Homebase
Welcome to my online homebase, where I write about general aviation, and aviation in general. This is all about sharing my passion for aviation, and it takes many forms. From here you can navigate to different sections:
- Blog – Where I express my opinions, ideas, report about my flying and general aviation, and share flying tips, amongst other things
- Photo Galleries – 3000+ in-flight and aviation related photos
- Video Gallery – In-flight footage, inlcuding Samedan, Saanen and Courchevel
- Archives – blog posts and pages organized by themes
- Aviation library – checklists, manuals, accident reports, training documents, and much more – all available for download
- Recommended books – my favorite aviation books for better flying and entertainement
- Aviation news – Read more about aviation from news and other blogs feeds
- Reader Polls – Have your say in one of the ongoing reader polls, they never close !
My favorite topics are treated in separate pages:
- Aviation accidents – how to get informed, and to interpret information
- Flying high performance single engine piston aircraft – read what it means to fligh a 250+ HP engine, variable pitch prop and retractable gear aircraft
- Flying the DA42 TwinStar – all posts I wrote during my MEP training using a DA42 TwinStar
- Flying the Garmin G1000 glass cockpit – my central page about flying the Garmin G1000 glass-cokpit, a summary with links to many posts
- Flying in Switzerland
- Flying in the Alps
- Flying IFR as private pilot
- Sources of information about general aviation
There’s a lot of aviation related information on the web. I organized my favorite sources in various pages that you can consult to stay up-to-date:
- Posts from other blogs I selected for you
- Other pilot blogs
- Aircraft incident and accident notifications
- Aviation news
- Aviation safety news
To get the most of this website, you can also:
- Read more about me and this site
- Contact me
- Subscribe to get regularly informed
- Download free resources for pilots
- Buy branded tee-shirts and mousepads
- My flying photo books are also available online
I hope that you’ll enjoy this website, and come-back soon.
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