Blog

This is my blog section. In my blog posts at this website I will dive into my journey in aviation and related topics. Here all new blog posts will be showed categorized in years with my newest post up top.

From the left, you can find all my post categories ordered in folders which can be expanded. On the right you can find the various tags and categories and on any blog page you can find the Table of Contents.

Posts in 2026
  • 1.7 Stalls
    Apr 3, 2026 13 min read Category: Flight Lessons

    This page contains all my notes for the 1.7 Stalls lesson. This was a very hard lesson because of the weather situations in late 2025. The lesson was cancelled for about 5 times, and 2 times we were already in the air but the weather was...

  • Law and Operational Procedures (LAW)
    Feb 9, 2026 42 min read Category: PPL Theory

    This page contains all notes of the Aviation Law course.

  • Communication (COM)
    Jan 26, 2026 8 min read Category: PPL Theory

    This page contains only some theoretical additions to this page: https://justinverstijnen.nl/flight-rt-course-notes/

Posts in 2025
  • Navigation (NAV)
    Dec 14, 2025 33 min read Category: PPL Theory

    Navigation and Flight Planning is a very important part of preparing your flights and knowing where to go in the air. When a flight is not properly prepared you can get several different kind of issues. These are the most pilot-caused problems in the air:

  • Flight RT Course notes
    Nov 14, 2025 45 min read Category: RT Theory

    This page contains the notes I wrote down while following the Radio-telephony VFR course. I have completed the VFR Radio Telephony rating on November 14 in 2025.

  • 1.6 Slow Flight
    Oct 20, 2025 4 min read Category: Flight Lessons

    Slow flight and fast flight exercises focusing on aircraft control at extreme speeds, taxi checks from memory, and improvements in preparation and SOP usage.

  • 1.5 Airwork 3
    Sep 26, 2025 5 min read Category: Flight Lessons

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  • 1.4 Airwork 2
    Sep 2, 2025 4 min read Category: Flight Lessons

    Airwork lesson focusing on nose attitude, take-off speeds, throttle effects, gliding, trimming, and standard flight briefings.

  • 1.3 Airwork 1
    Aug 22, 2025 5 min read Category: Flight Lessons

    Preflight inspection, fuel calculations, basic aircraft forces, visual flying techniques, carburetor heat, and slow flight principles.

  • 1.2 Effect of controls
    Aug 8, 2025 5 min read Category: Flight Lessons

    Technical limitations of the Cessna 172, mass and balance calculations, take-off and landing performance, emergency equipment, and slow-flight basics.