on YouTube, Facebook, Instaweb & that sort of malarkey & ideally like/ follow us, even if you don’t like us) Ty. 3/ the opportunity to ask the boys in person, all those burning questions you’ve been laying awake in bed thinking of. & of course if you haven’t got any questions, the opportunity to heckle/ harangue the boys. 4/ (Definitely) cracking b**r!

Hope to see you there, at 8pm!

18/07/2026

FlightPub is flying again* & this time heading for Guernsey (& Herm), link below -

https://youtu.be/o2xi8qDxtl0

*True(ish), yes flew there, but not piloted by Gav, which if you watch the vid is all clearly shown & no attempt to deceive you, our dear cherished viewer.

So, what is a ‘Grockle’? I hear you ask. Well it’s a slightly pejorative term locals use to describe tourists, implying stupidity & annoyance, which is rich coming from those in**ed frog/Brit small island dwelling gimps tbf.

But this vid is undoubtedly a love letter to Guernsey penned mostly by Gav, on account of Pete not actually being there, in person at least. But a little part of Pete’s heart will forever belong to Guernsey, following a loved up visit there many thousands of years ago, to see an ex university then girlfriend. Who in case my wife is reading, was horrible & nowhere near as nice as her!

Watch as Gav & Pete (there in spirit) take you for a little tour, mainly of StPeter’s port [sic - but I’m having it], focusing on her plentiful stock of public houses. Before a short sail across the Guernsey ocean, to lovely Herm island, which Gav seemed a little underwhelmed with & was uncharacteristically a little rude about. For the record these are his personal opinions, which he is perfectly entitled to, but is wrong!

Other highlights include celebrations of Guersey’s proud N**i past, it’s #1 tourist attraction (you will not want to miss), a dodgey park, bus W⚓️ing, local wildlife & rage bating our BoatPub frenemies. Enjoy…