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The Spitfire Story by Jacky Hyams Ever wondered about the good old times of flying the Spits? Then you definitely have to read this book! Jacky Harms collected personal stories and facts from behind the scenes of the Spitfire age: inventors, pilots, ground crew, engineers, factory staaf – everbody gets […]

The Spitfire Story – Book review

13/02/2021 in Chick's Review tagged Jacky Hyams / Spitfire by PH-FLO

Why not use the time to brainstorm about what you would like to do during your ext holiday? A week of bush flying training? A round trip with extensive nature spectacles to be seen from the air? A relaxed holiday with your flying buddies or family with plenty of time […]

Start planning your dream flying holiday in South Africa now

13/02/2021 in Chicks Abroad tagged Bushflying / Fly in Botswana / Fly in Johannesburg / Fly in South Africa by PH-FLO

Family time in Northern Germany-usually no time to escape for a quick flight and if there is the Northern weather is against me…but this time all works out: blue skies, 33 degrees, a C172 and flight instructor Olli available to hit the skies! Previously a military air field Hungriger Wolf […]

Nordish by nature-Flying from Itzehoe Hungriger Wolf EDHF

30/08/2019 in Chicks Abroad by PH-FLO

Abenteuer Weltumrundung by Reiner Meutsch With a Piper Cheyenne around the world – Reiner Meutsch has been doing this with his co-pilot Arnim Stief. Their 10 months tour brings them from Germany to Africa, over Asia towards Australia, passing North America towards Latin America and then finally heading back via the […]

31/07/2019 in Chick's Review tagged Abenteuer / book review / cheyenne / piper / Reiner Meutsch / Weltumrundung by PH-FLO | Open »

Is it really day 3 and thus my last day with David and the guys from Airplanes4rent? I am afraid so – but I know we have left the best for last! Yes, I did not make it to Key West and went to Orlando rather than to the Bahamas […]

Oh happy days in Miami’s skies

11/11/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged Airplanes4rent / beachtrip / C172 / Florida / Fort Lauderdale Executive / Miami by PH-FLO

When my ex colleague Sonny called a few weeks back asking if I would be free for dinner that evening we certainly did not expect to meet again so soon-this time for lunch in Orlando. Here I am in Fort Lauderdale, with my little Cessna from airplanes4rent, David my […]

Why not fly to Orlando for lunch

08/11/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged Airplanes4rent / Apopka / C172 / Florida / Fort Lauderdale Executive / Orlando by PH-FLO

My program for 3 days flying in Florida was pretty simple: Key West, Bahamas, Orlando. But sometimes even simple things do not work out and you have to go with the flo(w). Airplanes4rent located at Fort Lauderdale Executive reserved a Cessna 172 for me including David as safety pilot. As usual […]

When I nearly flew to Key West

07/11/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged Airplanes4rent / C172 / Everglades / Everglades City / Florida / Fort Lauderdale Executive / Naples by PH-FLO

Flying is fun! But it also gets a bit boring when always taking off on the same routes, stop for a coffee and fly back again. Didn’t we all start one way or the other to discover the unknown and see things from a different view? A nice way to […]

Beer is in the air – autumn rallye at the ...

07/10/2018 in Chick's Logbook tagged rallye / Robin / VCR / vliegclub rotterdam by PH-FLO

“Sunshine!” Once again I am relieved when I open the curtains (much too) early on Saturday morning. Once again it is our open day at the flying club, once again many hours of preparation have been spent to present our club to the outside world and make potential new students […]

VCR Open Day 2018 – sunshine, fun and lots of ...

12/06/2018 in Chick's Logbook tagged Open Dag / Open day / Robin / Rotterdem Airport / VCR / vliegclub rotterdam by PH-FLO

What do you expect when opening big hangar doors and you look at a sparkling Stearman and a couple of colourful Pitts? Right – there must be an aviation lover nearby. In this case the aviation lover is Ivan van der Schaar – Captain at BA ComAir, aerobatics instructor, airshow […]

Ivan van der Schaar – Amercian Flying Classics & Aerobatics

11/06/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged aerobatics / American Flying Classic / Brakpan Benoni / Brakpan Flying Club / British Airways / classic planes / Comair / FABB / Ivan van der Schaar / Pitts / South Africa / Stearman by PH-FLO

When Mike sent me the dates of Botswana Airshow in Matsieng I just had to smile: is it coincidence or good fate that this event takes place on the last weekend of our Botswana flying tour? Whatever it is I simply have to join it! Thankfully Rick’s return […]

Botswana Airshow @ Matsieng

31/05/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged Airshow / Botswana / Matsieng by PH-FLO

Yes, we are crazy about flying and yes, we are even crazier about flying in South Africa. But the good thing is….we are not the only ones! So for the first time I organize “my” flying holidays together with 8 more people: Petra, Reinhard, Jan Robert and Rick will spend […]

Let’s do it again! South Africa & Botswana May 2018…a ...

