111.2h – Validation Complete

You come home from flying with a big grin on your face. You take off your shoes and – damn, what’s that smell?! – you probably had your first solo. In my case, I completed the validation process from FAA to EASA by a first solo in EASA-land. Yay! Party time! Three landings were required…

108.3h – No Pain No Gain

If a passenger would glance at my logbook she or he would never fly with me. I just filled another page and there is only one flight where I did not have an emergency. Although it was all simulated – I had no normal flights. I am longing for the day when I take off…

High Final 25

This picture is here to attract people and because Pilatus Porters on high final look badass. Heading straight down to earth and put down right on the numbers. But can you do that in a Piper Tomahawk? That’s the link to this article. Let’s find out. On thursday I had two flight lessons. (Two flight…

Piper Tomahawk

Finally I went flying! It was two months ago when I decided to validate my FAA certificate. I was confident to do that during the week I came back from Canada. Obviously I was wrong. I will be working on it until January or so. But let’s talk about the joy of flight rather than…

Augen wie ein Adler

Bild: Mein Blindenflughund Zorro ist bereit für den Einsatz im Cockpit. “Your eyes are great, tomorrow you gonna fly at the airlines!”, sagte mir der Doktor, als ich In den USA noch nicht einmal 10 Stunden Total Time hatte. Und ja, in den USA dürfte ich, aus medizinischer Sicht, auf der Linie fliegen. Der Augenuntersuch…

Halfway There

I found my way though all the paperwork. This is what ‘halfway there’ means. Every time I think I am done Switzerland has another surprise, another step for me. It is annoying since I don’t have a clue how long it takes in the end. What I wanted was a flight with a local flight…