0:00:03 > 0:00:06Once, except for the birds, our skies were empty.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Now, they're a crowded place.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16It's like chaos. But it's controlled chaos.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Every day, 6,000 planes...
0:00:19 > 0:00:21My pride and joy.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22There's nothing we can't transport.
0:00:22 > 0:00:27..and 600,000 people are in the skies above Britain.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Aaaah, yeah!
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Guiding every plane is a hidden army of controllers...
0:00:35 > 0:00:38So we've got no option right now but to stop arrivals into Gatwick.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41..performing one of the world's greatest juggling acts.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Unlike a computer game, you can't hit pause. They come in.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48A place of adventure...
0:00:48 > 0:00:50HE LAUGHS
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Well, that was fantastic.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53..wonder...
0:00:53 > 0:00:56When you're up there, nothing else matters.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57..and danger.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00The less you know what's in front of you the better, I think.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02It gives you a sense of space and a freedom
0:01:02 > 0:01:05and a feeling that you're part of something bigger.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Every boy's little dream.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18In the booming business of civil aviation,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20speed and precision are everything.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Thank you, hold the line for five to ten minutes.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Information is India...
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Nothing's more crucial to this
0:01:26 > 0:01:30than Britain's Air Traffic Control Centre, known as NATS.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Time is money for an airline,
0:01:32 > 0:01:34fuel is really expensive and we must be efficient.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37971, turn left heading 120 zero degrees.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40It's really important, whether the airline is
0:01:40 > 0:01:43a commercial passenger one or a cargo one,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45that it runs to schedule.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47CONTROLLER GIVES INSTRUCTIONS
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Every 75 seconds,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53a plane is scheduled to touch down at one of London's major airports.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Four Lima, descend. Flight level...
0:01:54 > 0:01:5751, route now, direct...
0:01:57 > 0:01:59For NATS to manage it all,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02every plane in the sky must follow a carefully plotted course.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Anything that disrupts this can quickly unravel
0:02:06 > 0:02:08the finely balanced flow of traffic.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11And what's the weather looking like out the window?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14OK. That's not normal, is it?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16OK, thanks, ta.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Today, in the South East,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22high winds are heading for NATS busiest airspace.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24The Delta 30 zero is just going into the en route hold.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28And what have we got coming behind?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30My first thought for safety is actually the aircraft in the sky.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31The ones on the ground,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34as much as they want to be airborne, at least they're on the ground.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37The ones in the sky are the ones that I'm more interested right now.
0:02:37 > 0:02:3918's been stack swapped, hasn't he?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42So 30. How many behind 30? What have we got?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43With bad visibility
0:02:43 > 0:02:47and gusts slowing down the rate planes can land,
0:02:47 > 0:02:48a backlog is building.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51We're just putting restrictions on Heathrow,
0:02:51 > 0:02:52just so that we can regulate
0:02:52 > 0:02:54the planes going into that sector for 15 minutes,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56just as it's getting busy, as the weather is coming through.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01To ease congestion, Steve cuts the number of incoming planes
0:03:01 > 0:03:04allowed to enter Heathrow's airspace.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Now, his priority is to get the planes that are airborne
0:03:07 > 0:03:09onto the tarmac.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10It's flight 77 gull for...
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Heathrow said it's just gone through as a wall and that's it.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14ALARM
0:03:14 > 0:03:17That alarm that's just gone off is a plane going round at Heathrow,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19which is yet another one we've got to put back in, so...
0:03:19 > 0:03:22I don't like hearing that noise on a day like today particularly.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Heading for Heathrow, a pilot has aborted his landing
0:03:26 > 0:03:28due to dangerous wind shear.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Just hold on one sec, I'll just go and verify it for you.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Wind shear is when you have
0:03:32 > 0:03:36a sudden dramatic loss or gain of wind speed,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38due to variation in the wind direction,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40which can be quite a dangerous weather phenomenon
0:03:40 > 0:03:42for aircraft on final approach.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44So the pilot's decided to abort the landing and to go around.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Not an everyday event, but it happens fairly regularly.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48That's why the delays rocketed up.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Terminal control, GS Airports, hello?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55So-called downburst-driven wind shear
0:03:55 > 0:03:57used to be a major cause of accidents.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Then, in 1985,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03it was pinpointed as the cause of a Delta Airlines crash,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06killing 137 people.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Since then, weather science and pilot training has been improved,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15removing most of the danger from wind shear.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17So get whoever we have and send them down
0:04:17 > 0:04:20and we'll take whatever we can, just to clear this through.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23All right. I'll go find them now. Thank you, Blaine. Cheers.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Extra air traffic controllers should help Steve get on top
0:04:25 > 0:04:28of the growing number of planes waiting to land.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Just because of the unusual ferocity of the weather,
0:04:30 > 0:04:32we've requested extra staff.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34We'll use them in here as we need to.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36That should see us through to the afternoon shift.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38We're still holding off the south coast?
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Well, they've just cleared. The American Air was the last one off...
0:04:42 > 0:04:44And they've got another... Two, four, six...
0:04:44 > 0:04:46We're doing what we can.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Good. Thank you.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49PHONE BEEPS
0:04:49 > 0:04:51GS Airports, hello?
0:04:51 > 0:04:52OK.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Erm, I shall not...
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I shall not tinker with the rate for the time being, then.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I'm just concerned about the recovery period now.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59OK. Good news.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Thanks a lot mate, ta.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03The tower have just phoned
0:05:03 > 0:05:05saying they think it will improve very quickly
0:05:05 > 0:05:07and it might not be for many more minutes.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09So we're just holding off dropping the rate,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12on the basis that he reckons it's going to get better.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15The rate is the number of planes allowed into the airspace.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18As the weather front passes through,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Steve and his team can begin to reduce the gaps
0:05:21 > 0:05:23between the approaching planes.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27But it will be several hours before NATS is back to normal.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30CONTROLLERS ISSUE INSTRUCTIONS
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Good old British summer!
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Adding to the 24-hour world of air traffic,
0:05:39 > 0:05:43is the clocklike regularity of the global air cargo network.
0:05:44 > 0:05:50Over 50% of all air cargo travels in special planes with no passengers.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54They range from windowless Jumbos to converted light aircraft.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Timetables are crucial, as delays can cost thousands.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05INCOMING MOBILE CALL JINGLE
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Right, so that's DHL now ringing me with a load, hopefully.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Hello?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Cargo Pilot Mark Penarski is a vital link between the Isle of Man
0:06:15 > 0:06:16and the rest of the world.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21See, it's half past five, so he's pretty good, timing wise.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25He delivers everything, from fresh flowers and mechanical parts
0:06:25 > 0:06:28to bank documents and human remains.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33This evening, his first stop is Dublin.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Then he's on to East Midlands Airport
0:06:35 > 0:06:38to make an international flight at 9.30pm.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41If we miss that connection,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44people in the States don't get their early morning delivery slots.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46And we've failed our mission,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48which is not good for the company and it's not good for me.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I like to get things to where they're intended to on time,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53if at all possible.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55What a beautiful night for flying, huh?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Mark's Piper Navajo
0:06:57 > 0:07:00is one of the smallest and oldest cargo planes flying.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04The last of its type was built over 30 years ago.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07This one is actually quite well suited to the cargo role.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11You can also use it for air ambulance operations,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14passenger charter and that sort of thing.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15They're getting on a little bit now
0:07:15 > 0:07:17and sadly, I think, in the next ten years
0:07:17 > 0:07:20there probably won't be any of these things flying around.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23The age highlighted there by the fact the lock doesn't work properly!
