Waterflying !
I traveled to the Seattle, Washington, area quite a lot in 2016 and I was always looking with envy to the GA airplanes with two white floats, flying overhead. In Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Experiences
Papa Charlie towards Portugal
See below our photo story on our fantastic multiday spring trip towards Portugal. I never made it to Lisbon, but Papa Charlie and the other two pilots did! Flights were: Continue Reading →
Skirting Paris
In my previous blogpost I indicated that we had made a plan to fly around Paris but we had to change plans due to weather. The Paris flight idea, however, Continue Reading →
Males & Females on Board ?
The year 2015 has passed, and we just started 2016: time for a new flight to open the new year ! In December last year, we had my new companion‘s Continue Reading →
Weeklong Trip to Le Mans & Rodez
Celebrating the 100th post on Abeam.be ! I had to be in a training class in Le Mans, in the center of France. Instead of driving or taking the high Continue Reading →
Circles to land
It was a while that I had had flown. I wasn’t even current to carry passengers anymore: I missed one take-off and landing over the past 90 days. So, time Continue Reading →
Oxygen top off
Oxygen top off at local diving shop: 7 euro !
Flight to Lorient: An Exercise in Balancing Fuel, Weight, Bladder & Route Considerations
Prenote: this is a rather detailed technical description of this IFR trip. The idea of this trip was born long time ago, but postponed many times. At this year’s new Continue Reading →
Champagne Run
My brother and me have a family party coming up, of which one of the major requirements is to have ample of spirits available. It was time to stocking up Continue Reading →