Guys today something pretty serious! I got approached by someone on Instagram asking me if I use sunscreen when I work in the cockpit? I first thought he was joking because well, I don’t. Only when I go into the sun for a longer time next to the pool I wear sunscreen before. We got into …
In the past few months I’ve been traveling a lot and every time I was packing my stuff I found out that I was packing way too much, for the bag I mean. Like in the past, going to school and you need to have 20 books with you for that day but you don’t …
That does that even mean? A type rating? There is a big misunderstanding about pilots and the aircraft they can fly. So today I’ll try to explain a little bit about the different aircraft and how it works. To start a pilot has to get a license like a car license. With a car license, you …
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 …
While waiting on the airport I started to think about the way we travel. Why do we prefer to fly? Why take a train or a car. Why take a bicycle at all. Starting with just taking a simple walk. Walk, I walk if I feel like it but if I know the walk is …
How to fly a plane? Easy! The formula on the right explains everything that you need to know. I promise you need nothing else. This is more or less everything they told me the first day of aviation training. I didn’t remember the formula anymore but at the time they pretended like you are going …
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 …
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 …