Click Here To Help Improving This Blog !I don’t know any statistics about superstition (and don’t really want to know any), but the fact is here: many airlines are affected by superstitious passengers. Typically, most of them have no row 13 in their aircraft, nor operate flight with number number including 13.
One noticeable exception is British Airways. Not only they operate BA1313 […]
If you’re an airshow fan, you probably already heard or (or went to) the Axalp. If not, let me give you a short description. This airshow takes place in the Swiss Alps, in the region of Brienz. The site is not exaclty friendly and the spectators have to walk for one an a half hours […]
When evaluating the value of an aircraft, one of the key factor is the TBO: Time Between Overhauls. Engine and propeller manufacturers define maximum time-in-service. The closer the engine / propeller is to this maximum age, the lower the plane value. This is rather logical, as the new owner will have to replace them sooner […]
In Switzerland, the route to a private pilot license goes through evening classes to prepare the theoretical examination. These are not always fun and animated - I know, I’ve been the “teacher” for a couple of years in Geneva Aero-Club…
Hopefully, most student groups include one “different” student. It can be someone with a strong sense […]
Pilots have to keep track of their flight time in a logbook, which contains various columns for time spent in training, as pilot in command, co-pilot, in single engine or multi engine aircraft, by day, by night, flying visually or on instruments…
To me, the best column however is the last one: Remarks and Endorsments. During […]
The title of this post may sound slightly evangelistic, but it is true: flying made me a better person. Ok, this is may be part of getting older (I started flying in my early 20s and I’m now in my early 30s), but here are some of the qualities that I developed through my aeronautical […]
This is the time before the next flight I planned in a light aircraft. This will be the longer interruption in my flying activities ever. Before starting training for my IFR, I went through a shorter non-flying period, to put enough money aside.
We have been living in Frankfurt area for one month now, and thing […]
The core of the “Principles of Flight” course (a.k.a. PoF, a.k.a. Aerodynamics) is the chapter about the four forces. This piece of propaganda and disinformation has been designed to make pilots think that four forces apply to an aircraft and govern its spatial evolution: lift, weight, thrust, and drag.
This is a fundamental mistake, and I’ll […]
When I listed smart things to do when non-flying, making projects was on top of the list. If I logged all the time I spent imaginating next flying activities, the total would probably be 5 to 10 times higher than my total flight time.
I temporarily suspended my flying activities because of my new job and […]
With digital photography, it’s very easy to modify and improve pictures using simple software. I will show how to easily improve an in-flight photograph using Photoshop, or any other imaging software.
For this demonstration, I selected a typical picture of an island, taken while overflying the Cannes’s Bay.
This photo is rather typical of what can be […]
