This is it... I'm now a commercial pilot! My CPL flight test has been the most demanding flight I've ever experienced. I had al...

Another thing wich will stay in my mind forever... my first ILS. I always dreamt to land in an international airport with lot of traffi...

I had recently my last sim session, here in New Zeland. It was an IFR route from Hamilton to Auckland and back.  The flight seq...

Nothing much to say these days, except that the training towards my CPL/IR still continues... The last few weeks have been dedicated to...

I started the IFR phase 3 weeks ago withs 2 days of grounsdchool followed by the first 6 sims. What can I say about it except that there is...

- What do you think about the flight? - To be honest, I think it was crap!. I know I could have flown more accuratly! - Well, it's ...

Finally I got the time to edit my 70Go rushs... I did this long nav the 10th of February. My route was to fly from Hamilton to Cape ...

Mt Ruapehu So far, my best flight ever... I was supposed to do a classic 2.5hrs nav from Hamilton to Taupo, Turangi, Taumarunui and ...

Why proper? Well, in my opinion a navigation is a flight where you take off from A to fly and land to B. And so far, I had flown only s...

A high pressure system has settled in over the North Island, so I'm pretty much flying everydays and I won't complain! ...

Here we are... The navs have started! Olotea Harbour I've done already 2 small navs. The first two navs are dual, followed by two...

It's all about hundreds... This is my 101st post on this blog, to celebrate my 100+ flying hours! I've been waiting a long...

Another day of circuits, and another day of happiness up there... The circuits today were mental. There were 6 or 7 CTC aircrafts in t...

After a week or so stuck on the gound I managed today to do my first solo with CTC on the Cessna 172 ZK-JMG.  Why it's been so lo...

Because I knew I'd have spare time, I had decided back in UK that I'd learn paragliding in  New Zealand. As soon as I got a car,...

I've flown 10 times since I'm here. I'm starting to get better with the radio comms, starting to know better Hamilton CTR re...

Today I had my fourth flight on my new steed, the C172.  I knew from my previous experience on a C150 at Quiberon air club, that ces...

Yesterday, the 20th, was supposed to be my first flight with CTC. I was scheduled to fly one of the DA20, ZK-SFG, off block time at 7pm. ...

A week after the begining of the groundschool it's already over. We won't complain about it as it was quiet hard to focus on an ...

 Finally we got there! Freshly arrived in New Zealand, we've got few days to rest before the begining of the NZ's Air Law...