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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Although I have multiple hours flying at night on my FAA private pilot license, I do not possess a EASA night rating yet. This of course needs to change as Continue Reading →

Coming into November and despite my trip in the west of the USA, I had the feeling that I needed to get more current in flying here in Europe. I Continue Reading →

Yes, I needed IFR practise again, and another member of the club had contacted me to fly along, so we set out for a series of approaches and landings at Continue Reading →

Earlier in the year, I had started to seriously familiarise myself with the Mooney N201DJ. That exercise had suffered due to lack of Mooney and due to other priorities from Continue Reading →