Checkride
Just a quick note to let you know that a year after the EASA IR, I had to perform another checkride. I passed.
Category Archives: Experiences
Glory
A glory is an optical phenomenon that resembles an iconic saint’s halo about the shadow of the observer’s head. It consists of one or more concentric, successively dimmer rings, each Continue Reading →
Anti-roest Pannenkoek
Het is weer de tijd van het jaar om met een rustig klein VFR vluchtje de vliegkunde te ontroesten. Vroeger vloog ik zo al naar Grimbergen, Midden-Zeeland en Ursel. Deze Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →