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Hello!
My name is Daan van der Heijden, and I am a 25 year old Dutchman living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I am a graduate engineer in Aviation Logistics and am currently following a full-time course with L3 CTS (through EPST BV) to become a commercial pilot. By doing so, I am hoping to chase my dream to become a pilot.
Aviation started as a hobby when my dad took me on a day out to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport when I was at the age of five. Ever since that moment I have been "infected with the aviation virus" and it has never left me.
At the age of fifteen I got my first DSLR camera, a Canon EOS Rebel, from my parents as a birthday present. I started making trips to Amsterdam Schiphol more often with friends that I met in high school.
Latest Blogs
19 April 2018
Back in the Netherlands!
It's been a while since I posted here. This is mainly due to the fact that I have been taking some time off from everything that had to do with flying, including this blog and aviation photography…
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20 March 2018
Instrument Rating in the pocket!
I have been silent for a week or two now, which was due to the fact that there was not much to report and because I have been flying the last couple of flights that lead up to the Instrument Rating Skills Test safe
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Read all about my training of becoming an airline pilot