Private Pilot

Last August, we flew to Corsica for a couple of days. Our plane was one of the DA40s at Altenrhein. Originally, the goal was to fly to Corsica’s Figari du Sud airport, but they were out of parking space for airplanes. So, we decided to …

Above a thick cloud cover, we flew into Dole airport, which is situated close to Tavaux. Unfortunately the rental car we booked (ok somebody thought he had booked it but the confirmation never came) wasn’t available so we got around by taxi (don’t do, quite …

Plane: DA40, Airport of departure: Altenrhein LSZR, Airport of destination: Györ LHPR, flight rules: IFR. We had a lovely time visiting my mother at Balaton lake. The area is so beautiful and she’s a fantastic cook (so we were basically spoilt rotten)! We also made …

Plane: DA40, Airport of departure: Altenrhein LSZR, Airport of destination: Salzburg LOWS, flight rules: IFR

flight to Nancy in IMC (instrument meteorological conditions), meaning you only see the water moving over your cockpit window and lots of gray stuff otherwise known as clouds. Also strong winds on landing. The city is very beautiful with a rather southern flair despite its …

overnight trip with Clare including a visit to a butterfly farm 🙂 Plane: Cessna 172 (DEPME), Airport of departure: Hohenems LOIH, Airport of destination: Colmar LFGA, flight rules: IFR (Z-flightplan)

Here are a few pictures of our night VFR flights (rating Feb 2018). To read more about getting the night VFR rating please see instrument rating.

Strasbourg two-day trip with Jing and Clare 🙂 Plane: Piper Archer 28 (DERSS), Airport of departure: Hohenems LOIH, Airport of destination: Strasbourg LFST, flight rules: VFR

Plane: Cessna 172 (DEPME), Airport of departure: Hohenems LOIH, Airport of destination: Portoroz LJPZ, flight rules: VFR

3 nights on Elba Plane: PA28, Airport of departure: Hohenems LOH, Airport of destination: Elba LIRJ, flight rules: VFR

Plane: Piper Archer DERSS, Airport of departure: Hohenems, Airport of destination: Lido

Visiting my parents 🙂 Plane: PA28, Airport of departure: Hohenems LOIH, Airport of destination: Linz LOWL, flight rules: VFR

Once you get your private pilot license (PPL) only one obstacle seems to get continually in the way – clouds. Why you ask? Well, with a PPL you are only allowed to fly in visual conditions. That is, you basically need to see where you …

So, this story starts in the early spring of 2016 with my husband, who obviously had too much time on his hands. He was busy researching the cost of flight simulator seats for his home computer when it dawned on him that a pilot license …