Flying, photography and writing
Three different types of passion which I have been combining over the last couple of years. I have been trying to share with readers my flying experience and the excitement it brings. All the articles I have written over the last several years have been published on my blog on the No 1 Czech news portal or in its Travel section. All the articles are in Czech language and would be very difficult to translate but if you don´t speak our complicated language, you can at least enjoy the selection of photos and brief summaries below. The complete collections of photos and videos are available in the Aerial photos and Aerial videos sections of this web
Big Bend is a national park on the border between USA and Mexico. The border is actually formed by Rio Grande river. To find the airstrip there was quite tricky because its GPS co-ordinates have not been published anywhere and so we had to find with the help of two radiobeacons (VOR) located in an acceptable distance. more
As opposed to Europe, night flying in VFR conditions is quite common in USA. It is made easier by the availability of many airports with lighted runways. On this video you can see my night departure in a C172 during a practice circuit at Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas. more
Here you can see the last part of a circuit ("pattern" in U.S. phraseology) - final approach to runway 17 at Grand Prairie, Texas airport in a Cessna C 172, N-24144 with a glass cockpit. more
My second final approach to runway 17 at Corfu, flown in Cirrus SR 20 on a journey from Pribram to Cyprus. Approaching the airport from this side is a bit tricky because of the high mountain standing in the approach path a couple of miles before the airport. On my first flight here I had to do a 360 to lose enough altitude before reaching the runway. more
Devoted most of his professional life to air transportation and travel business. In addition to history and sports his main interest is sport flying. More
