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Hello If you have not flown during the last 12 months, I think you must make a new in-flight examination ( skill test ) with an examiner ( NOT an instructor !! ). On the DGTA website, you can find the AEROPLANE LICENSING MANUAL where you should find confirmation. Here is the link to download it ( it...

As a radar controller( working in front of a radar screen in our ops-room ), I don't see a lot of traffic ... but I speak everyday with the crews ... Last example : OOMSG that crashed a few weeks ago ... I spoke to this aircraft ( on the FIC frequency ) a few days before the crash ... of course, I d...

For info, today, RC522 left Luxembourg with destination Everett KPAE. Callsign was "Boeing 522" (BOE522 )

Might be a kind of training ... " Hey, Vueling, if you don't mind, a FAF Mirage will intercept you for training !! "
By the way, did you notice the fighter pilot was taking pictures from his cockpit !! Must be nice as a wallpaper on his computer ...

So a private company exists and provides air re-fuelling for any air force in need of this service ???
Did some of you knew that ??

I can assure you that seen from ATC radar ops room, the traffic has increased .... even if it might be denied from behind a management's desk ... We, AT Controllers, have to face it everyday and work it live ...

Wooooh ... Must have double checked the fuel quantity .... or even easier : "Please, full tanks !! "

The problem was the runway edge lights : they were snow covered, so not giving the required power !! the low visibility procedures were not applicable because of this !! The TWR has a sort of "checklist" to apply when starting low vis ops

Am I wrong or is the company trying to minimize this event ??