0:07:28 > 0:07:32At 6pm, Mark is airborne and on time.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36We've got a little bit of a tail wind, which is speeding us up.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39The problem is that the Dublin to East Midlands leg,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41we've got a round about a 30mph head wind
0:07:41 > 0:07:44so, again, that's something which might slow us up
0:07:44 > 0:07:46on the flight over towards East Midlands.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48So all we can do is pedal a bit faster
0:07:48 > 0:07:51and try and get the aircraft there as quick as we can.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56To keep costs down, there's no co-pilot.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00So Mark flies over 2,500 miles a week, solo.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06Doing this, single crew, is actually a fairly lonely sort of job.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08You do get times in the winter when it's dark
0:08:08 > 0:08:11and it's really cold and windy and generally miserable
0:08:11 > 0:08:13and you think, "Ah, I could just do with a bit of company
0:08:13 > 0:08:14"or a bit of a backup."
0:08:14 > 0:08:19But you do feel privileged to be sat on here, on top of everybody,
0:08:19 > 0:08:23at 8,000 feet, doing 250mph and it's my...
0:08:23 > 0:08:26It's my gig. You know? It's pretty cool.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31When did you first realise you wanted to be a pilot?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Probably I was in primary school
0:08:33 > 0:08:35and I was quite embarrassingly
0:08:35 > 0:08:37running around the playground thinking I was an aeroplane.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39HE CHUCKLES
0:08:41 > 0:08:43RADIO: Contact over an approach. Goodbye.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Dublin approach, good evening, Causeway 2102,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49flight 880 direct.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN OVER RADIO
0:08:59 > 0:09:03The hop from the Isle of Man to Dublin has taken just 45 minutes.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04But the schedule is tight.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06As smooth as a baby's bottom.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10There's just 20 minutes to offload and pick up cargo
0:09:10 > 0:09:13if Mark is to make his East Midlands connection.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Hello!
0:09:17 > 0:09:19The 9.30pm to Cincinnati.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23All present and correct, yeah?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26So now the problem is, my er...
0:09:27 > 0:09:30..nice attire has been ruined by the cargo loading
0:09:30 > 0:09:32and now my shirt's hanging out, my hands are filthy
0:09:32 > 0:09:34and I'm sweating.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37But, hey, that's the life of a cargo pilot, I guess.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42RADIO: 2102, runway 08 clear takeoff.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50By day, most freight, known as belly cargo,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53is carried in the holds of passenger aircraft.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54OK, John!
0:09:54 > 0:09:59But at night, dedicated cargo planes fly in and out of the UK,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01packed with containers known as cans.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08It's like chaos, but it's controlled chaos.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11After Heathrow, East Midlands Airport
0:10:11 > 0:10:13is Britain's next biggest cargo hub.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18We're going to load the...Cincinnati,
0:10:18 > 0:10:2015 minutes before departure.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Everything has to be on the aircraft,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25all the doors have to be shut, ready for the aircraft to be pushed back.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27OK, Kev, bring it in, please!
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Senior loader Tony Parkinson
0:10:30 > 0:10:32has had a lifelong passion for planes.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Being a bit of a plane enthusiast, being a bit sad here.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40The actual outline of that whole engine, of a Trent 1,000 engine,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42if you look at that 737,
0:10:42 > 0:10:47the fuselage of that 737 is about the same size as that engine.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I know a little bit.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Enough to get me by.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56That's how big it is.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I can literally stand in the engine, I won't be able to touch the side.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02If I put my hands out, I still can't touch it.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04That's how big it is.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Big.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Tony's father worked in the RAF and handed down his love of aviation.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Very, very young, my dad took me to an air show
0:11:14 > 0:11:17and I watched these Tornados all takeoff and I was like...
0:11:17 > 0:11:18"Wow!"
0:11:18 > 0:11:21I wanted to be a fighter pilot when I was young,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24but due to the reality of the real world, it couldn't happen.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29So I did sort of the next best thing and came to work here, but...
0:11:29 > 0:11:31I'm too old for that now, anyway.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Tony's job is critical.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36He must make sure the cans get to the plane in the right order
0:11:36 > 0:11:38to be safely stowed and balanced.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42To trim an aircraft, say my pen is like a see saw,
0:11:42 > 0:11:43each can has a different weight.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45We try and keep the heaviest can in the middle
0:11:45 > 0:11:48and then, like a Christmas tree, it works its way out
0:11:48 > 0:11:51and we try and... Heaviest, lighter, lighter, lighter, lighter.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54And that keeps the aircraft nice and trim and balanced.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Despite tight deadlines, there's no room for error loading cargo.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07In 2013, a military freighter in Afghanistan fell from the sky...
0:12:09 > 0:12:12..killing all seven on board.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16The crash was traced to loose cargo moving during takeoff.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I believe it wasn't tied down properly in the aircraft.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22So that rolled down the aircraft and it...
0:12:22 > 0:12:26The mass, the weight went back, so it couldn't get airborne.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29It was pretty horrific.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32The video footage I saw, hearing those engines at full bore,
0:12:32 > 0:12:34trying to get airborne, and nothing's happening...
0:12:34 > 0:12:38All I'm doing there is locking this seal in.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40And that actual little karabiner
0:12:40 > 0:12:42will stop the seal moving in flight.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45So when it gets really turbulent, it'll stop it bouncing,
0:12:45 > 0:12:47basically, coming off.
0:12:49 > 0:12:5282 Golf descend, 150 level.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Left turning 130 clear for approach. 9 Causeway to 103.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00East Midlands is one of those places
0:13:00 > 0:13:03that really, really comes alive at night-time.
0:13:03 > 0:13:0740 minutes before tonight's Cincinnati plane is due to takeoff,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Mark is on the approach to land.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23His 14-hour shift is over.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27He'll spend the night in a hotel before making the return flight.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Job done.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Ah, look at this. It's just beautiful.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Far away from the clocklike routine of commercial aviation,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44hundreds of recreational pilots are drawn to the skies
0:13:44 > 0:13:47to seek out the thrill of speed.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49HE LAUGHS
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Oh, my God!
