This is what I have the pleasure to fly with
1949 Cessna 170A
Our beautiful lady: HB-CKA
Built in 1949 and still in perfect condition. We operate her in a small flying club (Cessna 170 Club) consisting of three pilots and one non-flying member. With her I'm exploring Europe. I've been to Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Croatia and I'm looking forward for many more countries to come.
Tecnam P2010
A sleek and good looking plane with lots of space inside the cabin and a modern Garmin G1000-Cockpit. I do fly that one based in LSZR for passenger flights.
Maule M-7-235
The most challenging aircraft I have been flying so far. A powerful 235hp engine and STOL capabilities make this one a real pleasure to fly. Most of the time I do glider-towing with this model. Since spring 2020 as a Class Rating Instructor CRI (A) I do instruct future towing pilots on this cool plane.
Cessna 172 JT-A (G1000)
Who does NOT know the Cessna 172? This is one of 4 similar 172 JT-A belonging to the FGZO based in Fehraltorf LSZK where used to do passenger flights with them. They are all IFR equipped with a Garmin 1000 and a 4-axis autopilot. All four of them now do have a brandnew Diesel engine and are equipped with a so called "single power lever". Therefore a pilot needs a difference training to be allowed to fly the plane.
Cirrus SR-22 GTS G2
By far the fastest plane I fly as a pilot. I do have the privilege to fly this privately owned beauty from my homebase LSZK and travel around in Europe. I do love the speed, the handling characteristics and the range of that modern composite plane. It is a 2005 version, the second generation of the Cirrus SR-22, equipped with a Avidyne glass cockpit with two big screens and analogue backup instruments.
Diamond HK36TTC
A wonderful aircraft and really easy to fly. It is the first single enginge piston aicraft I had a licence for. It is in service as a touring motor glider and towing aircraft on the glider airfield "Hegmatten" near Winterthur.
Other ACFT I logged some hours on
Pilatus P-3
This famous former airforce basic trainer is flown by a friend of mine who is a fellow class rating instructor. I took the opportunity to go for a introductory flight with her in the beautiful bernese mountains. A short video of the flight is available here.
Cessna 152
THE basic trainer. Very famous for her easy flight characteristics and the model I made my PPL on. We still have three of them at LSZK but sooner or later we will have to look for replacement.
Maule MX-7
1940 WACO UPF-7
While spending holidays on Marathon Key in Florida I had the chance to fly that beauty with an instructor for 30 minutes including some aerobatics. That was real fun! I just love those oldtimers! :-)
Aquila 211 & Tecnam
Two basic training aircraft but totally different. I flew both of them during a testing period for our upcoming basic trainer at LSZK. In the end the Tecnam P2008JC was chosen.
Mooney M201
One of the fastest planes I flew in my career as a privat pilot. I started transition to this nice 1984 Mooney 201 in summer 2019 and had to take a break later due to lack of time. Unfortunately the plane was then sold to the netherlands, so I couldn't finish my complex-rating yet.
