Thanks for flying!

On 17 and 18 March, more than 40 colleagues sat in the captain seat of a general aviation plane and participated in “Be a pilot for a day”, an introductory event to the world of aviation, organised by the ECB Aviation Club, the flying club of the ECB, together with Rhein-Main Aviation, a leading plane […]

First step towards bush flying

The term ‘Bush Flying’ refers those flights were take off and landing are done on rough terrains and often over wild areas where navigation is made difficult by steeply rising ground or the lack of visual aids. Although this is niche of aviation, it is very common in places like Alaska, Papua-New Guinea and Africa. Planes used for bush […]

Little flight report

It was Saturday the 29th July 2017, as Cassandra, Lukas and I met in Babenhausen (my base) for a short flight around Frankfurt. The weather was nice. It was sunny, warm and a little windy, but ‘professional’ passengers like Cassandra and Lukas, this represented no problem. We took place in our aircraft, which is a […]

Flying over Los Angeles

Aviation in California Southern California is an iconic place for aviation. Just to quote a couple of examples, the Mojave Desert, a few miles north of Los Angeles, hosts the Edwards Airforce Base, where all American fighter planes and many NASA space crafts have been and are often still tested, the first FAA approved space […]

Be a pilot for a day 2017

Following the success of last year’s “Be a pilot for a day event”, we organised also this year a similar event obtaining an even greater response rate. The purpose of “Be a pilot for a day” is to bring friends and colleagues closer to the world of aviation and break some of the myths surrounding […]

My first time in Malmi (Finland)

Over the past year I have travelled often to Finland for work. I soon came to know the story of this beautiful airport. Malmi airport (EFHF) was opened in 1936 and served Finland as main aeronautical hub until the airport of Vantaa took over in 1952. Today, Malmi is in one of the few pre-war […]

Whit Monday

I pick-up Enrico in Schweizer Strasse at 8.30. It’s Whit Monday and the weather is good, we need to rush to enjoy smooth air and not too much traffic in the sky. The “menu” for today is to request the clearance from the ATC of Frankfurt to overfly the city following the Main (pron. maɪn; […]

Spring flight between Frankenstein and the Rhein river

On our latest flight, we flew over the hills in the south of Darmstadt, we saw the famous Burg Frankenstein and then came back flying over the Rhein river. On Tuesday 16th May at 17.30 we reach the airport of Egelsbach (ICAO: EDFE). The DA40 is already refueled and waiting only for us. We went […]

Virtual Reality video of a landing

Would you like to know how it feels to land a small plane? Then join us in cockpit for a short video of a landing in a Diamond Aircraft DA20. The video has been shot with a special camera that allows you to play it back like virtual reality. To enjoy this functionality, you can […]

A Sunday flight over the Rhein river

Flying VFR (which stands for Visual Flight Rules) in the German winter generally goes together with some frustration coming from very variable weather. Even when the sky is blue, your airfield may be one of the few spots covered by a layer of fog that makes take-off and landing impracticable. This winter was however different, we […]