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Good afternoon, Golf Golf Oscar Sierra Lima.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58And this is the Wattisham Zone. I'll talk to them,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01to ask them permission to come through.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05So they know that maggot on their screen is me,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07because I've got that number on it.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11So if anything else comes, looks like it's in conflict,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13they will tell me about it.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Amateur pilot Martin Gosling is an air racing champion.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21His plane is a wooden Robin DR400,
0:14:21 > 0:14:25which he keeps in a hangar at the bottom of his garden.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Within five minute of getting up from the kitchen table,
0:14:31 > 0:14:32in the plane.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37Made it France, four-seater, 180 horse power engine.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Very well behaved, very good manners,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41got no vices
0:14:41 > 0:14:44and in which we've had all the fun that we've had.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Martin is a member of the Royal Aero Club.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53In 1922, it held one of the world's first air races.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Pilots flew from Croydon to Glasgow and back,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01cheered on by crowds of enthusiasts.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06During the golden age of amateur aviation,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10the Royal Aero Club founded over 60 flying societies.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Today, 94 years on,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16it has over 70,000 members.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19My pride and joy.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24This is the British Air Racing Champion 2013
0:15:24 > 0:15:27and the British Air Racing Champion 2014.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Will I have another one here?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32It would be nice if I had three in a row.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Winning races is just part of the pleasure
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Martin gets from flying.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40The plane is his passion,
0:15:40 > 0:15:43a way of life for him and his wife Annette.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Each flight is an adventure.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48You know, even if it's going down to see my daughter,
0:15:48 > 0:15:49or friends for coffee,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52you know, one looks back and thinks,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55"My goodness, our life would have been so different without flying."
0:15:55 > 0:15:58INTERVIEWER: I guess that joy comes at a cost.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Yes. But what hobby doesn't come at a cost?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03It doesn't matter whether you belong to a golf club,
0:16:03 > 0:16:06you own a race horse, you own big pictures on the wall,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09but if you don't have a hobby in the world, you're a dull person.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12INTERVIEWER: But do you ever try and work
0:16:12 > 0:16:14out how much you've spent on this hobby?
0:16:14 > 0:16:16I've no idea of the answer.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23At the age of 71,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Martin is the oldest member of the Royal Aero Club
0:16:26 > 0:16:28to hold two consecutive titles.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33I'm about to commit to aviation.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35How does that grab you?
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Right, here we go.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42In a few weeks' time, he's aiming to win a third,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44in the last races of the season.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49WOMAN: Rhino 60 Zulu at altitude 4,000 feet.
0:16:49 > 0:16:5277 Golf Roger, flight heading 015 degrees.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56And the wind forecast? Have you spoken to the Met Office recently?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59WOMAN: 104 Echo Victor, you're about ten miles from touch down.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03MAN: Scandinavian 2536, climb to flight level 190.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07So my expectation is that is going to...
0:17:07 > 0:17:10if we're not careful, wipe us out across the south side.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13And if the small red stuff is causing us problems,
0:17:13 > 0:17:15this is certainly going to cause us problems.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18At NATS, operational supervisor Steve
0:17:18 > 0:17:21is dealing with more bad weather over the South's airports.
0:17:21 > 0:17:2440 minutes is going to start affecting the tail end. Yeah.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28In summer, after periods of high pressure,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31patches of thunder and lightning can suddenly erupt.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35But their precise location is impossible to predict.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38So he's going to go in now, which will give us an artificial delay.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40To avoid today's storms,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43planes are veering off their planned routes,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46wrecking the landing and takeoff schedule.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47The weather's coming in.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50The departures that want to go out to the West or the South,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52they would normally come this way,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55are going off on funny routes to avoid the weather.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58So this aircraft got airborne, instead of coming out like this
0:17:58 > 0:18:00and flying just north of Luton,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02he's come out, he's got airborne from Stanstead,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05turned out to the east and ended up way off track,
0:18:05 > 0:18:0730, 40 miles north of the weather we've been looking at all day.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09So 12 coming in in this hour.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12To make sure the number of planes being re-routed
0:18:12 > 0:18:14doesn't reach dangerous levels,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Steve cuts the number of aircraft allowed into the airspace.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19They're phoning it through to the tower.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22He's under pressure to get everything on track
0:18:22 > 0:18:25before the end of his shift.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29So we've got six more behind him to come in through Ockham.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31It's going to keep us quite busy, I think.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Three-and-a-half hours to handover.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36We'd like to handover an average of 15 minutes' delay as a maximum,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38but that's very much down to the weather.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Clearly, what you don't want to be doing
0:18:39 > 0:18:41is handing over massive delays,
0:18:41 > 0:18:43loads of outbound restrictions.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46The only way we'll end up with that is if this weather deepens
0:18:46 > 0:18:48and becomes more of a problem than it's predicted to do.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53So the weather is just coming still over here at the moment.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54And then when it comes to handover time,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58that's right over Heathrow, Gatwick, City, everything...
0:19:03 > 0:19:05At a wet East Midlands Airport,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08cargo pilot Mark is starting a new shift.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09It's absolutely throwing it down,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12as you can see outside the window here at East Midlands
0:19:12 > 0:19:16and I believe the Isle of Man is going to be rather windy
0:19:16 > 0:19:18and even wetter than it is here, so...
0:19:18 > 0:19:20HE CHUCKLES
0:19:20 > 0:19:24..it might be one of those flights where it's a little bit bumpy.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27With a schedule to keep,
0:19:27 > 0:19:31Mark and his little twin-engine plane face a stormy flight.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Midlands, Jersey to 6 Papa Romeo.
0:19:37 > 0:19:398210, please.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Thanks.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Weather affects all aircraft.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46If an aircraft's sitting on top of the clouds, it will vibrate a lot,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49so they will often ask for an extra thousand feet up
0:19:49 > 0:19:51or a thousand feet down, or whatever it may be.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55RADIO: Causeway 2101, clear takeoff runway 09.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Clear for takeoff runway 09, Causeway 212.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Commercial airlines, don't want to vibrate their passengers,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05because passengers, if they're flying a British Airways flight
0:20:05 > 0:20:08and they have a really bad flight, nothing to do with the airline,
0:20:08 > 0:20:10it's just the conditions, the weather around them,
0:20:10 > 0:20:11they'll fly with Virgin next time.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Now, with a cargo aircraft, that's just got a cabin full of pilots
0:20:15 > 0:20:17and a load of boxes in the back,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20they don't have that commercial pressure from back.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23So they go close to the thunderstorms.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Straight into cloud.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Not really got much of a good view out the window of anything, really.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Visibility is pretty much zero.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39But right now all eyes are on the game here,
0:20:39 > 0:20:41cos the weather is very, very miserable outside.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Weighing just over three tonnes, Mark's Piper twin
0:20:45 > 0:20:47is a hundred times lighter than a Jumbo,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50making it much more susceptible to turbulence.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53The annoying thing for us is that, on this particular airplane,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56tonight we don't have a weather radar.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58So I can't see any bad weather.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00So I'm relying on reports from other aircraft
0:21:00 > 0:21:04and from air traffic control to help us out with that.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I love being on my own when it's nice and sunny and light outside.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10But when you're on your own and it's this,
0:21:10 > 0:21:14you have just an extra adrenaline kick, I think.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16As long as it's not the kind of turbulence that's going
0:21:16 > 0:21:19to throw me out of my seat and bang my head on the ceiling
0:21:19 > 0:21:20and knock me unconscious!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25As he crosses the Irish Sea,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Mark stays in contact with air traffic controllers at NATS,
0:21:29 > 0:21:31updating them with his position and heading.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36But flying solo means the risks are always greater.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40If something went wrong in one of these aircraft,
0:21:40 > 0:21:41for somebody who cares about you,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44to think about the possibility of that, could be quite horrible.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Problem is, you know, if you've got friends and loved ones,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51they kind of have to put up with you doing this job.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Cargo 108 report your high speed to East Midlands approach on 134.175.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00We've got one outstanding on the en route hold
0:22:00 > 0:22:02off the south coast still.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04So what I've just been told
0:22:04 > 0:22:06is that there was an issue with the Met Office data
0:22:06 > 0:22:09and it wasn't detecting the lightning.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12So they're just about to issue a thunderstorm warning.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Lovely, okey doke. Cheers.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16They're saying the warning's just about to go out,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18but their systems, there's something wrong with them.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21So, this is the Met Office system, not Farnborough?
