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after ‘losing all airspeed’ unexpectedly.<\/p>\n<p>First on the scene was Hollywood, 59, who noticed the emergency while on a helicopter flying lesson.<\/p>\n<p>Under the guidance of his instructor, the <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/channel-4\/\">Channel 4<\/a> star landed in the field and dashed over to assist Stingmore.<\/p>\n<p>Stingmore had emerged from the wreckage and was not seriously injured but sustained cuts to his leg and a bruised rib.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tGet personalised updates on The Great British Bake Off\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p> Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro’s TV Newsletter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/tv-newsletter\/?ito=tv-article&signup-source=tv-article-link\">Sign up to our newsletter<\/a> and then select your show in the link we’ll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He recalled crash-landing and noticing a figure approach him before realising: ‘Oh god, it’s Paul Hollywood.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_217343706-8ee3.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22998492\" alt=\"14 August 2024 - EXCLUSIVE. Paul Hollywood, the well-known judge from The Great British Bake Off, has ruffled some feathers among his neighbours in Kent by secretly purchasing a ??500,000 helicopter. The celebrity baker, who resides in a ??1 million mansion in Ashford, has been using the chopper for flying lessons, which has sparked complaints due to the noise. The bake off star was seen flying with an instructor close to his Ashford home as he approached a landing as he continues to work towards his private pilots licence. Despite living close to Headcorn Aerodrome, Hollywood opts to have his helicopter, a Robinson Raven, flown from Manston airport to his home for lessons. Neighbours are reportedly upset, not just because of the noise, but also because Hollywood frequently uses the helicopter for personal trips, including luxury getaways with his wife Melissa. Public flight logs indicate that Hollywood has been flying solo across the UK, often landing in the gardens of 5-star hotels. He has even installed a windsock in his garden to monitor flying conditions. There are concerns among locals that his plans to use the helicopter to travel to the Bake Off tent for filming could increase the disturbance. Credit: CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA Ref: AMdef **Exclusive to CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA** CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA - PICTURES@CLICKNEWSANDMEDIA.COM - 07774 321240 -\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Paul Hollywood was first on the scene of a plane crash (Picture: Click News and Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"444\" height=\"828\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_249352283-f1e6.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22997367\" alt=\"Paul Hollywood at plane rescue Credit: MailOnline\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Pilot Iain Stingmore had to crash-land after losing air pressure (Picture: MailOnline)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stingmore continued to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14660803\/Dramatic-moment-Paul-Hollywood-swooped-helicopter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mail Online:<\/a> ‘The first thing he said was “are you ok?” and luckily enough I was.<\/p>\n<p>‘He stayed with me for about half an hour checking over me and asking me if I needed anything. I was really grateful for that.’<\/p>\n<p>He added: ‘I even joked it was a shame he didn’t bring any cakes. He was a great bloke, I couldn’t have asked for any more.’<\/p>\n<p>Recounting the crash, Stingmore, who has 130 flying hours after earning his pilot’s licence two years ago, said the canopy became loose and flew off behind his aircraft.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"453\" height=\"470\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_249352374-10d0-e1746002002219.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22998496\" alt=\"Paul Hollywood at plane rescue Credit: MailOnline\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Hollywood was seen running towards the wreckage (Picture: MailOnline)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"456\" height=\"831\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_249352287-f204.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22997365\" alt=\"Paul Hollywood at plane rescue Credit: MailOnline\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>He stayed with Stingmore who emerged relatively unscathed (Picture: MailOnline)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>‘I lost all air speed and just dropped,’ he said.<\/p>\n<p>‘I was lucky I didn’t panic because it took a couple of seconds to register what happened but I did all I could to get the plane into the wind and kept it as flat and level as I could to land.<\/p>\n<p>‘There wasn’t a huge amount of damage fortunately and the landing was as clean as I could have hoped for.’<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood previously told The Times in 2022 that he started learning to fly to escape the ‘madness’ of celebrity life.<\/p>\n<p>He explained: It\u2019s just you, a machine, and you\u2019re away from all the madness. Of course I\u2019m a bit nervous. But up there you\u2019ve got total freedom.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_224930707-2d77.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22998500\" alt=\"MANDATORY CREDIT: Channel 4\/Love Productions\/Mark Bourdillon Undated handout photo issued by Channel 4\/Love Productions of hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding (back row) with judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith on episode 3 of series 15 of The Great British Bake Off. Issue date: Tuesday October 8, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SHOWBIZ BakeOff. Photo credit should read: Channel 4\/Love Productions\/Mark Bourdillon\/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Hollywood started flying to escape the ‘madness’ of celebrity life (Picture: Channel 4\/Love Productions\/Mark Bourdillon\/PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"969\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_247663161-3015.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22998493\" alt=\"Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Fisher\/Shutterstock (15253638a) Paul Hollywood Another Simple Favour UK Special Screening, UK - 15 Apr 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>He is currently taking flying lessons (Picture: David Fisher\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2024, residents living close to Hollywood’s \u00a31,000,000 home in Ashford, Kent, raised concerns over noise pollution.<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous neighbour previously told the MailOnline: ‘He comes buzzing back and forth every couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>‘Many of my neighbours have horses and animals which are very disturbed by the noise. <\/p>\n<p>‘He can only really fly it in good weather so it\u2019s not been every day, but it\u2019s been a lot over the past few weeks.’<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T34S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/30\/09\/97858417-0-image-m-24_1746000878255.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-04-30T09:13:05+0100″,”description”:”A dog walker who was returning home and watched the drama unfold near Manston Airfield in Kent filmed the moment The Great British Bake Off judge arrived on the scene.”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/04\/30\/7387840270624734596\/480x270_MP4_7387840270624734596.mp4″,”height”:480,”width”:270}<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/bake-offs-paul-hollywood-swoops-in-on-helicopter-to-rescue-pilot-after-crash\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bake Off\u2019s Paul Hollywood swoops in on helicopter to rescue pilot after crash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4208"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4217,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208\/revisions\/4217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}