I have been today at my airfield, with Ania. When we drove in via perimeter road, I remarked: “hey, look the hunter is out”. It was sitting on a tarmac getting ready for startup. Had a curious look around the cockpit, not seeing the pilot. When we got to the squadron, Ania went about...
Read more →This was suppose to be published a long time ago 🙂 And I believe it’s incomplete. For last 3 years we have tried to get around Europe in a light aircraft. Finally, this year we can call a success! It was a big challenge to organize, it was a lot of luck, and it...
Read more →I’ve started flying with my iPad properly mounted on my leg. Previously I had it loose in the cockpit, usually in the back pocket of passengers seat. Easily accessible, but not always, as I had to stow it in critical portions of the flight.
Read more →iPad is a great device for flying, however it has one big mishap for cockpit use. The shiny screen which attracts sun so well that unless properly placed in the cockpit you can see nothing!
Read more →For my Euro Trip which I have planned with Ivan Horsky I’ve decided to purchase an iPad 2 to help us with planning and flight tracking. The original idea was that we are going to fly around europe in a PA28 which has just a single GNS430 and having a second GPS/Moving Map device...
Read more →After 3 days of waiting we had an engineer come over from Bournemouth to fix the plane. Even when there is Diamond Industries HQ 100km away, the maintenance company wasted 3 days of our life and didn’t get us anywhere. The engineer started work minutes after arrival 10am . First he took off the...
Read more →For this flight I’m the PIC, after embarkation, started pre start check list. I’ve decided that maybe I will ask ATC for engine start before starting it. Avionics on, Tower set and for some reason I’ve managed to request a flight to Bautzen instead of engine start , got “taxi Delta” … me “request...
Read more →After parking and disembarking the aircraft a fuel truck arrived. Oh, we didn’t plan fuel requirement yet, fortunately, the driver didn’t had card terminal what gave me a few minutes to make an estimate plus reserve and it looked like we need 13 US gallons. Unfortunately his truck works in litters. Quick dash at...
Read more →Just came off a flight from Berlin to London On approach to STN, sudden go around; climb, flaps, slats, landing light do not go out after prolonged climb, me thinks, hm… Something wrong, captain comes on PA, flap failure… I can see some fluid dumping from the wing, initially – thought that it’s jet-a...
Read more →This was it. We entered the aircraft, settle down. Proper passenger briefing and some captains brief. Ivan decided he will handle flying and radios, I was to help with navigation and radio pre selection.
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