Deze introductie gids heb ik geschreven voor iemand die zijn PPL in de USA wil halen en misschien dat het nog voor meer mensen handig kan zijn, dus daarom dit berichtje even tussendoor. Hallo, Eerst even wat achtergrond info. De luchtvaart wetgeving is nu nog nationaal geregeld door het KIWA, ILENt en de Nederlandse wetgeving. Deze wetgeving is gebaseerd op JAR voorschriften. JAR staat voor Joint Aviation Regulations en die zijn gemaakt door de JAA, Joint A...

Hello all, It's been a while since the last update. But after all this planning and studying it's finally time for me to go the Yankees tomorrow!! Last week I've been to Oslo, Norway for a week just because I could! Great fun but now I am looking forward to go to the US and travel from East to West by the train and finally start the flight training! The weather looks great, 21 C in New York and Chicago, 35 C in El Cajon pfffff, suburb of San Diego where I'll be ...

Hi there, Time for a little update. By now I got everything sorted for the flight training and the first part of the holiday. I also managed to get a couch to stay at in Chicago, about 30 minutes from the city centre. This weekend I went to Lelystad airport where there is an Aquila A210 aircraft demonstrator. It's the plane that I'm considering to participate in, meaning that I buy 1/50th of the aircraft and get to fly against cost price and if there's a prof...

Alright, a little update about the visa application. To study in the US you need a M-1 Visa. The I-20 form is issued by the school and this is the basic document to apply for the visa. One also has to pay a SEVIS fee which costs 200 USD at this time of writing. You pay it after you get the I-20 and pay it online. Then you fill out the d160 electronic form on the website of the US consulate. It takes about 1.5 hours to complete. Once all this is done you have...

Now that I have the class 2 medical certificate I'm ready to enrol into flight school and book the flights to and from the US. After a lot of research with the pre and after travelling in mind I decided it's cheaper and more practical to book 2 single tickets from Brussels to NYc and from LA to Amsterdam. The M1 visa does not require to have the return ticket booked before you go. So far I only booked 1 single ticket to NYC, it's official now I'm leaving on the 2...