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Chicks Abroad

Read about our adventures abroad

Why not use the time to brainstorm about what you would like to do during your ext holiday? A week of bush flying training? A round trip with extensive nature spectacles to be seen from the air? A relaxed holiday with your flying buddies or family with plenty of time […]

Start planning your dream flying holiday in South Africa now

13/02/2021 in Chicks Abroad tagged Bushflying / Fly in Botswana / Fly in Johannesburg / Fly in South Africa by PH-FLO

Family time in Northern Germany-usually no time to escape for a quick flight and if there is the Northern weather is against me…but this time all works out: blue skies, 33 degrees, a C172 and flight instructor Olli available to hit the skies! Previously a military air field Hungriger Wolf […]

Nordish by nature-Flying from Itzehoe Hungriger Wolf EDHF

30/08/2019 in Chicks Abroad by PH-FLO

Is it really day 3 and thus my last day with David and the guys from Airplanes4rent? I am afraid so – but I know we have left the best for last! Yes, I did not make it to Key West and went to Orlando rather than to the Bahamas […]

Oh happy days in Miami’s skies

11/11/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged Airplanes4rent / beachtrip / C172 / Florida / Fort Lauderdale Executive / Miami by PH-FLO

When my ex colleague Sonny called a few weeks back asking if I would be free for dinner that evening we certainly did not expect to meet again so soon-this time for lunch in Orlando. Here I am in Fort Lauderdale, with my little Cessna from airplanes4rent, David my […]

Why not fly to Orlando for lunch

08/11/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged Airplanes4rent / Apopka / C172 / Florida / Fort Lauderdale Executive / Orlando by PH-FLO

My program for 3 days flying in Florida was pretty simple: Key West, Bahamas, Orlando. But sometimes even simple things do not work out and you have to go with the flo(w). Airplanes4rent located at Fort Lauderdale Executive reserved a Cessna 172 for me including David as safety pilot. As usual […]

When I nearly flew to Key West

07/11/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged Airplanes4rent / C172 / Everglades / Everglades City / Florida / Fort Lauderdale Executive / Naples by PH-FLO

What do you expect when opening big hangar doors and you look at a sparkling Stearman and a couple of colourful Pitts? Right – there must be an aviation lover nearby. In this case the aviation lover is Ivan van der Schaar – Captain at BA ComAir, aerobatics instructor, airshow […]

Ivan van der Schaar – Amercian Flying Classics & Aerobatics

11/06/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged aerobatics / American Flying Classic / Brakpan Benoni / Brakpan Flying Club / British Airways / classic planes / Comair / FABB / Ivan van der Schaar / Pitts / South Africa / Stearman by PH-FLO

When Mike sent me the dates of Botswana Airshow in Matsieng I just had to smile: is it coincidence or good fate that this event takes place on the last weekend of our Botswana flying tour? Whatever it is I simply have to join it! Thankfully Rick’s return […]

Botswana Airshow @ Matsieng

31/05/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged Airshow / Botswana / Matsieng by PH-FLO

Yes, we are crazy about flying and yes, we are even crazier about flying in South Africa. But the good thing is….we are not the only ones! So for the first time I organize “my” flying holidays together with 8 more people: Petra, Reinhard, Jan Robert and Rick will spend […]

Let’s do it again! South Africa & Botswana May 2018…a ...

15/05/2018 in Chicks Abroad tagged Botswana / bush course / bush flying / Cessna / Cessna Caravan / Chobe River / Douglas / game spotting / Kalahari / Kasane / license validation / Limpopo Valley / Mashatu / Maun / Nanchang / Nxamaseri / piper / Pitts / Safari / Skyraider / South Africa / Victoria Falls / Yak by PH-FLO

There is a saying in German: when doing something 3 times it becomes a tradition. Well, I guess with this third trip South we have a tradition started then! While previously sticking to South African home turfs, this time we went border crossing towards Botswana and…nearly also to Zimbabwe. Unfortunately […]

Botswana 2017 or: the tradition to fly in South Africa

21/11/2017 in Chicks Abroad tagged Botswana / C182 / Cessna / Chobe River / flying / Haina safari lodge / Johannesburg / Kalahari / Nxamaseri island lodge / Okavango / Safari / South Africa by PH-FLO

What do you do when you have never been to Sweden before, but am invited to a birthday party of somebody who was crazy enough to jump into a plane with you before (see “A sweet Swede in the Dutch sky“) and even still enthusiastic enough afterwards to try it herself […]

Sweet Swede up in the air again….discover Sweden’s South from ...

