Flying Cider
Daar waar de hemel begint We gingen tot waar de hemel begint, vrij, letterlijk als een vogel. Hij had ons meegenomen in zijn droom, zijn passie. En zo was zijn Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Steven
Congonhas – Santos Dumont
No, this time no report on a flight that I performed, but on a nice experience of being a airline passenger in Brazil. I had to visit Sao Paolo and Continue Reading →
The Piper Stories
As the Mooney I was training on is under repair, the owner flew over his Piper Archer PA28-180 N3987X for further IFR flying. Although not as fast and heavy as Continue Reading →
Acro-a-Gogo
My JAR PPL(A) Class Validation was due for renewal, and according to the law, you have to fly one hour with an instructor to become current for revalidation. Having taking Continue Reading →
Mooney Familiarisation
Sortie 1: Weather is improving … spring is in the air … time to get to know my new love somewhat better: the Mooney M20J N201DJ based at Lille Lesquin Continue Reading →
French Caen Caen
It was the most beautiful winterday of the year. Weather was severly CAVOK and freezing, so good for the visibility and for the engine performance ! Four pilots on board Continue Reading →
Obtaining my FAA Instrument Rating as a European Private Pilot
People say that obtaining an instrument rating is the most difficult aviation thing to do for layman pilots like me… If that doesn’t sound like a challenge! So when having Continue Reading →
Neighbourly Trip
Is there anything more pleasant than taking the neighbours out for flying? A fully loaded OO-WVS light airplane, reasonable weather and a very motivated photographer in the right seat of Continue Reading →
The Secret of La Canourgue
In the summer of 2007 we went on holiday to the south of France. We settled in the Georges du Tarn region, a beautiful area where the river Tarn carves Continue Reading →
Double Alès
Two trips from the Alès airport in the lovely Cévennes in the south of France merged into one experience. Two years in a row, I went on holiday with the Continue Reading →