Today we planned to leave Nouakchott, the capital of Mauretania, northbound towards the Western Sahara, an area that is controlled by Marocco. Its main city is Dahkla on a peninsula. Continue Reading →

Today was the real first flying day of our adventure: flying Papa Charlie from Dakar to Lille.  Last night we decided that Fred would do this flight: VFR from Dakar Continue Reading →

I have been everywhere in the world: from New Zealand to Norway, from California to Uzbekistan. But I have never been to Africa. Until today. Today I got my first Continue Reading →

With the five co-owners of Papa Charlie, our 1978 Piper Turbo Arrow III, we had spoken for some time to flying to Dakar tracing back the routes of the famous Continue Reading →

Every year in August there is a fly-in on the airport of the Dutch island Texel (EHTX). My flying friends Yoeri and Kim had convinced me to come along, so Continue Reading →

Via Yoeri I learned that Dirk was looking for a ride to bring him to the seller of his dream: an aircraft ! I offered to fly them to Kulmbach Continue Reading →

It was the middle of the summer, and apart from vacationing I had not done anything useful yet. The flying microbe was itching so I decided to add another useless Continue Reading →

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 →