PPL IR Europe AC 2024
Introduction – Over the years, I’ve never entirely managed a trip to Hamburg; if it wasn’t for the weather, it was COVID, the trip just…
Simple trip becomes complicated
Introduction – For the last few years, I have visited the Erlangen Beer Festival, the first year with a stop in Prague, then the previous…
26/01/2025Flying to Luxembourg
Introduction – It’s long been an idea to fly to Luxembourg once I had got my Instrument Rating, however, due to COVID and other changes…
08/12/2024France for Lunch
Introduction – We had originally planned to fly to Luxembourg from Friday to Sunday. However, for safety reasons, the weather on arrival in Luxembourg was…
07/11/2024Flying into Amsterdam Schiphol
Introduction – Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the Netherlands’ largest international airport and one of the world’s busiest, with six runways, one of which is devoted…
13/10/2024IFR to Ibiza
Introduction – I visited this amazing island in 2015 and wanted to return, but this time in a light aircraft. Ibiza, one of the Balearic…
03/09/2024Italy’s Hidden Secret
Introduction – With big trips to Slovakia and Zurich under my belt and armed with a new oxygen system, it was time to extend the…
09/05/2024Visiting Zurich
Introduction – It’s always been a dream to fly to bigger airports, this time a country I’ve never visited; Switzerland. There were two choices to…
18/02/2024A thousand-mile journey to the edge of Europe
Introduction – After cancelling Hamburg in April, it was time to plan the first big trip of the year. Whilst originally we would repeat last…
03/12/2023
Implementing SOPs
What are SOPs? Firstly what are SOPs? Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are simply a specific way of getting things done and maintaining a steady consistent…
20/10/2023