“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? 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 …
Today I would like to tell you why I started the blog in the first place a few months ago. It came up when I spoke with a friend of mine who develops websites. He told me that I should think about it because it might be interested in a long-term basis. At first, I …
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 …
In 2007 I bought a sweet wallet from Oakley that I loved. I used it every single day for the last 11 years until the end of 2017 it came till an end. The leather of the wallet was done. The fabric inside was heavily damaged so I was looking for a new one. A …
Flying on a private jet means that you are away from home about half of the year. mostly in private aviation, you have a schedule that keeps you on the aircraft for about 16 days per month. Sound good? 16 days with the aircraft means you are 15 nights sleeping in hotels, living out of …
Curacao, the island in the south Caribbean sea in front of the coast of Venezuela. So far all the knowledge I got from Wikipedia. I didn’t know that much about the island before I went there, I knew it was a former colony from the Netherlands but that’s about it. I went there to visit …
My first blog, Lets see how this will work out. Today I’ll fight to make a website. Soon you will know how that worked out. My friend told me just begin somewhere, but I have no idea where to begin. What to do? What to make and what not to touch . Lets see how …