15/05/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged Botswana / bush course / bush flying / Cessna / Cessna Caravan / Chobe River / Douglas / game spotting / Kalahari / Kasane / license validation / Limpopo Valley / Mashatu / Maun / Nanchang / Nxamaseri / piper / Pitts / Safari / Skyraider / South Africa / Victoria Falls / Yak by PH-FLO

“Forever Flying” by R.A. “Bob” Hoover 288 pages full of an amazing piloting life story – I honestly could not put the book away again. Bob Hoover does not only look back at more than 50 years of flying experiences, from barnstorming to army testpiloting, supersonic developments, speed records and a […]

17/03/2018 in Chick's Review tagged aerobatics / barnstorming / Bob Hoover / Chuck Yeager / supersonic / test pilot WW II pilot by PH-FLO | Open »

For weeks the weather is bad….well, worse then just bad: either the clouds are so low that you cannot see the top of the street lights or the wind is blowing too strong….then finally, sun in sight…..but no planes available…..but hang on, I do have the check out for our […]

Sunshine, sightseeing…and just a bit more

27/02/2018 in Chick's Logbook tagged Amsterdam / Coastline / Glass / Maasvlakte / paper nav plan / repetition / Robin / rotterdam / Scheveningen / Schiphol / traditional navigation / training by PH-FLO

“Hey, I am around your area for a long weekend. Fancy finally meeting?” Since our blog post about flying in Austria roughly a year ago Petra from www.hingeflogen.com and we have stayed in touch, exchanging flying stories and experiences. Now it was finally time to meet in person. And what better place could […]

When hingeflogen.com meets chicks @ Hangar 7/Salzburg/Austria

19/02/2018 in Chick's Logbook tagged Flying Bulls / Hingeflogen / LOWS / Red Full / Salzburg by PH-FLO

“We” by Charles A. Lindbergh First published in 1927 just shortly after his famous flight, the book is now available again in reprint still including original introduction and forewords. And it is in this foreword from Myron T. Herrick (US Embassy 1927) where Charlese Lindbergh and his adventure are probably best […]

08/02/2018 in Chick's Review tagged Charles / Lindbergh / pioneer / Spirit of St. Louis / Transatlantic by PH-FLO | Open »

Time flies when you are having fun…. Flying fun when you are having time… Fun time when we are flying… We are looking back at a great year and cannot wait for the 2018 adventures to start!

Click for Chicks Best of 2017

21/12/2017 in Chick's Logbook tagged 2017 / Africa / Austria / Best of / rotterdam / Sim center mike / Simulator / Sweden / USA / VCR / when Chicks fly by PH-FLO

There is a saying in German: when doing something 3 times it becomes a tradition. Well, I guess with this third trip South we have a tradition started then! While previously sticking to South African home turfs, this time we went border crossing towards Botswana and…nearly also to Zimbabwe. Unfortunately […]

Botswana 2017 or: the tradition to fly in South Africa

21/11/2017 in Chicks Abroad tagged Botswana / C182 / Cessna / Chobe River / flying / Haina safari lodge / Johannesburg / Kalahari / Nxamaseri island lodge / Okavango / Safari / South Africa by PH-FLO

Abenteurer der Lüfte by Alexis Von Croy National Geographics at its best: with this 400 page turned covering more than 100 years flying history. Ex chief editor of German’s “Fliegermagazin” and “Planet Aerospace” von Coy collected 14 stories of pilots, planes and technical development, background stories, research and personal notes from […]

15/10/2017 in Chick's Review tagged Amelia Earhart / Flying history / Hudson landing / kee bird / lady be good / Lindbergh / supersonic / Wright brothers by PH-FLO | Open »

When Chicks fly to Midden Zeeland On a sunny Saturday two chicks decided to fly to Midden Zeeland for coffee and burgers. But what are chicks without a rooster? Just two hens… So this time they took a rooster with them! And so Mansur packed his bags and got ready to […]

What happens when two chicks take a rooster along to ...

29/09/2017 in Chick's Logbook tagged EHMZ / EHRD / flying / Midden Zeeland / Robin / VCR / Video / vliegclub / Zeeland by PH-MPG