It’s almost two years ago that I wanted to take a Cessna 172 Skyhawk up for some traffic patterns at EDXR to keep current on the type.
I preflight the plane, start the engine and let Rendsburg Information know that I intend to shoot some traffic patterns.
A couple of weeks ago my brother Marcel purchased a Europa Classic Tri-Gear, registered as G-BWON.
In the weeks leading up to that purchase, I was involved from afar, evaluating a lot of pictures, email statements from the prior owners, etc., trying to fill in the blanks for Marcel.
Flying Dutchmen on the Internet
A couple of times a year, a group of flying Dutchmen who also maintain a blog about their aviation related hobby meet face to face, traveling to these meetings by air, preferably as pilot-in-command. The next meeting is scheduled on Sunday December 28th on Stadtlohn / EDLS.
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If you happen to fly and also call an Apple iPhone 3G your significant other, you might be interested to learn that i-hud.com has published a small software that turns your iPhone into a PFD.
This software uses the 3D accelleration sensors and the GPS-receiver that are built into the Apple iPhone 3G to derive the […]
Some time back an attempted FlyBlog-4 meeting on Juist (EDWJ) got flushed down the drain by a persistent patch of dense fog in the northern part of the Netherlands, causing those members who are based there to cancel the event.
A couple of times a year, a group of flying Dutchmen who also keep a blog about their aviation related hobby meet face to face and of course travel to these meetings by air, preferably as pilot-in-command… 
This time I was actually able to fit the event into my schedule.
During the weekend of ‘le grand jour de la grande nation’ I had the pleasure of spending some time in Vichy and Roanne.
During this weekend, I visited the RSA fly-in and also met one of the IBIS designers, who invited me to be checked out on two of these birds.
Ever since I became a member of NVAV, the Dutch homebuilder’s association, I tried to attend their meetings by air. Finally the weather didn’t intervene, so I took an old PA28-140 and flew down to Drachten (EHDR) to attend the yearly NVAV fly in.