Month: September 2015
Sep 28th – Day 1. The US flying adventure starts here. This will become my 4th flying trip within North America. Together with my Belgian fellow pilot Ludo (who’s making his 1st flying trip within the USA), we departed with Lufthansa from Luxembourg and arrived in Denver via a quick stop in Frankfurt. Upon arrival…
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Most of the private pilots I know in Luxembourg en Belgium are using Air Nav Pro, Skydemon or Jeppesen Flite Deck on their Ipad’s. All of them have got their pro’s and con’s. As we were preparing to take off for our USA flying adventure, we learned that in the US, there’s another program which…
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I’m leaving shortly for the 4th time to the USA for a flying adventure. Together with a trusted fellow pilot from Belgium, Ludo Holtappels, we’re going to explore during the first half of October the American Southwest by the air in a rented Cessna Skyhawk (172). There will be plenty of adventure (mountains, deserts and…
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On Sunday, Sep 6, 2015, weather was still fine. After a short night sleep, it was time to fly again to Belgium and end our journey. We were finally able to get my gopro camera Hero3 to work properly and control from the Ipad. I’m quite surprised from all the options and possibilities it offers,…
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Landing and taking off from Altiports is spectacular and thrilling, but our French instructor Dominique took us now to two altisurfaces. First, we’ve been visiting and landing on the altisurface of St Jean d’Arves. Code name is LF7331. It is located high in the Alps nearby Pra Sauge and Pré Vernay Saint. Approaching this place…
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Today, we enter a new and rather spectacular world. It is all about Altiports and even more thrilling: “Alti surfaces” (there’s no English translation for this). I must admit I never even heard the name of “Alti surface” before. An altiport is a mountain airfield in the Alps, where landing requires great experience. I landed…
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On Day 2 (Sep 5, 2015) of our fly out to Annecy in the French Alps, the plan is to go for a mountain excursion. Jean Birgen arranged that we have got 5 local mountain flying instructors available. Our instructor, called Dominique, was waiting for us at the Grenoble airfield at 9am, we learned the…
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Our Luxembourg UPL-AOPA pilots club has been organizing its 28the edition of the fly-out to the French Alps. Jean Birgen has been the driving force behind these adventurous pilots gathering. 28 years in a row, always the first weekend of September, that is more than remarkable. And the point is, that this particular fly-out tends…
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