Local

I try to keep myself current to fly every type of plane I'm checked out for at least once every 90 days. The weather was excellent, so I took the F-GCJD out for a flight counterclockwise the Schiphol CTR.

It was a very gray day when I went up in the air for a local flight to keep my currency up-to-date. I tuned into the tower frequency of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and noticed that it wasn't too busy. A typical case of fingers crossed, asked for permission to enter the Amsterdam sector, and got it! [...]

To keep myself current, every now and then I rent an airplane for a local flight. Sometimes I do some Touch & Go's to practice my landing skills, and sometimes I just fly around for a bit of sight seeing. The last thing is what I did on the 5th of July 2018. From Hilversum via [...]