Frequently I get the question if you should start flight school now? To save you a lot of reading: my answer is “NO!” Let me explain to you why and some little side stories about what happened to me. Due to the Covid19 epidemic, we have a crisis on our hands. a reduction of more …
I’ve been standing next to the runway of the airport Schiphol for as long as I can remember. My grandmother used to take me to the airport so I could watch airplanes. I’ve always known that I wanted to become a pilot. Instead of going to the zoo or pool, you could just put me …
Today I’ll give you some tips and tricks to save money during your already expensive trips. I’m from Amsterdam and its about 30 minutes from the airport Schiphol. first thing you can save money with is taking a train instead of a taxi. If you prepare yourself a little bit you can easily find out what is a cheap …
I remember that I was allowed to come with my father to his work for a day. He worked for a large company and had an office job. I never really understood what he really did there. When I asked, he explained it to me as if it was a company that spied of other …
A few weeks ago I’ve spent some time in Berlin. My colleague and I drove for about 45 minutes to get to this abandoned airport. It is the airport where Clause von Stauffenberg departed to try to kill Adolf Hitler during the second world war 2. The airport opened its doors in 1936 for arrivals …
I want to talk about what happened to me at the airport. Let see who can relate. Most of the time when we travel towards the aircraft we travel in uniform. Let us say that the aircraft that I fly myself is waiting for me in Londen than I have to take an airline towards …
This question is so often asked on Instagram. What would you prefer to fly, airline or private? Do you want to fly a bigger plane? The answer is quite simple! At this moment I fly a so-called Medium sized jet that flies faster and higher than most airlines and could fly further than a Boeing 737 …
Let’s talk about drones. In the past 8 years, you could find them more and more. Also the discussions about them you could hear more and more. In my case I love them. I started with a cheap drone about 5 years ago, simple and difficult to fly. With this simple one, you could film …
Turbulence is one of the things that frightens the most passengers on board of an aircraft. People mostly thing that the wings of an aircraft will fall off because of this or it might end up into something worse but these stories are not true. In this blog, I’ll try to explain in an easy way …
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 …