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The Aviators by Winston Groom Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle , Charles Lindbergh and the Epic Age of Flight Remember Forrest Gump? Well, here is another book of its famous author! Groom combines the true stories of 3 impressive aviators starting with their childhood and family background influencing their later choices […]

02/09/2017 in Chick's Review tagged Aviators / Doolittle / Lindbergh / Rickenbacker / Winston Groom by PH-FLO | Open »

What do you do when you have never been to Sweden before, but am invited to a birthday party of somebody who was crazy enough to jump into a plane with you before (see “A sweet Swede in the Dutch sky“) and even still enthusiastic enough afterwards to try it herself […]

Sweet Swede up in the air again….discover Sweden’s South from ...

08/08/2017 in Chicks Abroad tagged Cessna / Esloev / Malmo / Sweden by PH-FLO

Relaxed sightseeing flying in Connecticut What do you do when you receive a text at 7.30 in the morning saying: “Sorry for the late reaction, but yes, our CFI Rob would be able to fly with you at 9.30 this morning.” First of all you stop being angry with your niece […]

Because I can….flying in the US

21/07/2017 in Chicks Abroad tagged Connecticut / Meriden Aviation Center / piper / USA by PH-FLO

Jean Batten’s “My Life” Born in New Zealand in 1909, Jean moves to the UK when her parents separate. Supported by her mother, she gains her license aged 21 and sets up to break all records for flying between the UK, Australia and later on also New Zealand. This is […]

24/06/2017 in Chick's Review tagged Australia / England / Gipsy Moth / Jean Batten / memoir / New Zealand / South Atlantic Solo by PH-FLO | Open »

The open day at our flying club is always a nice chance to share our enthusiasm, chat with other pilots and simply enjoy a sunny day with fuel fumes and planes all around. When you are then coaxed into organising it it quickly turns into a mixture of nightmare, fun, […]

VCR Open Day 2017 – sharing our flying enthusiam

11/06/2017 in Chick's Logbook tagged hoogvliegers / Open day / Parachutes / rotterdam / stichting / VCR / Victor Romeo Formation / vliegclub by PH-FLO

“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

What do we state on our front page? “Our ideas for trips and stories usually come up spontaneously and also along the way we stay open for anything that might happen and that guides us along to the next adventure.” Somehow this is also how my latest adventure came along: […]

When the right side does not feel right

24/04/2017 in Chick's Logbook tagged learning / lesson / right / seat by PH-FLO

What do you pack when you escape just for a week to your the village where you grew up on regular family visits? Unfortunately the restricted luggage rules did not leave space for my full pilot gear – but at least logbook, license and medical still fit into my bag…and […]

Flying high from LOWS

17/04/2017 in Chicks Abroad tagged 172 / Bayern / Cessna / Chiemsee / OESC / Österreich / Ruhpolding / Salzburg / Sportflieger by PH-FLO

Finally! The weather is promising all weekend long, our agendas match for once, we have booked good old PH-NSC and we have both completed our yearly check flight last week. It looks as if finally we will be taking off together again! And funnily enough we realize: in the two years […]

First Chick Flight 2017 – getting rid of the winter ...

04/04/2017 in Chick's Logbook tagged 2017 / C172 / Cessna / Dordrecht / EHMZ / EHRD / First / Go / Harbour / Robin / rotterdam / sunshine / Touch / Zeeland by PH-FLO

“Flying asses through Africa” by Jack Mitchell What do you expect when the author himself apologizes his summary of short stories as “funny, sad, politically incorrect, rude, racist, hysterical, ridiculous, opinionated, sardonic, sarcastic, condescending, vulgar and occasionally philosophic!” Well, exactly that: a relaxed read which makes you laughing out […]

26/03/2017 in Chick's Review tagged Africa / Asses / Charter / flying / Jack / Laugh / Mitchell / Tourist by PH-FLO | Open »

Sunday March 12th 2017- for the first time this year sunshine and spring temperatures hit Holland. Already at 11 o’clock our Ladies’pilot app group is busy: “Will we see each other on the club’s terrace later?” I am glad to answer with yes, because today I will join our feathered […]

First solo – one of the most exciting steps in ...

16/03/2017 in Chick's Logbook tagged First / Mansur / rotterdam / Solo / vliegclub by PH-FLO

Wind, Sand and Stars & Night Flight by Antoine de Saint- Exupéry If you read and loved the little prince, you will certainly love these books as well – not only as reading, but also as they are giving you a bit more background about Saint-Exupéry himself. Night flight describes […]

22/02/2017 in Chick's Review tagged aeropostale / Antoinde de Saint-Excupéry / argentina / chile / dakar / dessert / france / little prince / lost / mail flying / night flight / paraguay / patagonia / wind sand and stars by PH-FLO | Open »

…enjoy a bit of extra “groundschool” After long weeks of either rain, hard wind, low clouds or thunderstorms, finally the weather is just what you want and expect in summer: blue skies, mild winds – the perfect setup for a good flying day. But oh yes, you are stuck in […]

When the skies work against you….

22/02/2017 in Chick's Logbook tagged chat. fun / Decision / learning / lesson / PIC choice / theory / unuasal / visibility / vliegclub / weather / wind by PH-FLO

The Wright Brothers by Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough “We couldn’t help thinking they were just a pair of poor nuts. They’d stay on the beach for hours at a time just looking at the gulls flying, soaring, dipping.” This way the Wright brothers are being described by a citizen […]

05/01/2017 in Chick's Review tagged book review / brothers / David McCullough / pioneer / prize / pulitzer / Wright by PH-FLO | Open »

Christmas time, time to slow down, reflect but also to look out for things to come in the New Year! We are confronted with year’s reviews in newspapers, magazines and TV shows. Which inspired me to look at my flying year: A few remaining training and solo hours to do to […]

Lessons learnt – My 2016 Flying Review

20/12/2016 in Chick's Logbook by PH-FLO

Day 1 After our amazing trip this spring it was not really a difficult decision to say: “I wanna do this again – and this time the whole bushpilot package, please!” Well, nearly the whole as you can skip the first couple of days reserved for the license validation which […]

South Africa Part II – A diary of 6 days ...

29/11/2016 in Chicks Abroad tagged Bushpilot / Jo'burg / Johannesburg / Kunkuru Safari Lodge / PA 28 / PA 28 235 / SkyAfrica / South Africa by PH-FLO

Lindbergh – The tale of a flying mouse by Torben Kuhlmann Did you ever wonder who gave Charles Lindbergh the idea of flying? Read this book and you will know! Many years ago a little, well educated mouse misses her friends who have all escaped to America from a scary new […]

20/11/2016 in Chick's Review tagged America / book review / children / flying / Hamburg / invention / Kuhlmann / Lindbergh / mouse / New York / tale by PH-FLO | Open »