Here I list some of my aviation experiences. In case you dream of flying, you can start here ! The newest stories are on top. Some are extensive, some just a couple of words and photos. Some of the stories have links to small movies. The quality of the pictures do vary because of using various means of photography (scanned analog pictures, captures from video camera, other people's photos and digital shots). I intend to add stories when time passes by, so please check this page from time to time. Enjoy.
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"Flying the Optimal Weather to Rodez" | Long cross country flight to South France in the middle of the winter - VFR | December 2011 | New ! |
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"Mental Currency" | VFR Basic maneuvers, VFR navigation, instrument approaches | November 2011 | New ! |
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"Grand Canyon West Rim" | Third time over the Grand Canyon ! | October 2011 | New ! |
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"Pelgrimstocht naar First Flight" | Artikel over mijn pelgrimstocht naar First Flight Airport zoals verschenen in Piloot en Vliegtuig magazine | March 2011 | in Dutch |
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"The Italian Job" | Local flight in Arezzo (Italy) with friends: Siena, Cortona, Trasimeno | July 2011 | |
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"Koksijde Airshow 2011" | Short report on the Koksijde Airshow 2011, featuring the US Thunderbirds a.o. | July 2011 | |
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"Turning Eggs in the Sky" | Local flight taking up friends ... in 30 knots wind |
May 2011 | |
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"Pilgrimage to First Flight" | HD Video about our Pilgrimage to First Flight Airport in North-Carolina to pay tribute to the gods of aviation: the Wright Brothers. | March 2011 | |
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"Diamond Star IFR Checkout at Atlanta PDK" | HD Video about my IFR checkout on a Diamond Star DA-40 at Atlanta's PDK airport. | March 2011 | |
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"First Time in Control" | Local flight under and above a winter inversion. My ten year old son in control of the aircraft for his first time. | January 2011 | |
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"Strapping on my Wings in Malaysia" | A video compilation about my learning to fly in Malaysia | January 2011 | |
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"Easy Molecules" | Quiet, easy VFR flight. Molecules were still sleepy. | January 2011 | |
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"And we have Whiskey on board" | VMC to Karlsruhe, IMC back, with the Mooney | September 2010 | |
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"Four of a Kind" | Instrument practising and mentoring | July 2010 | |
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"Stuck in the US ! What to do ?" |
What to do when you are stuck in the US and you brought your flightgear ?? | April 2010 | |
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"The Bryce Page" | Magic flight from Las Vegas to Bryce Canyon and Page | April 2010 | |
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"How to connect a camcorder to your airplane's intercom ? You need an Attenuator !" |
Simple electronics project to improve in-flight audio capturing | December 2009 | |
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"Winter Flying" | A clash with Ryanair in a winter landscape | December 2009 | |
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"Into the Tiger's Lair !" | Visiting the Nato Tiger Meet 2009, and penetrating the Tiger's Lair ! | September 2009 | |
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"In-flight Emergency" | Static line blockage causes very false readings | August 2009 | |
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"Agri Aviation" | Nice trip to Normandy in search of old friends | July 2009 | |
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"Spa Reigns" | Forth and back to Spa IFR. Colleagues as co-pilots | May 2009 | |
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"Hail, hail, rock and roll !" | Training flight with the Mooney, nicely avoiding bad weather | May 2009 | |
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"Urselitis" | The Urselitis' fever is setting in after a flight to Spa was cancelled again | May 2009 | |
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"The Grand Canyon Fly-over !" | Flight of a lifetime: over the Grand Canyon, solo. | April 2009 | |
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"Aviodrome" | Visit with kids to Holland's nicest aviation museum | April 2009 | |
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"Flying Granny" | Flight to Budel to take my granny up in the sky | March 2009 | |
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"Seniors in Antwerp" | Sunday flight to Antwerp full of seniority ! | March 2009 | |
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"Go see the doctor!" | Going for the Class 1 Initial Medical with ECLG in Brussels | March 2009 | |
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"English Proficient" | At last I am officially English proficient ! | March 2009 | |
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"Ostend Queen" | Testing the T-tail in Special VFR to Ostend | March 2009 | |
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"Anti-rust Protection" | Six IFR approaches to avoid any flying rust build-up | February 2009 | |
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"End of the Year VFR" | A relaxed VFR flight to St Omer in France on a nice winter day, with my daughter as co-pilot | December 2008 | |
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"Further on the Mooney" | Further training on the Mooney | October & November 2008 | |
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"Complex Endorsement" | Finally obtaining the complex endorsement | September 2008 | |
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"Berlin Tempelhof Memorial" | Paying tribute to "the Mother of all Airports" | August 2008 | |
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"Flying Cider" | Getting together and fly with friends | June 2008 | Some Dutch |
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"Congonhas - Santos-Dumont" | Exciting commercial flight from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | June 2008 | |
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"The Piper Stories" | VFR & IFR with the Piper | May 2008 | |
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"Acro-a-Gogo" | First introduction in aerobatic flight | May 2008 | |
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"Mooney Familiarisation" | Getting to learn the Mooney better | February & March 2008 | |
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"French Caen Caen" | 4 pilots and a Mooney on a winter flight | December 2007 | |
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"Neighbourly Trip" | Flying in the neighbourhood with the neighbours | August 2007 | |
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"The Secret of La Canourgue" | What is going on in La Canourgue ??? | August 2007 | |
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"Double Alès" | Twice in two years Alès as base | July 2007 / August 2006 |
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"This Mooney means Business" | Up and down to the UK in one day | July 2007 |
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"Koksijde 07 Airshow" | Visiting the Koksijde Airshow 2007 | July 2007 | |
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"Crazy Family" | Fetching fire wood in the Ardennes by means of motorbike, truck and airplane of course | May 2007 |
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"The IFR Long Navigation Trip" | Combining 3 trainings in one flight: the most interesting and demanding flight I have ever done ! | April 2007 | |
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"Aerial Photo Trip" | Son as pilot, father as photographer | March 2007 | |
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CAVOK and rain, but I don't care | March 2007 |
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Going back to the flying roots again | November 2006 |
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An IFR training / refueling trip to Southend | November 2006 |
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About how I ended up flying onto Madeira without going there |
September 2006 |
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No fresh clothes during the hottest day of the year | July 2006 |
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A cheap way of acting like an airliner | June 2005 |
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Ever thought of using your airplane to go to office? | March 2005 |
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A story written for the Dutch Piloot & Vliegtuig magazine about a trip from airstrip to airstrip in Malaysia | December 2004 |
Dutch only Updated! |
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Three flying friends going west | June 2004 |
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Or how my pilot license became useful for once | July 2002 |
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Learning the tricks of the trade | June 2002 |
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About being down-under and unable to resist the temptation | May 2002 |
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Showing off during training | March 2002 |
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Flying around the Petronas Twin Towers | August 2001 |
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"9M-TOP" |
A story from the start of my flying when training in Kuala Lumpur | June 2001 |
