Friday 21 November 2008

2008/09 Sander to Norderney and Eelde

click on the title to see the video on DailyMotion

We had been to Norderney before but this time Sander was in the right seat. Sander was able to practise the RT he learned the weeks before at school; and some other things :-). Ideal weather to fly with nice clouds, I like that a lot better than a totally blue sky. If you are leaving the islands later in the afternoon the lower sun over the Waddenzee and its sand plates offers a very special sight. Afterwards we dropped Sander off at KLM flight academy in Eelde where we were able to practise an ILS approach with a circling for 05. I have picked up IFR training again, with Eelco via Wings over Holland. I really like Eelco's approach to make maximum use of all the equipment available in the Diamond. His training is very complementary to the one I already received before; and it seems to me that this approach is very practical. Especially in difficult situations maximum use of the navigation and autopilot features gives you a lot less workload. I learned a lot of new possibilities of which I did not even know that the DA40 was capable of.

As I write this both Sander and Marijke managed to pass all their ATPL exams this week with an average around 90%. Good start for Sander and Marijke now only has 3 to go. Marijke will also finish her IR rating with Eelco.



Pancake Airlines Crew is trained by Dwarf Powered Gliders (www.dwarf.nl) and Wings over Holland (www.wingsoverholland.nl). Information on the PH-PCA Diamond DA40 can be found on www.diamond-aircraft.at. You can click on the title link to see the HD video on DailyMotion.

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