IFR to MINIMUMS into Amsterdam Schiphol

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

The difficulty of flying into Amsterdam Schiphol with frontal conditions, resulting in an approach to minimums. Deeply fulfilling, yet a challenge that took extensive planning and concentration.

[@Hurkie]

Im a tower controller at Schiphol. Nice to see a video from your side and how you experience such an approach. Hope to talk to you in the future :)

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

That's awesome 👌 Thanks for all you do. Would be nice to visit the tower one day too. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@ValentijnvanVeen]

I really loved your after landing celebration yell! That's exactly how this felt, and I was celebrating with you. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! It was a burst of adrenaline and a great feeling to have done it.

[@poodumrover1]

on the edge of my seat here watching this great video and camera work thank you !

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I was on the edge of my seat, too. Incredibly tough approach. Thanks for watching.

[@midlifeflyer]

Nice job! You deserve the celebration 🎉

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

It was indeed a sigh of relief on landing. The weather was miserable. Thanks for watching :)

[@Shortsssx]

Welcome on Amsterdam Schiphol Airport! It was nice seeing you land! Hopefully will see you again some time

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Where the local time is.... hah! Thanks for watching, are you based there?

[@ResistorSynthwave]

Superb!

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@diamondda6254]

Well done guys

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Was hard work! Thank you and Happy New Year :)

[@rnbrady2]

Recent IRR here flying a DA40 out of North Weald, so your videos have been really helpful and inspiring, thanks for posting.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Glad to help! Thank you for watching 😀

[@paulwhitear545]

Great piece of airmanship

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

That's very kind. Thank you 😊

[@jesperdiercks981]

Nice video! Gave me some inspiration to do some DA40 flights in-sim

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Thanks for watching! You should! It's a great airplane to fly :)

[@fly-mk3gn]

Great job guys !

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.

[@andymorris15]

As an aspiring modular pilot, this was awesome to watch! Nice flying 🤙 IFR at night into Schiphol is very cool 👌

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Glad you enjoyed it! It really is a cool sight and was fairly challenging. Good luck with your flying

[@GroterRonald]

Great!! Dat was mooi!

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Glad you enjoyed this one! More coming soon :)

[@PetraGerstner]

Great great video, very impressive how IFR can be

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

It really is! Especially when it's done safely. Thank you for watching.

[@MrSeebsy]

Awesome video. I take my hat off to you... I did my ppl in 1991 at Rochester EGTO. Ok we never had modern avionics or youtube but like most new PPLs I just flew relatives & friends in perfect CAVOK weather until I lost interest. Your videos are inspiring to any ppl students watching today. Great job

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Thank you for the awesome comment. I'm glad you think so. I also hope to inspire people to do it. Are you still flying?

[@MrSeebsy]

@@TheFlyingVLOG Left the UK in 94, Been in the US for 21..... A little but not enough to keep current.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

So you don't fly anymore?

[@IanFlyer100]

Great video and you handled that landing really well, in very difficult conditions. Well done. I imagine the landing fee at Schiphol was not cheap.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate the compliment. The landing fee's aren't expensive, it's mostly the handling that adds it up to about £350/400EUR

[@flyingrasa7094]

WOWWW! Minimums at night is tough, well done

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

It was indeed heart racing stuff. Especially once on the ILS. Thank you for watching

[@serfly100]

Very impressive.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Thank you very much!

[@JoepHeki]

Amazing video, you deserve more subs!!

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

I appreciate that! I wish it had happened, as more will get to see my content.

[@edmoorebsc]

That was epic mate well done. If ever there was a flight demoing what you can do with a full IR and plenty of currency! Just coming to the end of my IR(R) out of Elstree, your videos have been really helpful.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Couldn't agree more! Thank you for the awesome comment 😀 Glad you enjoyed. Don't forget to dream bigger and get an IR.

[@pilotworldshop]

Brilliant video ….. well done you guys 👍👨‍✈️✈️

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Thank you so much 😀 Glad you enjoyed it.

[@manfredspielmann1659]

Great Job!!!

