The Reno Air Races
on Oct 23, 2008 in reno reno air races nevada mike brown big bossman reno stead Each year in September an incredible aviation event takes place, the Reno National Championship Air Races. For one week, races are launched one after another over Reno Stead Airfield in Nevada and spectacular shows are presented between two runs.Thes...

Flying over remote areas
on Oct 22, 2008 in aeroplane remote area siberia pilot fly flight etops airport plane airplane aircraft One of the air transportation's problems concerns the flights above remote areas, like deserts or oceans. These areas can be extremely vast and it is impossible to land there in case of a flight interruption because no appropriate airport can be foun

Trip around Brittany, Act III
on Oct 22, 2008 in brittany aeroplane guerande trip travel private pilot fly flight france Last act of the trip around Brittany.We woke up early in the morning to check the day's weather forecast on the Internet, and the situation is great. The sun shines almost everywhere over our territory apart from some thunderstorms in the south of Fr

Trip around Brittany, Act II
on Oct 22, 2008 in brittany aeroplane belle-ile-en-mer pilot quiberon fly flight weather morlaix france window The second day of the trip should have flown us from Morlaix to Quiberon, overflying the Brittany's most Western extremity. The plan was then to head to Brest and then reach the south coast and follow it until we reached the Quiberon peninsula. In a

Trip around Brittany, Act I
on Oct 19, 2008 in brittany trip travel sea pilot brehat fort la latte avion france coast As I quickly mentioned it in a previous post, I realised a three days trip around Brittany with a Cessna 172 last summer. The principle: following the coast all around the peninsula, accompanied by a lovely passenger - photographer girl.The first day...

Digiatl trip
on Oct 19, 2008 in video private pilot flight cessna aircraft toussus 152 Here is a short video from a Toussus -> Pont-sur-Yonne -> Toussus flight. You'll see some castles, some colourful Yonne river meanders, the city of Fontainebleau and its famous forest and finally the Ferté Alais airfield with vintage aircraft

Factor 10
on Oct 19, 2008 in trip travel private pilot vacation airplane mont saint michel aircraft Three years ago precisely, I was passenger of a Boeing 777 between Paris CDG and New-York JFK airport. Around 20 minutes after take-off we reached the European continent's border, ready to cross the Northern Atlantic area to join the United States. 3