Airways are like highways for cars. An aircraft has to fly on these airways to fly from 1 place to another. There are different kinds of airways but I’ll explain the basis of how they work. Let’s say you take your car and want to drive from Amsterdam to Paris. You take a highway to …
You might have noticed on my other social media platforms that I love to do watersports. It has been something I’ve been doing every summer since my 6th birthday. My parents had plans to open a Waterskipark in Almere, near Amsterdam (cable park Almere.) I liked swimming already so my parents put me on a …
If you have anything to do with aviation you probably heard once or twice the word AUTOPILOT. Nowadays you even hear it if they talk about Cars. Who is this guy called autopilot and how does he log its flight hours? I’ll try to explain you some of the basics below. The autopilot release work …
Today I want to explain everyone where I’m from and explain a bit about my little country. There is a big misunderstanding about The Netherlands, the country where I’m from. Often people think the following when I say: “I’m DUTCH” people understand that as Deutsch, as the people speak that language in the country on …
A while back I got asked if I could write down a typical day on a private jet, but as you can imagine there is no such thing a typical day in Aviation. Nevertheless I’ll try to make an impression of a typical day on a private jet. (The dates are changed so tomorrow is …
The biggest stereotype might just be about being a pilot. Aviation is a relatively young profession and people ask me often about all these stereotypes and if they are true. Do all pilots have perfect eyesight? If a pilot stays in a hotel do they have sex with all flight attendants. After the movie Flight …
I know you look forward to the weekend, I promise you that you are almost there! I just wanted to help you get through the weekend. Today not a real blog but some of my favorite aviation youtube video’s. Just some fun stuff to help you on your way to work today. I hope you …
I often get questions about the gear I carry with me for my photo’s and movies that I make. I use mostly my mobile phone because I always have that with me. I don’t walk out without it. But if I know I’ll go into a city that I don’t know or I’ll go out …
“Dear passengers, this is your captain speaking from the flight deck. We are fully ready but unfortunately, we got given a SLOT in about 45 minutes from now. Please setback and relax and we let you know if we will get any improvements.” Now people who are in aviation know that you just have a …
Did you ever see the program about people pretending that they are someone they are not? (MTV Catfish) It is easy to take someone’s identity online and copy someone’s profile and pretend he/she is someone he/she is not. This thing happened to me as well a few times now. People pretend that they are me …