Trip to La Palma

Posted on 19 October, 2022 by Stan | 2 Comments

Yesterday the weather was fantastic and we took of early from Tenerife south airport on our training flight toward the island La Palma. As there was not much traffic, we decided to practice with the student the SID (standard instrumental departure) and the arrival into La Palma.

Even though that we operate under visual flight rules, we can request simulated instrument departure or arrival and simulate it under VMC. We briefed the procedures with my student and requested the simulation.

We did the Araco 4E departure followed by the NDB36 into La Palma airport as you can see on the image from Flightradar24. It was a very good practice. After we took off from La Palma again, we flew around the island and enjoyed some spectacular views of the landscape.

Enjoy some more images from the journey.

Tenerife during our early morning departure from Tenerife South airport

Flying simulated NDB approach into La Palma

Imagine to live here... — Imagine to live here…

Volcán Tajogaite is still smoking... 🌋 — Volcán Tajogaite is still smoking… 🌋

Flying in Slovakia 🇸🇰

Posted on 24 August, 2022 by Stan | Leave a comment

We like to fly and see the world from up there…

Got the opportunity to fly in Slovakia, country where I was born. Our trip took us from Bratislava to the High Taras and back on a shiny DA40 😀 on a warm and sunny summer morning.

Our route from Bratislava to High Tatras and back

Flying out from Bratislava Stefanik airport was on my bucket list, so one thing less to do…

And now just enjoy some nice views of the green countryside and the mountains.

Safe flying!

The “Death Grip”

Posted on 30 October, 2021 by Stan | 8 Comments

It’s been a while since my last post… In the coming weeks I’ll post some updates about the news from the last months… 🙂

If you ever wondered what the expression “Death Grip” means, here is the visual answer for this :-). When I took this image, this expression just came through my mind, so here it comes!

However, in aviation this means that the pilot is squeezing the yoke very hard while flying the airplane. This happens to a lots of pilots, especially when you fly a plane for the first time, or you don’t feel very comfortable.

Happy Halloween everyone!