by Petter Hornfeldt | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog
I decided to write this post after having seen a video of a KC-46 tanker making a very tight approach into the Paris Airshow yesterday. The aircraft made a very tight left turn to align with the runway at about 100 feet for landing but the crew overshot the centreline...
by Petter Hornfeldt | May 28, 2019 | Blog
Yesterday was one of those days where you sit down after the flight and think; “I shouldn’t have even mentioned it”. I was planned to fly a long, four-sector day. The day included a flight from my home base, Girona, to London Stansted and back and,...
by Petter Hornfeldt | Apr 19, 2019 | Blog
“I have always been a very healthy person”. Thats something I think almost every member of my profession will say, the first time they run into real medical issues and I certainly did. 3 weeks ago I was travelling home after a week of simulator duties and...
by Petter Hornfeldt | Dec 27, 2018 | Blog
When I was 14 years old I was given a test lesson in a Cessna 172, by my parents as a birthday gift. This was the start of my life in the airline business but i had no idea about that, then. It was a wonderful, cold autumn afternoon when I took off together with the...
by Petter Hornfeldt | Dec 21, 2018 | Blog
Hi my friends! I just want to write a short update to my previous story about my temporary winter base. I have been working out of one of our simulator centres for almost 3 months now and I have started to notice a few things. 1: Living your life out of a hotel room...
by Petter Hornfeldt | Dec 21, 2018 | Blog
Hi everybody! Yesterday I did my triennial IPC (Instructor Proficiency Check) . This is a line-check that all line-training captains have to do, at least every third year, in order to show the airline and the authorities that we are competent to do the job as...
