Learning how to fly: the private pilot license. 1978. During my first trip to Europe , I am lucky enough to capture this picture of Concorde at Charles de Gaulle Airport , France, from the window of the Air Canada Boeing B747 that flew us over the Atlantic. The arrival was punctuated by a missed […]
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J’étais le pilote de Hitler. The book “J’étais le pilote de Hitler” tells a true story that was originally published in 1957. The 2020 French edition, presented and annotated by Claude Quétel, improves our understanding of Hans Baur, one of the founders of Lufthansa in 1926, Hitler‘s personal pilot, but also a high-ranking Nazi SS […]
(Precedent story: unexpected thunderstorm cells) After a proficiency check, I soon find myself flying a Cessna 170B (tail wheel) on a flight across Canada, from St -Jean-sur- Richelieu, Quebec, to Edmonton, Alberta. I am accompanied by the aircraft’s owner who has not yet completed his private pilot course. The 1952 Cessna flies well, but has […]
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Update October 5, 2014
Hi, There has been few additions in the past weeks, especially in the photography section, under Province of Quebec. A book about the Bugaled Breiz affair has been presented. There has also been, in the flight simulation section, under FSX, a C130 experimenting a double engine failure while enroute from Smithers to Prince George, Canada. […]
The Shorts 360 and the Juancho E. Yrausquin (SAB) airport. This is a flight with the Shorts 360 between the St.Maartens (Princess Juliana Intl) airport and the Juancho E. Yrausquin (SABA, SAB or TNCS) airport. The Shorts 360 at the Princess Juliana Intl, ready for take-off for the Juancho E. Yrausquin airport. The Juancho E. […]
Grosse-Île airstrip and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 It took the Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS 2020) for me to discover this landing strip on Grosse-Île. Even the Canada Flight Supplement (CFS) from Nav Canada does not mention it. Decades ago, Canadian authorities used this island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River as a quarantine […]
1978. During my first trip to Europe , I am lucky enough to capture this picture of Concorde at Charles de Gaulle Airport , France, from the window of the Air Canada Boeing B-747 that flew us over the Atlantic. The arrival was punctuated by a missed approach due to adverse weather conditions. 1980. I […]
A twin-engine BE-58 lands on an aircraft carrier. Here’s a virtual flight made on a flight simulator using Microsoft Flight Simulator software. A Beech Baron BE-58 left Key West Airport, Florida (KEYW) a few minutes ago, heading for the CVN78 USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. In the real world, this just isn’t done. But in […]
The flight simulation with Microsoft Flight Simulator lets you fly over the planet like never before from the comfort of your own home. As airports around the world transmit weather observations at all times, it’s possible to import this data into the flight simulator and fly virtually in the real weather conditions reported around the […]
“Patrick Cockburn spotted the emergence of ISIS much earlier than anybody else and wrote about it with a depth of understanding that was in a league of its own.” – Press Gazette Journalist of the Year Judges The book presents a bigger picture of what is happening in the Middle East than what we are […]