0:22:21 > 0:22:22This is the Met office.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25At NATS, a new storm has suddenly bubbled up
0:22:25 > 0:22:27and is now visible on radar.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29It's basically this whole line up there, isn't it?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31That's just sitting right above us. Yeah.
0:22:31 > 0:22:331,500. So what can we do...
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Thank you. Can you just let us know what they are? Kevin:
0:22:36 > 0:22:39As we're finding now, the weather's worse than we'd anticipated,
0:22:39 > 0:22:41worse than the Met Office briefing,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44and if it remains like that, then we're going to be looking
0:22:44 > 0:22:47at increased delays beyond my plan for the handover.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49It's over the top of Heathrow,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52so there's nothing we can do about that lot, is there? No.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56RADIO: Good morning. Kestrel 10, heading 19...
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Having safely crossed the Irish Sea,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Mark is on his final approach to land
0:23:01 > 0:23:03on a wet and windswept Isle of Man runway,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06the most dangerous part of his journey.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Getting a little bit rough now, so...
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Crosswinds make it a fight to stay on course.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Crosswind landings are a little bit hairy at the best of times.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19There's various different techniques to deal with it.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23RADIO: Kestrel 2478 Scottish, good morning.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Climb for level 270.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28MARK REPLIES INAUDIBLY
0:23:40 > 0:23:42That does, er...
0:23:42 > 0:23:43put hairs on your chest.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44Yeah...
0:23:44 > 0:23:48The trick... You know, a lot of airline passengers
0:23:48 > 0:23:51will sometimes complain that the landing was a little bit hard.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Well, there's a reason for that.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54If you're trying to land in a crosswind,
0:23:54 > 0:23:58kind of got to be a bit ballsy and plonk the aircraft,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01you know, fairly firmly on the ground.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04If you let it sit there and float too long in a crosswind,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07you can sort of land sideways and rip the tyres off!
0:24:09 > 0:24:12CONROLLER GIVES INSTRUCTIONS
0:24:14 > 0:24:17What's the weather looking like out your window, then? OK.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19OK, thank you, ta.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21It's the end of Steve's shift.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23The weather is easing,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27but planes still aren't landing at the normal rate.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28So we've got 20 minutes to handover.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32As predicted, we're not handing over where we'd like to be,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34with 15 minutes' delay and the weather through.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37The delays are now average 20, 25 minutes.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40There's a lot of people I need to buy a pint and say thank you to.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42But, yeah, it's gone OK.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Thanks, Ronnie.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46See you next time. Enjoy next week.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54As Steve heads home,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58the cargo crews at East Midlands Airport are just getting started.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Every night, 150,000 parcels
0:25:05 > 0:25:07travel through the warehouse
0:25:07 > 0:25:09before being sent to freight hubs around the world.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14With the explosion of online shopping,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16express cargo is growing fast.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Internet's just gone silly.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21In another five, ten years' time, everybody...
0:25:21 > 0:25:23There won't be shops, I don't think.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Everybody will be selling through the internet.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26OVER RADIO: 'Go ahead.'
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Yes, can you check that reset button?
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Senior sorter Graham is responsible for the smooth running
0:25:33 > 0:25:35of eight kilometres of conveyor belts.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Er... Just tell the guys not to load until it's empty.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42But tonight, Graham's got a problem with one of the belts.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46The only thing that does stop this place is breakdowns.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49And it adds on effect all the way around the world, it could do,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51cos if you've got a flight that can't come or go,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54then it affects wherever that's going or coming from.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59So, you could literally stop the whole world by...one box wrong!
0:25:59 > 0:26:02And that's how cool it sounds, but that's correct!
0:26:02 > 0:26:04We can stop the world moving!
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Offload supervisors,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08secondary three is coming up to three quarters!
0:26:09 > 0:26:10RADIO CHATTER
0:26:10 > 0:26:12OVER RADIO: 'Go on.'
0:26:12 > 0:26:14I'm trying to just fill the bays at the moment,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17try and move the flippers along, fill these bays up
0:26:17 > 0:26:18as much as I possibly can.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Belt keeps tripping, Jerry.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24And Mick's now on one belt, but he's stopped the whole system.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27He's walking on this belt, yeah.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31He don't know. He's just going to have a look.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34The idea is keep the machine running.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36It's got to keep running at all times.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39And if one gear stops, everything stops.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41As parcels pile up,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44aircraft queue on the tarmac, waiting to be loaded.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48As you see, we've got an Airbus just come in from Belfast,
0:26:48 > 0:26:49that's just arrived.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55At the present moment, now, you've got the Edinburgh, Belfast, Shannon,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Dublin, Aberdeen... Milan's already been here...
0:26:58 > 0:27:00The Leipzig 777.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Sean Ives, can you just steady the flow down to secondary three, bud?
0:27:07 > 0:27:09We're almost full, mate.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11OVER RADIO: 'Yeah, will do, mate. Erm, I'll drop a few...'
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Maintenance have solved the riddle of the rogue conveyor.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Well, basically,
0:27:15 > 0:27:19somebody has put a box on the belt that's too big for the system.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21There's bends and curves in the system,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23so the belt just blocked up on the corners.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Maintenance then have to go down, walk down the belt, clear it,
0:27:26 > 0:27:28clear the trap.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Don't load the top belt!
0:27:40 > 0:27:42It's only been a five-minute stop,
0:27:42 > 0:27:47but with 18,000 packages an hour to load, time is critical.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49BELT BUZZES
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Judged by financial value,
0:27:57 > 0:28:0240% of all goods transported in and out of Britain, now go by air.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07From cars to animals, there's nothing we can't transport.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Hong Kong, China, South Africa, Australia.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12It's a Cartier watch.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15We've done gorillas, we've done rhinos and tigers...
0:28:15 > 0:28:16France, Mozambique...
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Wedding rings.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19Divorce papers.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24Amsterdam, Charles de Gaulle... Mauritius. All over the ockey!
0:28:29 > 0:28:31OVER RADIO: 'Coming down your left-hand side, Hamish.'
0:28:31 > 0:28:33'200, do not have you in sight.' 'Wilco.'
0:28:33 > 0:28:36With the Royal Aero Club's final races approaching...
0:28:36 > 0:28:37OVER RADIO: 'I'm clear now.'
0:28:37 > 0:28:40...recreational pilots around the country whizz beneath the clouds,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42clocking up flying hours.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44OVER RADIO: 'Lovely afternoon for flying now.'
