Had a great day today.
Today I flew with a C172 over Holland (the part of the Netherlands that actually is Holland). To be precise, I flew from Rotterdam to the isle of Texel and back. The C172 is owned by a friend of mine who is an instructor. I flew myself most of the way, apart from the moments that I wanted to take some pictures. My wife and my oldest son Robin were sitting in the backseat. For Robin (5 years old) it was a big event as it was the first time that ever sat in an aeroplane. This flight (see map below) took us over:
- The Hague
- Valkenburg airport, a famous WWII site (landing of German airborne troops and their defeat), still military, so I cannot post the pics.
- Zandvoort (and it's racing circuit)
- Ijmuiden (the modern harbour of Amsterdam)
- The North-Holland peninsula
- De Kooij aerodrome, famous for being base to the 1ste Java in 1940, place of the biggest dogfight by Dutch D.XXI's, still partly a military base.
- Navy harbour of Den Helder, again, cannot post the pics.
- The small and very nice airstrip of Texel
- The Waddensea, famous nature preserve and source of out earth-gas industry
- De afsluitdijk, big dam (>30 km long!) which made the Zuijderzee into the fresh-water Ijselmeer
- Pampus, with it's famous ancient fort, still protecting the old Amsterdam harbour
- Muiderslot, big medieval castle
- Utrecht
- The fairytale castle of Haarzuijlen
- Gouda
- Rotterdam
I'll post pics when I've sorted them out.
Today I flew with a C172 over Holland (the part of the Netherlands that actually is Holland). To be precise, I flew from Rotterdam to the isle of Texel and back. The C172 is owned by a friend of mine who is an instructor. I flew myself most of the way, apart from the moments that I wanted to take some pictures. My wife and my oldest son Robin were sitting in the backseat. For Robin (5 years old) it was a big event as it was the first time that ever sat in an aeroplane. This flight (see map below) took us over:
- The Hague
- Valkenburg airport, a famous WWII site (landing of German airborne troops and their defeat), still military, so I cannot post the pics.
- Zandvoort (and it's racing circuit)
- Ijmuiden (the modern harbour of Amsterdam)
- The North-Holland peninsula
- De Kooij aerodrome, famous for being base to the 1ste Java in 1940, place of the biggest dogfight by Dutch D.XXI's, still partly a military base.
- Navy harbour of Den Helder, again, cannot post the pics.
- The small and very nice airstrip of Texel
- The Waddensea, famous nature preserve and source of out earth-gas industry
- De afsluitdijk, big dam (>30 km long!) which made the Zuijderzee into the fresh-water Ijselmeer
- Pampus, with it's famous ancient fort, still protecting the old Amsterdam harbour
- Muiderslot, big medieval castle
- Utrecht
- The fairytale castle of Haarzuijlen
- Gouda
- Rotterdam
I'll post pics when I've sorted them out.