Me, my girl and my plane on a mini vacation (S03 E06)

Normally, I use my airplane for trips where the flight is the destination and not so much the destination itself. But since my airplane is a pretty fast vehicle, why not use it as a means of travel? This weekend off, to the beautiful province of Zeeland, was not only...

Den Helder Airport; a great GA destination (S03 E05)

On a beautiful Saturday morning, Kevin and I chose a destination that isn’t very familiar to General Aviation: Den Helder Airport a.k.a. Maritime Air Base De Kooy. Up until now, we only knew this airport as a Control Zone (CTR) on a chart. It turned out to be an...

Sharing a flight with a ForFunFlyer Fan (S03 E04)

Every time I go flying, I ask someone to be my co-pilot or passenger. I love to share my passion for aviation and what better way to do that from inside a cockpit, right? This time I asked longtime supporter Cindy to tag along, on a flight to Texel International...

Ignition module overhaul; the solution? (S03 E03)

Servicing the high voltage side of the ignition system and overhauling the carburetors, didn’t solve the engine vibration at low idle of my Rotax 912 ULS. The next thing I wanted to rule out, was the low voltage side of the ignition system; the somewhat...

Testing my Rotax 912 engine during flight (S03 E02)

After almost two months of work on the engine, it was finally time to give her a spin again. The reason for doing all the work, was a slight vibration at low idle, which can be caused by a lot of different things. Did all of the work solve the issue? Well, I got...

Trying to fix my airplane (S03 E01)

The closure of my home airport, due to yet another COVID lockdown, opened up the possibilities to give my airplane some extra TLC. Not that my TL Ultralight TL-96 Star needed a lot of maintenance, but there were some little things and somewhat bigger ones, to take...