After a long time I found some time to write something on the website
It's no weather to fly today.

In the last months a lot of things happened I past 2 check flights, I did many solo hours and did a lot of navigation fights all a round Portugal.

I'm almost ready with the visual flight part and next month I will start with the instrument flight part of the course. But first I'm coming home for 1 week from 5 until 15 November I'll be in Holland.

A Socata TB30 from the Portuguese Air force performing a flyby a Evora

Sunset from my room in the Evora Hotel



The nice Portuguese coast

On the 9th of September I went for the first time solo a the NLS
I had to do 3 circuits with 2 touch and go's and a full stop.

Where after my tie was cut and I got a shower from my classmates.



My instructor Mr H. Fernandes leaves the aircraft


Take off at runway 01



After parking check list



Me and My instructor both happy that I'm still alive



Mr Fernandes Likes to cut the tie's very short



Shower



Erik didn't realy injoy it, giving me the shower

Tuesday I went flying for the first time it was very nice although there was a lot of wind and turbulence, we spent the hour getting to know the aircraft, flying slow and fast, flying with flaps retracted and extended, making turns and flying straight and level.

The rest of the week I will not be flying because there is no place for me in the schedule, so I spend my day doing most of the time nothing or learning procedures and check lists.

Today there was a Bell 222 helicopter at Evora airport to refuel so we went to see it (what else do we need to do here when your not flying) and we made some pictures.

Sebastiaan and a Bell 222


Taking off runway 19

Week 1 was nice we now had all the briefings and some of them where very interesting.

Tuesday I start flying I'm really looking forward to it because I've seen to much classrooms in the past 9 month that I now want to FLY

Friday night we have been to a bar where the beer was 75 cents per glass, and to a disco called Club Praxis in Evora, It was really nice we where at 05.30 back in the hotel.

Saturday and Sunday we stayed in the hotel and spend our day at the pool.

Our Hotel room, the beds are realy nice.



The OPS Room at school where we spent our days when we are not flying.

Hello People

After the first few days' I haven't flown a meter, we just sit in class and listen to briefings

about things we already know, but it's nice here and we have a lot of fun.

The hotel is O.K. there is a swimming pool and sauna and the food is not that bad.

On Monday we probably start flying, I'm really looking forward to it!

Greetings Sebastiaan