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Monthly Archives: May 2017

“The Aviator’s Wife” by Melanie Benjamin Can a novel about a woman’s life teach us something about aviation? Well, this one can. Based on Anne’s diaries and further research this novel comes close to a biography but in the nice to read novel style. Meeting Charles at the family’s Christmas […]

25/05/2017 in Chick's Review tagged Anne / Charles / Lindbergh / Morrow by PH-FLO | Open »

The difference between flying in the USA and Europe was explained to me by an American instructor as: In Europe it is “You can’t unless you can”, whereas in the USA it is “You can unless you can’t”. The rules and regulations are similar but the attitude is different. So, […]

Fly the USA – obtaining your Foreign License Based Airmen ...

18/05/2017 in Chicks Abroad tagged airman / certificate / FAA / license / USA by PH-KVO

A regular feature on our club agenda: Touch & Go Day, destination Midden Zeeland (EHMZ) … and having fun! As the day has been organized once more by our new chick PH-IRENE obviously we have to join counting also on getting some additional practise and enjoying Dutch “gezelligheid” together with other flying enthusiasts […]

Touch & Go and Touch & Go and..Touch & Go!

13/05/2017 in Chick's Logbook tagged Day Out / EHMZ / EHRD / Robin / rotterdam / Touch & Go / vliegclub / Zeeland by PH-FLO

I can’t tell precisely when my love for flying started. My dad worked for ESA, the European Space Agency, so space, spacecraft and aircraft, were always there. The first time I saw Top Gun was with my dad. We laughed our behinds off. That might have been it. Fast forward […]

Because I was inverted…

06/05/2017 in Chick's Logbook tagged aerobatics / barrel roll / EHRD / flying / girls / high power stall / looping / power on stall / Robin / Robin 2160 / rotterdam / unusual attitudes / upset attitude recovery / VCR / vliegclub rotterdam / Whenchicksfly by PH-KVO