0:28:44 > 0:28:49Two times winner Martin, off to visit an old racing buddy,
0:28:49 > 0:28:51puts his plane on autopilot.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25Today, it's a ?100 hop across the Essex county border
0:29:25 > 0:29:26for a cup of tea in Suffolk.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30HE LAUGHS
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Roddy, hello! Hello! Welcome!
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Thank you! Have you had a nice flight?
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Lovely flight, and I hope now we can have a cup of tea.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Well, I don't see why not.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40Martin and fellow pilot Roddy
0:29:40 > 0:29:42have flown together all over the world.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45' "Aqui vive un peli...piloto..." '
0:29:45 > 0:29:47'Si! Aqui vive un piloto.'
0:29:47 > 0:29:52What have you done since we went to the Baltics together? Estonia.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54And tomorrow, I'm going to Senegal.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57And how long when you're down there? Is it... Turn and come back.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Is it just to there and back? Just turn around and come back.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Anyway, a cup of tea? Love a cup of tea.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03Let's do that. Yeah.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Cheers, Roddy. Oh, and good health. It's good to see you.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08So, how many hours have you done this calendar year?
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Oh, about 230 hours...
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Private flying hours? Yeah.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15INTERVIEWER: That's almost an hour every other day!
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Something like that. Yes, the main this is to have your own aeroplane, close to the house,
0:30:18 > 0:30:21where you can get into it in all weathers and...
0:30:21 > 0:30:23and not very far from the bar.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Roddy, thanks very much indeed, have a good trip to Senegal.
0:30:31 > 0:30:32Come race day,
0:30:32 > 0:30:35old hand Martin will be competing against a crowd of hopefuls.
0:30:38 > 0:30:39One is Roger.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49INTERVIEWER: Why the hell do you want to fly?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52It's in...it's in your bones, isn't it?
0:30:54 > 0:30:56My desk at school was full of aeroplanes.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59My father and I used to build model aeroplanes together.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02All I ever wanted to be doing was getting up in the air,
0:31:02 > 0:31:04so it was something that was going to happen.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Roger, a dentist, now has his own plane,
0:31:10 > 0:31:12bought specially for the upcoming race.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Built from ultra lightweight aluminium,
0:31:27 > 0:31:30his Van's RV-6 can top 210 miles an hour.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42For his maiden flight in his powerful new toy,
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Roger has taken up flying trainer Justin.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56At full throttle in a straight line,
0:31:56 > 0:31:59it does about 190 miles an hour, I'd say.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01But if you put it in a shallow dive,
0:32:01 > 0:32:04it can exceed its maximum airspeed within two or three seconds,
0:32:04 > 0:32:08and that's the point at which it starts to malform, erm...
0:32:08 > 0:32:09and break up.
0:32:09 > 0:32:14Roger needs to get a feel for the plane's limits.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17One of the dangers is a stall in mid-flight,
0:32:17 > 0:32:19which could cause his aircraft to spin out of control.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49ROGER: 'It's going to be one of the fastest aircrafts in the race.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51'Things are going to happen quicker.'
0:32:59 > 0:33:02I need to learn to have more finesse,
0:33:02 > 0:33:04but at the moment I'm thinking about flying it.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07I need to put the hours in to make sure that that becomes
0:33:07 > 0:33:10something I don't need to think about because it's natural.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24RADIO BLEEPS Yeah, I'm up to Juliet right
0:33:24 > 0:33:27and Hotel left is on the aircraft as we speak.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Away from the high-speed thrills of light aircraft,
0:33:29 > 0:33:32cargo loader Tony is starting a new shift.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Kev, I think we'll bring one straight to the aisle, then, mate.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37For the past 19 years,
0:33:37 > 0:33:39pilots have put their trust in Tony's loading skills
0:33:39 > 0:33:41to balance their planes.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44OVER RADIO: 'Right, mate, you've got four...'
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Now he's aiming for promotion to become a loading supervisor.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50OVER RADIO: 'Yeah, go on.' INAUDIBLE
0:33:50 > 0:33:52It's my er...
0:33:53 > 0:33:56My interview date for a supervisor's job.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59INTERVIEWER: What will you have to do in the interview?
0:33:59 > 0:34:01INHALES DEEPLY: Sell myself. Literally.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04If I need to, I'll get on my hands and knees and grovel.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06I'm not that good at interviews, I really am not.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08I get very nervous.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11And sometimes I start stuttering and mumbling my words.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14If Tony is successful at his interview,
0:34:14 > 0:34:17the new job will involve more paperwork.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20A challenge, as he suffers from dyslexia.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22There's many different types and forms of dyslexia.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26People get words mixed up, people get letters mixed up.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29If they stare at it too long, they start...they actually do...
0:34:29 > 0:34:31It's weird, they start moving around.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34I think it's a... One of those kind of things where...
0:34:34 > 0:34:37I'm dyslexic, I'm happy, I'll stay as I am.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38But now it's like,
0:34:38 > 0:34:43"No, I want to move on, I've got to move on," so that's why.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45It's... Won't hold me back.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49OVER RADIO: '0-0-1, climbing altitude...'
0:34:49 > 0:34:522-7-8-3, descend to flight level 7-0.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53At East Midlands Airport,
0:34:53 > 0:34:5745 freight planes fly in and out each night.
0:34:58 > 0:35:0189003, turn left on to 115 degrees,
0:35:01 > 0:35:03climb altitude 6,000 feet.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08Unlike Heathrow, where, to limit noise, departures stop at 11pm,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11here, operations continue round the clock.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Asian 250, you are clear.
0:35:14 > 0:35:152783, roger.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Hello, my name is Mrs Sharpe.
0:35:17 > 0:35:22I'd like to complain about a particularly noisy aircraft.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24If you could respond to me, please,
0:35:24 > 0:35:26I would be very grateful.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Sitting right under the flight path
0:35:31 > 0:35:33is Rex and Sheila Sharpe's house.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39You can see them sometimes actually lining up,
0:35:39 > 0:35:43way into the distance, about three or four of them,
0:35:43 > 0:35:44coming in to land.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50When they go down onto the runway,
0:35:50 > 0:35:51you hear a "whoosh".
0:35:53 > 0:35:56The backdraught from the jets,
0:35:56 > 0:35:58rushing by, don't you?
0:35:58 > 0:36:03Yeah, and it actually lifts the tiles and the tiles slide down
0:36:03 > 0:36:05and, in some cases, come off altogether.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14I never sleep through the night, ever.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Usually, round about half past three, 20 to four,
0:36:18 > 0:36:21there is one always wakes me.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Not invariably - always.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27It was after Rex and Sheila moved in, 40 years ago,
0:36:27 > 0:36:30that East Midlands airport transformed into an
0:36:30 > 0:36:32all-night, global freight hub.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35I don't think people want to wait for anything.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Years ago, you would have shopped locally and the pace of life
0:36:38 > 0:36:41was a lot slower.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Nowadays, they want things more or less immediately.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48I've never ordered one single item through the internet!
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Mainly because I haven't got it.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51I haven't got the internet,
0:36:51 > 0:36:53haven't got the internet facility.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Under the more tranquil skies of Bedfordshire,
0:37:04 > 0:37:07one man is putting the finishing touches to a slow,
0:37:07 > 0:37:11almost silent air freighter called the Airlander.
