When some aspects go WRONG…
An extremely bumpy departure from Nuremberg in the Diamond DA40, an RNP into a very bumpy Baden-Baden Karlsruhe and some decisions on my planning go absolutely wrong. Luckily the planning aspects were…
19/01/2023Heading to Bavaria IFR for Beer
After a brief stay in Prague, we head to Nuremberg Airport, the second busiest airport in Bavaria for the nearby annual beer festival, Bergkirchweih in the nearby University city Erlangen. Summer has…
05/01/2023Intense IFR to Prague
A routine IFR flight to Prague encountered thunderstorms, then a lengthy period of frontal IMC beyond the ceiling capabilities of the aircraft, and various icing issues as we navigate into Prague Ruzyně,…
22/12/2022Prague & Erlangen
Introduction – For many years I’ve wanted to join Erlangen Bergweich, which is one of the oldest festivals in Germany. Like Oktoberfest with better weather. With the previous two years cancelled due…
11/12/2022Slot Delay
After a weekend in Spain, we fly back to the UK in a challenging IFR journey that almost ended up in a diversion. Watch as the world’s busiest airspaces’ normal traffic flow…
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Longest Flight Ever
Join myself and Ryan as we battle against the strength of a cold front to Girona, Spain in the longest flight I’ve ever undertaken in a light aircraft. With a flight time…
04/11/2022Flying IFR to Spain
Introduction – With the restrictions in the UK almost gone for over a year, and most of Europe now fully open my head turned towards a long-distance flight, with the original destination…
30/10/2022Embedded TCU at destination
After a 2 hour flight of clear skies, we are thrown into IMC with embedded towering cumulus (TCU) on our way to Kortrijk Airport, Belgium. It wasn’t easy, and the RNP approach…
02/09/2022Unable to negotiate LTMA
It happened again! One of the quirks of the UK ATC system. We were too low and on the wrong route back to the London FIR, which meant we could not negotiate…
05/08/2022April Showers
With a convergence line forming between the Dover Strait and Le Mans, we had to navigate around Cumulonimbus to get to France. This IFR flight was aided by the Golze ADL200 allowing…
22/07/2022
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Longest Flight Ever
Join myself and Ryan as we battle against the strength of a cold front to Girona, Spain in the longest flight I’ve ever undertaken in a light aircraft. With a flight time…
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