Recently I got asked by Air Navigation Pro to answer a couple of questions for their blog. I use their application for navigation on my Ipad during my fligths…
I got featured on their blog, and you can read the full story here: http://blog.airnavigation.aero/2017/12/air-navigation-pro-pilot-story_18.html
Safe flying! 🙂
About to touch and go at La Palma airport (GCLA)
In this short clip I’ll explain you how to calculate the true airspeed. Knowing the true airspeed and the ground speed, we can determinate whether we have headwind, or tailwind.
It’s very simple:
FL 75 (7.500 ft)
IAS = 90 kts
TAS = 100 kts (TAS inceases with increasing altitude)
GS = 109 kts
if
GS > TAS => have tailwind
GS < TAS => headwind
This means in our case, we have 9 kts TW (tailwind).
Fly safe! 😀
Sharing with you a short video of the approach into La Gomera airport (GMZ/GCGM), RWY 27 with ATC audio in spanish.
Like to fly to La Gomera, you always get a friendly “Welcome to La Gomera” by ATC over the radio. 🙂
Hope you’ll enjoy the views! 🙂
A short video o how Playa de las Américas looks like from the air.
Enjoy it!
Flying over Playa de las Américas from The Piper Pilot on Vimeo.
A short clip of the ILS approach on RWY 30 into Tenerife North (GCXO/TFN) airport during my basic instrument flying module course back in 2014 at Canavia.
You are invited to subscribe to my Youtube Channel as well for more video from my flights.
Safe landings! 🙂
Sad end for the Piper, but a lucky end for the occupants.
This plane (Piper PA28, EC-DSD) crashed in January 2009 while attempting to cross the mountain “Montaña de la Crucita” (6.761ft high) during VFR flight into IMC conditions resulting in an impact in the mountain at 5.700 feet, just 1.000 feet bellow its top.
Plane’s route
The 3 occupants were injured and were rescued by the helicopter of the Guardia Civil. There were no fatalities.
Wreckage of the EC-DSD.
The slop of the mountain.
Wreckage of the EC-DSD.
Wreckage of the EC-DSD.
The plane seems to be moved from its initial position and most of the parts are already missing.
The plane seems to be moved from its initial position
The crash site is only 1 km from the road, but the access is difficult. On the images you can see the slope of the mountain and the surroundings; I´ve attached the plane´s route as well.
You can park your car at the Mirador de la Crucita and start walking from there:
Source: Ministerio de Fomento/Spanish Ministry of Development.
On the 22nd of march 2019 the plane was transported by a helicopter to a scrap yard, where it will be scrapped by a company Rimetal. This was her final flight after 10 years on the mountain.
Safe flying everyone!
Just found some images from my earlier flights, when I was using the Gopro mounted on the wing…
I´d like to share with you these 4 images. I like the colour scheme. Hope you´ll enjoy them!
Gran Canaria Presa de Soria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