0:37:13 > 0:37:18This happens to be the largest aircraft in the world.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20We call it the Airlander 10.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26There's nothing, no internal structure, inside that.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30It's just helium, so that makes it ultra-light and, therefore,
0:37:30 > 0:37:32ultra-efficient and, therefore, very green.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35We're also going at a fairly slow speed,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38so, we're not using fuel to punch through the air,
0:37:38 > 0:37:41we can just potter our way nicely around the world.
0:37:42 > 0:37:47To get airborne, the Airlander uses a million cubic feet of helium.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Once inflated, it dwarfs even the biggest jumbo jet.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56It drifts along at a leisurely 90mph,
0:37:56 > 0:37:59designed to stay airborne for up to five days.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02This is the cockpit.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06Very comfortable ?15,000 pilot chairs.
0:38:06 > 0:38:11And, if you happen to be lucky enough to be an Airlander pilot,
0:38:11 > 0:38:13this is where you end up.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16We could put showers in here, we could put a microwave,
0:38:16 > 0:38:18you could even have a bath if you wanted.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21It'd be quite fun, good way of travelling.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29The Airlander's maiden voyage was a short test flight in New Jersey.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35American military spent ?60 million on the prototype,
0:38:35 > 0:38:37but defence cuts meant it was never completed.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Two years ago, its British manufacturer brought it back
0:38:42 > 0:38:46and now Chris needs to convince the world it needs the Airlander.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49How many are... How many are there?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52There's 12 or 11 or something?
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Today, The Honourable Company Of Air Pilots are giving the
0:38:55 > 0:38:57aircraft the once-over.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Welcome, first of all, everyone.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02If we gather round here to start with...
0:39:05 > 0:39:07It's quite something, isn't it?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09The Titanic,
0:39:09 > 0:39:11that would fit in the hangar,
0:39:11 > 0:39:13with the exception of about ten feet.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18The bit where Leonardo DiCaprio is leaning out,
0:39:18 > 0:39:20you might have Leonardo out the front.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24We get called up quite regularly by people saying,
0:39:24 > 0:39:27"Could you follow blue whales?",
0:39:27 > 0:39:32either as a tourism venture or as academic research.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35We'd also look at, maybe, semi-perishable foods that need
0:39:35 > 0:39:41to get there quite quickly, but maybe not super-quickly.
0:39:41 > 0:39:42This is 92 metres long.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45You know, we could easily build two or three of these
0:39:45 > 0:39:49in the hangar when we hit productionisation.
0:39:49 > 0:39:50How the heck do you cope with icing?
0:39:50 > 0:39:54The ice doesn't form in the same way it would form on a wing.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56The structure kind of constantly flexes.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59How do you go about identifying where the leaks are?
0:39:59 > 0:40:02That's a very good question. So, if you can put a spaceman in space,
0:40:02 > 0:40:05and not have a leaky space suit,
0:40:05 > 0:40:07you can probably make a non-leaky one of those.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12I think it always is a challenge, isn't it?
0:40:12 > 0:40:16When new things come from the experimental bench,
0:40:16 > 0:40:22just to convince the people that it's going to be a success,
0:40:22 > 0:40:23is very, very difficult.
0:40:27 > 0:40:28I'm really impressed.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31I think it's a fantastic, innovative project,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34and I knew a little about it, but actually seeing it in real life,
0:40:34 > 0:40:37the size of it, the scale of it and the technology behind it,
0:40:37 > 0:40:39it's just amazing.
0:40:39 > 0:40:44The Airlander's embarked on a series of test flights in summer 2016.
0:40:44 > 0:40:50I genuinely worry for the drivers on the A421 ring road around Bedford.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54They're going to look up and see this 92-metre
0:40:54 > 0:40:58alien spacecraft silently floating above them.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02The first British test flight was a success, but, on the second,
0:41:02 > 0:41:04the Airlander crashed on landing.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11RADIO: No, no, no, no...
0:41:11 > 0:41:15To compete in the Royal Aero club's last races of the year,
0:41:15 > 0:41:19pilots head to the tiny island of Alderney, in the Channel islands,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21perched right on the fringes of British airspace.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Welcome to Alderney, everyone.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28You will be flying close to other aircraft,
0:41:28 > 0:41:31so be vigilant at all times.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34There must be no climbing or descending incidents.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Among them, new plane-owner Roger and reigning champion Martin.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Can I follow you Geoffrey, so I know where to go?
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Oh, you can do if you like, Martin. SUZIE: Yeah.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Will you slow down then?
0:41:45 > 0:41:46We'll keep an eye on you, so you don't get lost.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49You'll keep an eye on me, will you? Catch me up on the second lap?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51We have to look after the older generation, Suzie.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Right, that's right!
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Ha-ha-ha!
0:41:54 > 0:41:58Martin's main rivals are Baron and Baroness Geoffrey and Suzie Boot.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01It's all down here. It's really smeary just here.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Hold on, yeah.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04I've done that.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06'Are you competitive?'
0:42:06 > 0:42:07How do I answer that? Yeah!
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Competitive?
0:42:08 > 0:42:10I have to be competitive,
0:42:10 > 0:42:11otherwise we wouldn't be air racing.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15I mean, we bought this aeroplane specifically for air racing.
0:42:15 > 0:42:16There's something, it's down here...
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Yes, I can see something...
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Taking part is good,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23but the reality is, you don't race if you don't want to win.
0:42:28 > 0:42:34The 120-mile course runs across open sea between outlying islands.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37RADIO: OK, roll out, now, now, now, now...
0:42:37 > 0:42:41During each race, the 18 planes will fly wing-to-wing.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Some of these turns are quite difficult.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48The Casquets Lighthouse in particular, you can see it's almost
0:42:48 > 0:42:49a 180-degree turn.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52And overtaking an aircraft at close proximity
0:42:52 > 0:42:53is something you would not normally do.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56It would be not allowed, in fact, so, it's just, erm...
0:42:56 > 0:43:00making flying a bit more skilful and a bit more entertaining.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Before racing begins,
0:43:03 > 0:43:06each competitor has an hour to get to know the course.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11More than anything else, everybody must know
0:43:11 > 0:43:13where the turning points are.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Everybody's going at high speed around the course
0:43:15 > 0:43:20and you don't want someone wandering off into an unknown area.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23When we're racing, it can be a bit hairy.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26The last thing you want to do in a race is run in to an aeroplane.
0:43:26 > 0:43:27Not healthy.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30With just 12 hours of flying time,
0:43:30 > 0:43:34Roger's still finding the limits of his new plane,
0:43:34 > 0:43:37and sharing the cockpit will be his navigator, Dom.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40My job is to keep Roger straight and level.
0:43:40 > 0:43:44Dom will be basically be whacking me if I'm not performing right.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Yeah, there you go, further down.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52The practice run is a chance for Roger and Dom to see how fast
0:43:52 > 0:43:54they dare to push the plane.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59OK, let's practise this, because this is going to be hard.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07Oh, I've turned way too early, but let's just see how I go.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Losing height, losing height, losing height, roll out now.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18That was much better, though.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Beautiful, Rog.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Are you nervous?
