Who among us has not despaired when trying to read and understand the ICAO chart? Especially with complex airspace structures, such as those found around airports, it can be very nerve-wracking trying to read and understand the ICAO chart. Ultimately, it's also a question of safety; it can happen very quickly that you overlook an airspace. Furthermore, it is not always easy to visualise the airspaces in three-dimensional space.
The importance of ground handling for flight safety is emphasised time and again. It therefore made sense to engage Peter Cröniger, who, together with Simon Winkler, is further developing ground handling and the associated techniques, to provide us with further theoretical and practical training. Bodenlos e.V. organised a lecture on Wednesday and the practical training session with Peter on the following weekend.
Biwaktours, very few of us do it. For the majority of us standard Ottonormal pilots, bivouacking is too strenuous, too dependent on the weather and too dangerous, the list goes on and on, but there are a few pilots who are not deterred by any of this. One of these intrepid pilots is Ben Spengler. In this interview, he shares the experiences he has had in recent years and many tips and tricks for bivouac flying.
Every pilot who wants to take part in air traffic is obliged to call up the current NOTAMs as part of their personal briefing before the flight. Paragliders tend to neglect this, but of course this obligation also applies to us, at least if you want to go on a flight. But what options are there for retrieving NOTAMs and what do you need to bear in mind? What are the advantages and disadvantages of these methods?
This is the 3rd part with tips that make everyday piloting easier.
Nothing is so good that it can't be improved - a realisation that also applies to the suspension of my 360°Actioncam.