08/08/2017 in Chicks Abroad tagged Cessna / Esloev / Malmo / Sweden by PH-FLO

Relaxed sightseeing flying in Connecticut What do you do when you receive a text at 7.30 in the morning saying: “Sorry for the late reaction, but yes, our CFI Rob would be able to fly with you at 9.30 this morning.” First of all you stop being angry with your niece […]

Because I can….flying in the US

21/07/2017 in Chicks Abroad tagged Connecticut / Meriden Aviation Center / piper / USA by PH-FLO

The difference between flying in the USA and Europe was explained to me by an American instructor as: In Europe it is “You can’t unless you can”, whereas in the USA it is “You can unless you can’t”. The rules and regulations are similar but the attitude is different. So, […]

Fly the USA – obtaining your Foreign License Based Airmen ...

18/05/2017 in Chicks Abroad tagged airman / certificate / FAA / license / USA by PH-KVO

What do you pack when you escape just for a week to your the village where you grew up on regular family visits? Unfortunately the restricted luggage rules did not leave space for my full pilot gear – but at least logbook, license and medical still fit into my bag…and […]

Flying high from LOWS

17/04/2017 in Chicks Abroad tagged 172 / Bayern / Cessna / Chiemsee / OESC / Österreich / Ruhpolding / Salzburg / Sportflieger by PH-FLO

Day 1 After our amazing trip this spring it was not really a difficult decision to say: “I wanna do this again – and this time the whole bushpilot package, please!” Well, nearly the whole as you can skip the first couple of days reserved for the license validation which […]

South Africa Part II – A diary of 6 days ...

29/11/2016 in Chicks Abroad tagged Bushpilot / Jo'burg / Johannesburg / Kunkuru Safari Lodge / PA 28 / PA 28 235 / SkyAfrica / South Africa by PH-FLO

Going flying for a weekend is always fun – planning to do so with a group of instructors and students just adds to the usual excitement. You are not travelling in a group of friends used to each other but combine discovering new locations with also getting to know new travelling […]

When expectations turn into a lesson in patience – a ...

20/09/2016 in Chicks Abroad tagged Amiens / france / group trip / Robin / rotterdam / St Valery / VCR / vliegclub / weather by PH-FLO

Why not combining a trip to see friends in Hamburg with a little flying experience in my old home area? Well, there is only one answer…why not! After we had planned to fly there a few weeks ago, I already knew that Uetersen Heist (EDHE) was the place to go. […]

When in heaven you might regret not to have known ...

09/08/2016 in Chicks Abroad tagged C172 / Cessna / EHDE / Glückstadt / Hamburg / Heist / Uetersen by PH-FLO

You are considering to head to South Africa for some flying? After our tour in April 2016 we tried to summarize some of our experiences to help others in their preparation – and to pass on the Africa bug which has definitely caught us along the way! We have […]

Chicks meet elephant – read about our adventures in South ...

24/07/2016 in Chicks Abroad tagged Big Five / C172 / Cessna / elephant / flying / Johannesburg / Krueger Park / SkyAfrica / South Africa by PH-FLO

Visiting my friend as surprise for her birthday, it was clear that there would be some time where I would have to entertain myself as she would be at work. Well, what else to do but arrange for a flight over my old home country? I used to live in […]

Goodwood, a Trip Down Memory Lane

23/07/2016 in Chicks Abroad tagged C172 / Cessna / flying / girls / Goodwood / United Kingdom / Whenchicksfly by PH-KVO

We all know this situation: there is work to be done, but finally the weather is flyable… I called myself very lucky when our instructor and Kajsa jumped in on my idea to combine the nav flight abroad with one of my business meetings in France spontaneously. Rotterdam (NL)- Kortrijk […]

Bubbles in Reims Prunay

16/07/2016 in Chicks Abroad by PH-KVO