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 …
“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 …
A take-off can be done by the Captain (sitting on the left) or the first-officer (sitting on the right) in the cockpit. The pilot who does this take-off is called the “Pilot Flying” (PF) the pilot who is assisting is called the “Pilot Monitoring” (PM). Today the first-officer/co-pilot will be the Pilot Flying (PF) in …
What? Charter? What does that even mean? Most people don’t know what it means if I tell them I fly private charter. The first part is the easiest but the second part? No clue! I fly a private jet owned by a person or a family. But because of the expenses and maintenance, this family …
What is the perfect flight bag? It depends on how you want to use it and how much space you have. As I started flight school 10 years ago I had this very big traditional pilot bag and everything fitted in. This thing was massive, 43 liters. My supersized headset and camera and books and clothes …
What? Dementia? I thought this was an aviation/lifestyle blog? Don’t worry, it is. I did get 1 year older a few days ago so maybe! 😉 In 2011 I was flying in the south the Netherlands as a parachuting pilot. I wasn’t flying the parachutes I was shaking the passengers out at 3 kilometers. In …
As corporate pilots, we stay half of the year in hotels. Different hotels all over the world. Sleeping in hotels so often may sound like a dream come true for most people. For me, it was like this as well when I started flying. I always saw myself like Kevin from Home Alone in a …
How did you finance flight school? This is the most asked question I received on Instagram and on this website. Today I will try to give some clarity on this subject and hopefully, it will help you. It has been 10 years since I got my finance for flight school, things might have changed since …
The story of that little boy that tells everyone in primary school that he wants to become a pilot when he is all grown up. That guy was me, and it didn’t stop until I became one. (actually, as you could see I’m still talking about it) I always wanted to become a pilot and …
HOW DO YOU RECOGNISE A PILOT? He will f^€k!n& tell you! If you are on a party with people you always find out first who is the vegan person in the room and thereafter you find the person who is a pilot. It might sound a bit strange but it is something like this. I’m …