Night VFR training with Ghent Aviation
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 →
Category Archives: Training
Mental Currency
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 →
Diamond Star IFR Checkout at Atlanta PDK
HD Video about my IFR checkout on a Diamond Star DA-40 at Atlanta’s PDK airport. The airplane is equipped with a G1000 cockpit with Synthetic Vision: Take-off from runway 20L Continue Reading →
Four of a Kind
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 →
JAA ATPL Theory Course via Distance Learning (stopped)
Yes, I have made the decision: I want to continue feeding my Flying Frenzy, so I want to continue obtaining ratings and licences. I am a strong believer in continuous Continue Reading →
Further on the Mooney
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 →
The Piper Stories
As the Mooney I was training on is under repair, the owner flew over his Piper Archer PA28-180 N3987X for further IFR flying. Although not as fast and heavy as Continue Reading →
Acro-a-Gogo
My JAR PPL(A) Class Validation was due for renewal, and according to the law, you have to fly one hour with an instructor to become current for revalidation. Having taking Continue Reading →
Mooney Familiarisation
Sortie 1: Weather is improving … spring is in the air … time to get to know my new love somewhat better: the Mooney M20J N201DJ based at Lille Lesquin Continue Reading →
Obtaining my FAA Instrument Rating as a European Private Pilot
People say that obtaining an instrument rating is the most difficult aviation thing to do for layman pilots like me… If that doesn’t sound like a challenge! So when having Continue Reading →