Click Here To Help Improving This Blog !Exactly one year ago, I was in Cannes, working on my G1000 familiarization and preparing for my instrument rating renewal. In the evening, I connected my laptop to the hotel’s WiFi network, and posted my very first post on a blog which is the ancestor of this one. The good old plasticflying.blogspot.com (now a piece […]
I’ve never wanted to be a commercial pilot, I’m happy with my ground-based job (despite I’m changing by the end of the month…). I also know how complex it can be for business and airline pilots to manage a personal, family and social life. I’m not saying it’s wrong, it’s simply not for me.
However, some […]
I mentionned the AS-202 Bravo in my post about all planes I flew. This swiss-built plane is not very known, so let me tell you more about it.
The Bravo is a full metal three seaters single engine, with low wing, and a full vision canopy. It is powered by a 150 HP or 160 HP […]
Guessing which country one is overflying is never easy, particularly over regions with no major geographical features. The same guess at night is just impossible… except over Belgium ! For historical reasons, all Belgian roads are equipped with public lighting. From small alleys to major motorways everything in looks bright from above.
I recently enjoyed a […]
I’ve been invited to test photrade, a new web service for photo sharing, rating, and printing. I uploaded 29 of my favorites photos, which are all flying related. You can have a look at them under www.photrade.com/PlasticPilot.
The service is still in beta version, and will certainly need improvements. But I like the concept and features. […]
I already published posts about plane spotters, and about the good surprise that can sometimes be found on the homepage of www.airliners.net photo database.
While opening airliners looking for a particular plane, I’ve been happily surprised by a spectacular picture of a Gulfstream landing in Samedan. This picture has been taken by Florian Trojer, who made […]
This picture has been taken at a very secret place, where the factory producing low level clouds for all Switzerland is located !
As you can see, the factory itself is hidden in fog, but on this particular day the exhaust pipes of Cloud Production Units 1 and 2 were just visible.
Ok, seriously now… these are […]
These two lakes are on top of the Nufenen Pass, in the Swiss Alps. This picture has been taken from a DA40 TDI, flying from Lausanne (LSGL) to Lugano (LSZA), when crossing the pass towards south.
This pass is on the boudary between German- and Italian-speaking parts of Switzerland. As there was no wind on this […]