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Always nervous, yeah. Very much so.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32That's why I haven't really smiled today.
0:44:34 > 0:44:40I'm nervous because you're flying the aircraft at the upper end
0:44:40 > 0:44:42of its limitations
0:44:42 > 0:44:45and we're flying in close proximity to other aircraft
0:44:45 > 0:44:47and I want to get home to see the family.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54In 2010, during the same racing weekend, two planes collided.
0:44:58 > 0:44:59There were two fatalities.
0:45:03 > 0:45:07You can't help seeing other incidents that have occurred before.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12And I don't think you can help studying them,
0:45:12 > 0:45:16because you've got to learn how and why, and it helps
0:45:16 > 0:45:18stop you going the same way, I suppose.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20I guess the thing with flying is,
0:45:20 > 0:45:23if anything does happen, you don't have small...
0:45:23 > 0:45:25You don't have small accidents! No, no, you don't.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28No, you're right, that's... That's it, yeah.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31That's... You cannot cock up.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36KIDS: See ya! Bye, Tony! See ya!
0:45:36 > 0:45:38Bye-bye! See you later, dude.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47Today is cargo loader Tony's interview for a supervisor role.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52Drinking plenty of coffee and,
0:45:52 > 0:45:54erm, just thinking about what to say.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00I'm just trying to relax myself, cos if I get think about it too much,
0:46:00 > 0:46:03you get yourself stressed out too much and then you get...
0:46:03 > 0:46:05Then you start panicking and you start thinking, "Oh...!"
0:46:07 > 0:46:09Last time, I didn't get it and I was quite upset.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15I worked really hard to get up there and then to be knocked down
0:46:15 > 0:46:17through the years...
0:46:17 > 0:46:19Every time I fail something, I take it to heart.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Twice before, Tony's been interviewed for this promotion
0:46:27 > 0:46:29and been unsuccessful.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31Break a leg.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39Errrrr...
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Yeah, it was good. I was all right.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46You can see I'm sweating a lot...
0:46:46 > 0:46:50Honestly, not really, not really. Erm, no, it was good.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54First time, actually, I was relaxed, I wasn't actually nervous or...
0:46:54 > 0:46:58Well, I was nervous, but they've asked me some different questions this time, where...
0:46:58 > 0:47:01I think I did all right. I think I did all right. We'll see.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03We'll see how we go. We'll see if it worked or not.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07In a week, Tony will find out if he's got the job.
0:47:09 > 0:47:10Phew!
0:47:14 > 0:47:17Inside the warehouse at East Midlands,
0:47:17 > 0:47:19the flow of freight never stops.
0:47:20 > 0:47:25Every night, as well as sorting 150,000 parcels,
0:47:25 > 0:47:27the staff must scan each one.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31Customers can follow it up, where it is.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34They go on the internet and it's got a piece ID number,
0:47:34 > 0:47:38and they can follow this from here to when they receive it.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42Dianne Prince has worked here for nine years
0:47:42 > 0:47:46and personally scans 6,000 parcels a night.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48I'm crap at geography.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50I'm not very good at geography at all.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53All I know is that, it would...
0:47:53 > 0:47:55I do this every night
0:47:55 > 0:47:59and I would really like to go to one of these places! Ha!
0:47:59 > 0:48:01I'd like to go to Hong Kong.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Food's nice, isn't it?
0:48:03 > 0:48:07But, ever since I left school, all I've ever done is warehouse.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10I've worked in a soap factory,
0:48:10 > 0:48:12I've worked in a biscuit factory,
0:48:12 > 0:48:14I've worked in a pot factory,
0:48:14 > 0:48:16and then I come and do this!
0:48:17 > 0:48:20But we have a laugh, and I do like that.
0:48:20 > 0:48:24And I actually find the job interesting, as well.
0:48:24 > 0:48:25Yeah, I love it.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31You get people here that will last... I've seen them come within
0:48:31 > 0:48:33an hour and they've gone home, cos they can't handle it!
0:48:33 > 0:48:35You've got a box, you've got to put it on the belt.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37You've got another box, you've got to put it on the belt.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40But that's the nature of the business.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43With the amount of cargo moving through East Midlands on the rise,
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Graham has recruited new staff.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48But he's having teething problems.
0:48:48 > 0:48:49Dianne!
0:48:51 > 0:48:5416 missed scans, that is normally zero.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56Who's responsible?
0:48:56 > 0:48:57Agency.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59Oh, everybody blames the agency!
0:48:59 > 0:49:01They weren't scanning, was they?
0:49:01 > 0:49:04Two agency over there last night
0:49:04 > 0:49:06and every one of them is down to them. Wow.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09We've never had 16 in a year, let alone a night.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12Somebody's got to have something said, then, ain't they? Yeah.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15That's been zero. Now you've got a new staff member and it's 16!
0:49:15 > 0:49:18I think they're going to need to be bollocked, I do. Ha-ha-ha!
0:49:18 > 0:49:19Yeah!
0:49:19 > 0:49:21How are you, Rob?
0:49:21 > 0:49:26To get to grips with the problem, Graham gathers his team.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28I'm cheesed off with this, to be honest with ya. 16 missed scans.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30TEAM: Oooh!
0:49:30 > 0:49:32At the moment, I'm under pressure
0:49:32 > 0:49:35from bosses coming to me and asking me questions.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39Next week, I don't want it past 16 by Thursday.
0:49:41 > 0:49:42For the whole week.
0:49:42 > 0:49:47If we can do that by the end of the week, I'm happy enough.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49When something like that happens,
0:49:49 > 0:49:52it takes the buzz out of the good weeks.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56It's very hard to motivate them and that's why we have the board.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59If we get a zero, they're all in the happy zone.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01It's the only thing really you get out of the job.
0:50:10 > 0:50:11On the island of Alderney,
0:50:11 > 0:50:15the Royal Aero Club's last races of the season are about to begin.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17Good morning, Geoffrey.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19I suppose we wish you the best of luck. Yes.
0:50:19 > 0:50:20May the best man win! Yes.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22And we wish you, too.
0:50:22 > 0:50:23I'll give you a kiss. Ah!
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Gratuitous kissing before an air race!
0:50:27 > 0:50:28You know what we said.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30Yeah. Keep it quiet.
0:50:30 > 0:50:34At stake, prizes for the two Channel Island races
0:50:34 > 0:50:36and trophies for the whole year.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38The reigning champion is Martin.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40Well, I've had a bad race last time,
0:50:40 > 0:50:43which knocked me off the top spot
0:50:43 > 0:50:44and I'm now about fourth.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46So, it's just possible.
0:50:46 > 0:50:50If I have two good races, I can maybe do well or maybe not,
0:50:50 > 0:50:52but there are a lot of other people with the same ideas.
0:50:52 > 0:50:56Current favourites are the Baron and Baroness Boot.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58Leading most of the race tables at the moment is a bit
0:50:58 > 0:51:02of a worry because we've got it all to lose, as someone said earlier.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06I can fly and aeroplane, Suzie, but I can't undo a life jacket.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08I'll do it, darling.
0:51:08 > 0:51:09DOM: I think the aircraft is over here.
