Click Here To Help Improving This Blog !When pilots don’t fly, they project new flights - I’m no exception to this rule. One of my projects is to fly 12 legs in a day, to 12 different airports. It all started while discussing with a friend pilot. I suggested 10 airports, but as it sounded too easy, so we decided to make […]
Flight simulators are great tools… as far as you use them the smart way. Not all flying skills can be practiced with every simulator. I’m not talking here about full-motion simulators, but of the kind of software that can run on any PC. More precisely, I don’t even consider using a joystick or yoke, but […]
Controlled and restricted airspace are a major obstacle to VFR flying. TMAs are growing with each airspace revision, and they are no longer simple ractangles… If you fly inside controlled airspace without a clearance, the complexity is certainly not an excuse, particularly as modern navigation means are available.
Bad weather, disorientation, and the resulting stress […]
If you want to add a new destination to your logbook in 2008, why not Switzerland ? As a local, I can give you some tips to make your swiss operation seamless and enjoyable.
Customs
Important things first: Switzerland is not member of the European Union, so you’ll have to clear customs. Some airports and airfields offer […]
The way flight schools and aero-clubs teach VFR flight planning is exactly the same as decades ago: Unfold your en-route chart, draw your route, measure tracks and distances, find out the flight time for each segment. Then review the departure and arrival procedures on the Visual Approach Charts.
This method worked for years and will continue […]
