See description below (with timestamps at the bottom).
Weather:
EDWE 141350Z VRB05KT CAVOK 19/09 Q1022
EDWE 141420Z 19003KT 130V220 CAVOK 19/08 Q1022
To mark the end of the summer flying season (as far as temperatures go, mid September was definitely still very much summer this year) I wanted to challenge myself once more. I flew to Norderney, one of the East Frisian Islands. I took my folding bike to ride around a bit, and have lunch there, then I flew across to Emden to refuel, before flying back – crossing the whole Netherlands again – to Charleroi.
The first leg (which was presented in the previous video) is my longest flight to date, while the second (which is covered in this video) is one of the shortest ones (in duration it is the shortest, but in straight line distance Charleroi to Namur is less – although you can really never fly that straight).
I will show you the scenic departure from Norderney and speak some broken German again, then some amazing views from above the Wadden Sea. With basically no more than 5 minutes of cruse we follow up with the arrival to Emden (where I could finally talk English again on the radio), before I make the second bouncy landing of the day because again not actively expecting a narrower runway (compared to Charleroi)… The personnel at Emden were one of the friendliest people I have encountered so far in aviation, they were extremely helpful with refuelling, and providing information. I will probably use this airport as a fuel-stop when visiting the islands in the future.
Overall I put 5 hours and 10 minutes into the logbook, with a solo navigation over exactly 500 nautical miles between these three airports (443 nm straight line distance), which would actually more than fulfil the requirements of the commercial pilot licence too 😉 It was a fun, fulfilling, but tiring (and very expensive) day. I would love to come back for a longer visit too!
00:00 Introduction to the flight
00:45 Extra checklist items when you are running a media studio
01:00 Initial call to Norderney Radio (more broken German phraseology)
01:21 Taxi to the holding point (with a small callsign mix-up)
02:18 Before take-off checklist
02:46 Lining up
03:28 Taking off EDWY RWY 26
04:15 Turning crosswind (beautiful views)
04:40 Leaving the pattern and some thoughts from the narrator
05:02 Out of the blue turbulence above the Wadden Sea
05:28 Contacting Emden Information for landing Information
06:10 Position reports
06:33 Arrival briefing
06:57 Joining the pattern on right hand downwind
07:44 Turning right base
08:12 Turning final
08:50 Landing EDWE RWY 25 (with a far too late flare)
09:26 Replay and debriefing of the landing
09:47 Taxi instructions
10:01 Request to refuel and taxi instructions to the pump
10:19 After-landing flow
10:37 Quite some water on the taxiway
10:59 Helpful guidance from the tower
11:15 Always park in a way that you can taxi away later…
11:41 Asking the tower where to put the plane after refueling
12:10 Shutdown
12:28 Outro
3 Comments
Nice video & beautiful scenery just after take-off 🙂
I only flew 2 times to Germany and only landed on "English spoken" airports as, unfortunately, I don't speak German.
Do you know where I can get basic German phraseology to be used in the trafic pattern ? (ideally with audio examples) When I flew to Koblenz, the radio was speaking English but all pilots in the pattern were reporting positions in German. I was unable to understand and that is far from ideal from a safety point of view.
That was a very good video ! Just continue like that !
Hello,
Which device is saying that you are on RWY 26 when you are lining up ?
Thanks !