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The Flying Scouts – 2025 Comes to a close.

04/01/2026

2025 was an eventful year for the Flying Scouts. We conducted more Dugong Surveys than ever, moved our base of operations to Phusanfah Airfield, and had some extensive (mainly cosmetic) maintenance done to both Miss Dippy, HS-EAL & Maliee HS-TOM. During December 2025, we conducted an additional Dugong aerial survey for the Rayong Team, which…

HS-TOM. Shorts. Night Flight to VTSP – Phuket International Airport. October…

04/01/2026

Phusanfah Airfield – The Flying Scouts have moved…

03/01/2026

The Flying Scouts have moved. From January 2026 our base of operations has moved to the beautiful Phusanfah Airfield, Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai.…

The Flying Scouts – Celebrating 18 Years of Marine Aerial Surveys

19/09/2025

18 Years of continuous aerial surveys. Every year the Department of Marine Coastal Resources Endangered marine Species group mobilises…

The Dugong Shepherds 18th Aerial Survey – 2025

16/09/2025

18th Anniversary of the Flying Scouts Aerial Dugong Survey Thai Dugong population still in crisis. This our 18th year of Dugong aerial…

The Dugong Shepherds 17th Aerial Survey – 2024

18/06/2024

17th Anniversary of the Flying Scouts Aerial Dugong Survey Thai Dugong population in crisis. Despite intensive aerial surveying of…

Jan – Injured Gibbon Airlifted to Phuket

17/11/2023

Sadly, news reached The Flying Scouts that Jan, a female gibbon previously released in Ban Jam Pee, had been attacked by a rival gibbon family,…

The Dugong Shepherds 16th Aerial Survey – 2023

07/06/2023

16th Anniversary of the Flying Scouts Aerial Dugong Survey Last year’s Survey Mission – 2022 began an expanded survey area…

HS-TOM. Shorts. Phuket Airpark – VTSW to Nok Airfield VTCY. January 22nd,…

30/01/2023

Video Short... Cross country IFR Flight From Phuket to Chiang Mai. Direct IFR Flight at FL270/260 from Phuket Airpark to Nok…

HS-EAL. Miss Dippy. Brief Flight from Nok Airfield VTCY – to Pai VTCI.…

25/01/2023

For the fun of it... Cross country flight to the remote town of Pai in Mae Hon Son province, Northern Thailand. Out of practice, the arrival…

Visiting Nok Airfield – VTCY

01/12/2022

The Flying Scouts are now based at Phusanfah Airfield. Please visit us there.

Youngest person to fly around the world – record attempt. July 2022

21/07/2022

At the time of writing – July 21st 2022, Mack Rutherford is attempting at sixteen years old, to be the youngest person to solo circumnavigate…

Northern re-introduction of Gibbons resumes.

11/07/2022

The Flying Scouts are happy to report that despite a torrid time during Covid-19, the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (GRP) has…

The Dugong Shepherds 15th Aerial Survey – 2022

28/04/2022

15th Anniversary of the Flying Scouts Aerial Dugong Survey Last year’s Survey Mission – 2021 was cut short after Thailand…

The Dugong Shepherds 14th Aerial Survey – 2021

16/04/2021

14th Anniversary of the Flying Scouts Aerial Dugong Survey Despite several logistical challenges due to Covid-19 restrictions, this years…

HS-TOM IFR / VFR Flight Chiang Mai – VTCY to Phuket Airpark – VTSW

26/02/2021

HS-TOM, IFR / VFR Flight from Chiang Mai to Phuket. Nok Airfield - VTCY. February 22, 2021. Flying Ed decided to travel down to Phuket…

HS-TOM IFR Flight Chiang Mai – VTCY to Bangkok Don Munag Airport –…

15/02/2021

HS-TOM in HD 360 Degree Panoramic IFR Flight from Chiang Mai to Bangkok. Nok Airfield - VTCY. February 10, 2021. Flying Ed had to travel…

Thai Flying Club Northern Winter Tour December 2020

17/12/2020

Annual Thai Flying Club Light Aircraft Northern Winter Tour 2020 Towards the beginning of the Thai winter season, Thai Flying Club member…

HS-TOM IFR Flight Chiang Mai – VTCY to Pattaya – VTBU

11/12/2020

HS-TOM in 4K 360 Degree Panoramic IFR Flight from Chiang Mai to Pattaya. Nok Airfield - VTCY. December 11, 2020. Flying Ed took some 360…

Flight Briefing

01/12/2020

Disclaimer:- The following advice contained within this Flight Briefing content is given as opinion only and is accurate to the best of our…

Immersive 360 Degree Video of HS-EAL

30/11/2020

HS-EAL in HD 360 Degree Panoramic Nok Airfield - VTCY. November 30, 2020. Flying Ed took some very cool 360 Degree footage of a local…

The Joy of Flying…

30/11/2020

The joy of flying.... It's hard to describe the feeling of wonder when a person is passed on the gift of flight in its myriad forms. Since I…

Immersive 360 Degree Video of HS-TOM

29/11/2020

HS-TOM in 4K 360 Degree Panoramic Nok Airfield - VTCY. November 25, 2020. Flying Ed took some very cool 360 Degree footage of a local VFR…

Maliee – HS-TOM

29/11/2020

Maliee - HS-TOM HS-TOM, a Piper PA46-350P Jetprop DLX, affectionately known as “Maliee” is also used in the Gibbon Guardian project to…

Our Aircraft

29/11/2020

We are fortunate to have several aircraft at our disposal, the use of which are donated for free. Behind the scenes a lot of maintenance…

Miss Dippy – HS-EAL

29/11/2020

At the heart of the Dugong Shepherds is HS-EAL, also affectionately known as “Miss Dippy”.

Stranded in Johor…

30/09/2020

Stranded in WMKJ – Johor, Malaysia. 2020 “Bangkok Control clears Hotel Serra Tango Oscar Mike, present position direct to…

The Dugong Shepherds 13th Aerial Survey – 2020

07/04/2020

13th Anniversary of the Flying Scouts Aerial Dugong Survey It took approximately 3 months to replace Miss Dippy's windscreen with…

Landing in Venice Italy, 2019

30/08/2019

LIPV - Lido Airport, Venice Italy. August 2019 As part of my (Flying Ed) 2019 European trip in Maliee I was fortunate to land at the…

European Music Festival Tour, HS-TOM, June – September 2019

01/06/2019

Chiang Mai, Thailand - Bournemouth, United Kingdom I (Flying Ed) decided to fly Maliee - HS-TOM from Thailand to the United Kingdom and back…

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