Wooooooooow. That’s all I can say about my first flight in the caribbean. In 4 days on Saint Martin I got to do a whole lot of adventuring; from discovering a handful of new beaches, to snorkeling along the rocky coast of le petit plage, and of course, drinking my fair share of rum. But flying? I hadn’t gotten that…
Jumper-dumping, skydiver-driving, dropping happy bombs: whatever you may call it, being a skydive pilot is a whole lotta fun! Whether you do it for the hour building or not, I truly think it’s a valuable training opportunity for becoming a better pilot. They might say we fly like cowboys; taking off with heavy loads, and diving into a high speed…
It was a 06:30 wake up call; still a little dark outside, but the first rays of sunshine lit up the clear sky as fire. Today’s agenda was packed. It would be a whole day of photo flying for different clients from all over Western Europe; a flying adventure that already sounded great, yet in reality exceeded all expectations that…
We’d been flying IFR over the Kruger park for over an hour already. And with IFR I mean “I follow roads”. This was the advice given to me by an old friend of my dad’s, who said “ Make sure you use the roads as navigation points on your route. If you were to get an engine failure out there,…
This was the Big Event; the part of the trip I was looking forward to most: doing my very first long distance cross country round-trip! Dolly, the little Piper Warrior I introduced in part 1, was preflighted and ready to go and I had a packed itinerary! We took off on our first leg, 144NM southwards towards Harrismith and as…
3 weeks of flying, 24 different airstrips, and one adventure of a lifetime. With my freshly printed PPL I was ready to see the world. I had a budget of 4,500 euros and a goal to fly 50 hours though South Africa; ultimately embarking on a round trip that I would later call the ‘African Sky Safari’.With a long range…
Yesterday was a day that I had been looking forward to since the beginning of my flying career: hitting the 500 hour mark! It seemed like such a distant goal, but with over 400 flights this summer, it definitely started to feel like I was up in the sky more than I was on the ground 😉 . My 500th…
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