It has been a while since I last sat in the cockpit of an Airbus A321, after flying the type for about three years at the beginning of my career. So I was more than happy to say hello to … Continue reading
Archive | Trip reports
Trip reports of any flight where I wasn’t the pilot.
First scheduled Airbus A350 flight world-wide arrives in Frankfurt!
When Airbus first started engineering the A350 back in 2004, it was more likely to be a modernized version of the A330 with new engines (like the ones the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is having). After low orders and lots of … Continue reading
South America in a week!
As most of you know, I was in South America recently. It was a long rotation – we started off from Frankfurt to Dakar in Senegal, where we stayed overnight. 14 hours later we were at work again to fly … Continue reading
Panoramic views of the United States
After some very tiring months, I had to take a break. This is why I went on a little tour through the United States, starting off at the East Coast with New York and the Niagara Falls. I then flew … Continue reading
Newspaper Article in Süddeutsche Zeitung
This summer I was interviewed by journalist Kim-Björn Becker of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, one of Germany’s biggest newspapers. He was interested in what I do, especially taking aircraft photos combined while being a pilot. Last weekend the article about me … Continue reading
Peek inside the Frankfurt ATC tower operations
As you might know, I have been to the air traffic control tower at Frankfurt Airport last year to talk to the air traffic controllers and take some photos. Last month I decided it was again time to visit my … Continue reading
NEW VIDEO: MD-11 Approach to Nairobi NBO
One of the routes that has been in the network of Lufthansa Cargo for ever is the Frankfurt-Nairobi-Johannesburg-Nairobi-Frankfurt service. Except for Dakar and Cairo, these are the only destinations in Africa that the airline serves on a regular basis. Departure … Continue reading
NEW VIDEO: Bush flying in Kenya – on board the Cessna Grand Caravan
According to Wikipedia, Bush flying is defined as “aircraft operations carried out in remote, inhospitable regions of the world. Bush flying involves operations in rough terrain where there are often no prepared landing strips or runways”. This is most definitely … Continue reading
