Down to one generator on a 767
The Delta 81 Boeing 767 was full. It was sitting idle on the ramp, ready for its flight to Atlanta. Well, almost ready: there was frost on the wings, and Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Steven
Terugblik Vliegjaar 2014
2014 was een topvliegjaar. Een nieuwe rating en vele uren toegevoegd aan het logbook. Plus enkele lange uitdagende trips gedaan. Hieronder vind je het overzicht, met telkens de links naar Continue Reading →
Time Flies Slower in the South
Trip report to New Orleans While Atlanta is certainly an important city in the south of the US, you can still go deeper, you can go more southern. You then Continue Reading →
Huntsville Alabama
Deep into the heartland of southern USA you find the land of rockets! The almighty Saturn 5 rocket is on display here, the one which brought the astronauts to the Continue Reading →
Breaking Altitude Record
Last Sunday I flew a typical GA IFR profile from Kortrijk (EBKT) to Deauville (LFRG) and back: climbing as fast as possible with a non-turbo single engine piston through and Continue Reading →
Visiting Dassault in Bordeaux
Dassault, the French manufacturer of the Rafale fighters and the Falcon business jets, was so kind to invite some industrials to their factory in Bordeaux, France. As I had just Continue Reading →
Thundering Carolinas
Planning Atlanta called me in for work again, and I had again another weekend there to waste. I had sweet memories of flying to the east, so I checked again Continue Reading →
OpenAirplane Checkout
I discovered a new interesting service to renter-pilots in the USA: OpenAirplane. This service overcomes the well-known problem for pilot-renters to have to be checked out by a local instructor Continue Reading →
How I became the first European pilot to “convert” my ICAO Instrument Rating to an EASA IR via the CB-IR route
Introduction For years I am looking to convert my American ICAO FAA instrument rating (IR) to a European one (EASA). This was impossible until new legislation came about early 2014, Continue Reading →