0:51:09 > 0:51:12It's the first race for Roger in his new plane.
0:51:12 > 0:51:13'How we doing?'
0:51:13 > 0:51:15ROGER: Good.
0:51:15 > 0:51:16Got our brains in gear.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19Roger is good. He's quite quiet.
0:51:19 > 0:51:23We tend not to talk as much about other things other than flying,
0:51:23 > 0:51:25just so he stays focused on what he... The job in hand.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40MARTIN: Here we go.
0:51:40 > 0:51:41Now!
0:51:46 > 0:51:47SUZIE: Now!
0:51:47 > 0:51:49GEOFFREY: Race on!
0:51:55 > 0:51:58DOM: Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Keep going, keep going... Watch your height.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04With planes flying at over 200mph,
0:52:04 > 0:52:07each attempting the most direct route,
0:52:07 > 0:52:09collision is the biggest danger.
0:52:09 > 0:52:10DOM: You got it? ROGER: Yeah.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45And that's the race over. Race over.
0:52:45 > 0:52:46DOM: Good racing.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49ROGER: Yeah, shame we're such a long way back, but...
0:52:49 > 0:52:52It's just, it's just... You know, it's just different. Just how it is.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Yeah. Ha-ha!
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Roger and Dom's cautious race places them twelfth,
0:52:57 > 0:52:58at the back of the pack.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01Yeah, it's all right. It's all right.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05We weren't fast, were we? Ha-ha!
0:53:05 > 0:53:06Martin bagged fifth.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08Well, Martin!
0:53:08 > 0:53:09Hello, Mr Boot! You beat us.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11What? You beat us, I believe.
0:53:11 > 0:53:12Did I beat you?
0:53:12 > 0:53:13Never mind, don't cry about it.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15I won't cry yet. No? OK.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17Tomorrow afternoon, I'll reserve to cry.
0:53:17 > 0:53:18Ha-ha!
0:53:18 > 0:53:21With the favourites pushed down the league table,
0:53:21 > 0:53:24the championship comes down to the final race.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27It's all to play for. This is the last race of the season.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29There's no going back, the result today is it.
0:53:35 > 0:53:36ROGER: Running into prop wash.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38Argh!
0:53:42 > 0:53:44DOM: Beautiful turn.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Get down to 300, shall we? OK, Dom.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54This time, Roger and Dom are going full throttle,
0:53:54 > 0:53:57right in the middle of the pack.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59DOM: Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going...
0:54:06 > 0:54:08MARTIN: Bugger me!
0:54:10 > 0:54:12Martin's falling behind.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20If they can catch and pass the plane in front,
0:54:20 > 0:54:24Roger and Dom will take third place and win their first trophy.
0:54:38 > 0:54:39I got him.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50Yeah! Yes!
0:54:52 > 0:54:53We bloody did it.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55We bloody did it!
0:55:01 > 0:55:03This is the end of the weekend, our prize-giving time
0:55:03 > 0:55:06and it's also the end of the season,
0:55:06 > 0:55:08so, lots of things to announce, really.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11First, the prizes to today's races.
0:55:11 > 0:55:15OK. So, the main event of the weekend was, er,
0:55:15 > 0:55:17the Schneider Trophy race.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20In third place, Roger Scholes and Dominic.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22DOM: Well done, son!
0:55:24 > 0:55:26So, we came third.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29That's brilliant. That's all right, we're pleased with that.
0:55:29 > 0:55:33Next, the championship prizes for the whole racing season.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37Bob Ellis took the championship with 849 points.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46Martin Gosling, with 844 points, came second.
0:55:52 > 0:55:53I beat the little man!
0:55:55 > 0:55:57Well, I beat Geoffrey.
0:55:57 > 0:55:59I came second in the championship,
0:55:59 > 0:56:02so, yes, that makes me very happy!
0:56:08 > 0:56:10RADIO: Cargo 108, report your high speed...
0:56:15 > 0:56:17Inside the warehouse at East Midlands,
0:56:17 > 0:56:19there's also cause for celebration.
0:56:21 > 0:56:22Choc-chip chunks.
0:56:22 > 0:56:26I set them a target at the beginning of the week for 15 mis-scans.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29They did two on Monday,
0:56:29 > 0:56:31zero Tuesday
0:56:31 > 0:56:33and three today.
0:56:33 > 0:56:35So, they deserve something to say thank you.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Here you are, service with a smile!
0:56:39 > 0:56:41Everybody says you're a number.
0:56:41 > 0:56:45Which you are, really - it says it on the back of my pass, I'm a number.
0:56:45 > 0:56:46Scary!
0:56:46 > 0:56:49I should have five or six, the way that's sticking out!
0:56:49 > 0:56:51Cheers, guys. Thank you!
0:56:51 > 0:56:53I can go tomorrow and nobody will miss me,
0:56:53 > 0:56:55cos they'd fill your job straightaway.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57To me, giving it out means everything.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59This is all I can do.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02This is, for me, going round everybody and saying thank you,
0:57:02 > 0:57:05means they know how important they are.
0:57:06 > 0:57:07BEEP
0:57:07 > 0:57:09My birthday and I've come to work.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12Aren't I good?
0:57:12 > 0:57:16At last, Dianne's having a trip away for her birthday.
0:57:16 > 0:57:20Erm, I'm going to Cornwall,
0:57:20 > 0:57:22to an '80s weekend,
0:57:22 > 0:57:25with me husband,
0:57:25 > 0:57:26me best friend and her husband.
0:57:28 > 0:57:29So, I'm looking forward to that.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35Thing is, you know when they've been told that I'm 60,
0:57:35 > 0:57:37nobody's not once said, "Oh, you don't look it!"
0:57:41 > 0:57:45OK, just give me one second, Neil.
0:57:45 > 0:57:46RADIO: Yeah, that's no problem.
0:57:46 > 0:57:48It's a bit foggy, a bit misty,
0:57:48 > 0:57:52so, I'm just now trying to find my counter freight.
0:57:52 > 0:57:53And on the apron,
0:57:53 > 0:57:55there's a new supervisor.
0:57:55 > 0:57:58I was never too sure how people would take to me being
0:57:58 > 0:58:01a supervisor, but I've been quite touched, actually, by
0:58:01 > 0:58:04a lot of guys on the ramp and warehouse and...
0:58:04 > 0:58:09I actually spoke to my dad and he was absolutely over the moon.
0:58:09 > 0:58:12I've worked hard and I fought for it and it's what I want to do.
0:58:12 > 0:58:14I'm happy. I can say it, I'm happy.
0:58:21 > 0:58:22Next time...
0:58:22 > 0:58:23Whose sky do you think it is?
0:58:23 > 0:58:25CROWD: Our sky!
0:58:25 > 0:58:28London's skies, the busiest in the world.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30CROWD: No new runway!
0:58:30 > 0:58:32Every time I get on a plane, the worse the fear gets.
0:58:32 > 0:58:34We're ready to go!
0:58:34 > 0:58:37When I'm up there, it feels like absolute freedom.
0:58:37 > 0:58:38Bring on the planes.
0:59:09 > 0:59:11A garden takes time to perfect.
0:59:11 > 0:59:14It needs patience to get just right.