27-9 Soo by now I made my way to Chicago. I arrived at 9 am. I dropped my luggage off at the luggage lockers and I went to the city. I had no idea what to do in Chicago because I didn't do any preparations besides making a planning how to go from the Union station to Midway airport in Burbank where I'd be picked up by my host. I just walked around downtown until I came across a nice park. I found out later that this was millennium park. Aaron had given me 6 bag...

Hello there!! So I decided to put up my experiences that are related to the holiday in the US as well. I'll mark those "NF" (non flying" in the title so that the peeps not interested in those things can skip the posts and get to the flying parts right away. So yes, I made it to New York in one piece on the 23 September. I arrived at Brussels airport 3 hours early, checked my bags in and got an exit seat. It was great, it was right next to the entrance door s...

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...