Real Flying

After my first experiences with FS2-4 in the early nineties I decided to get my PPL. I took lessons til I got my RPL at the MartinAIr Flying School at Lelystad Airport (EHLE), The aircraft used was a American Tiger (AG-5B).

After I visited almost every airport in the Netherlands I decided to get my PPL. In the Netherlands it is quite expensive to rent a plane. So why hire or take lessons in a 4 seater if you can do the same in a 2 seater? So I went for a Cessna 150 (PHGRA). and took lessons in navigation at Polder Aviation.

In the spring of 2005 I decided to join the Diamond Diesel Flyers. A bunch of people that are going to operate a brand new Diamond Star (DA40), it has a TDI diesel engine. This cuts down the fuel costs quite a lot. Besides that it is a very modern and advanced airplane.

On this page I will show some pictures of approaches to Dutch airfields and offcourse the DA40 TDI. The plane arrived in the Netherlands on sept 26th 2005. I did my check ride on it on oct 4th.

Lots of goodies, IFR certified, only the stormscope is missing !!

On high final for Lelystad rw 05.

EHLE rw 05, You can see the ex KLM 747 PH-BUK at the rear right, standing at the apron of the Aviodrome museum.

EHLE, rw 23 , short final.

Short final on EHMZ runway 27.

Arriving on middownwind for rw 04 at Texel Airport ( EHTX ).

EHTX Runway 04

We made a IFR flight with 2 other members of the flyingclub from Rotterdam (EHRD) via Merville, France and Liege,Belgium back to Rotterdam. The ceiling was covered with a base on 4000 feet, so very nice for my first IFR experience.

The DA42 twin star made by Diamond is a very modern light twin 4 seater plane with the Garmin 1000 avionic set.

Final for Liege, cleared to land.