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Thank you 😊

[@JodelFlyer]

That was an ‘interesting’ approach and landing! 😊 Great video Robbie

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed the approach, as Sir Alex Ferguson used to say. Squeaky bum time.

[@ddmilado]

@@TheFlyingVLOG Aviation, Bloody hell!

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

It's impressive huh

[@Akaflieger]

My deepest respect to your intense flying in those conditions. Did I notice a full braking on the rwy to the exit? Hope you didn't damage your tires 🙂Love your celebration afterwards

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Yes , it was very hard to transition, and there were no lights indicating the exit. I think the wet runway didn't help. Thanks for your response and thanks for watching

[@adsey1664]

Good job buddy! 😎

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Thanks! 😁 It was tough.

[@ash4atm285]

9:20 thats what they do on vatsim, love to see we all come from the place

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

It's definitely a very small world! You also flew on VATSIM?

[@devanii]

wow.. good skills

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Very kind. Thanks for watching

[@frankgallagher5786]

Single pilot, single engine IFR is a challenge! Well done mate. I would consider not transmitting at 350' that you see the runway. Its too much distraction, chance that you push a different a switch than the transmit switch and who cares if you see the runway. You are cleared to land.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Good tip. I guess I could PIREP that after vacating rather than on very short finals.

[@marklee1462]

Great video and nice handbrake turn off the runway!

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Ha! Thanks for watching, but yeah that was a naughty sharp left :D

[@user-vy8dd8id1n]

Great video! What was the landing and handling fee?

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Thank you 😊 Roughly £350/€400.

[@johankellerman6754]

Great video! What is the cost landing and parking at Schiphol?

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Thank you ✈️😊 It depends on a few factors, the biggest cost is handling unfortunately. More on that in the video and next vlog.

[@JustNotWillem]

Incredible! But i do have to ask... whats the price for landing and handling?

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Not as bad as you think but £350/€400. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Samg2618]

Wow fascinating video, loved every second. Was just wondering how do you get to land at Schipol as a single engine piston?

[@500arend]

The do provide GA traffic , yet exspect some crazy high fees of 800 euro or more for handeling :)

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

You just speak to the handler. It costs about £350/€400 to land and park, incl handling fees. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

For this aircraft, about half of that.

[@jahartley]

DA62 was about the same Robbie. €380 inc 2 nights parking I think. Genuinely one of my favourite places to visit, the controllers are just fantastic.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

I would like to visit again. The only downside is the cost, as you say. Have you been multiple times?

[@ianscott5293]

It’s not 400 ft on the QNH - it’s 400 ft AAL

[@markor2476]

How much was handling? 😅

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Hey! Thanks for watching. About £350/€400

[@markor2476]

@@TheFlyingVLOG Damn 😅😅👍

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Not bad vs some other airports

[@markor2476]

@@TheFlyingVLOG Like where? Munich? 🫣

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Hahah yes exactly 💯

[@Reivilo1]

Wow! Isn't there a better place to fix your EFB? It seems to be bright in your face during the critical phase of the approach?

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Hi, Thanks for watching. It's the best place for it as I found that having the tablet on my knee was too disorientating during training. The brightness thing is because I removed the filter on the GoPro and the exposure has blown out.

[@Marian_Rusnak]

nice 4K

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Glad you enjoyed 😉

[@erwh1]

Is it me or are all the AMS ATC really easy to understand?

[@alexanderkamerbeek9693]

No Schiphol is one of the most understandable airports in the world, there are a couple similar airports for instance dubai is also very concise and clear to understand.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

They are amazing. Listen live on LiveATC.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Very good and smooth RT.

[@Eric0980]

Good job guys! Now do the same approach in IMC, single pilot, in a helicopter, without autopilot into EHAM. Don't ask me how I know ;-)

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Thanks for watching! That must have been a huge challenge. You must have been very current though.

[@peterderidder6549]

Amsterdam is one of the easiest airports to go IFR to. Radar vectors, no obstacles nor terrain, well lighted and excellent ATC. Dutch efficiency everywhere. The only difficult thing: it is horrible expensive. Try a french LPV with PCL somewhere lost in the fields.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

It's not as expensive as other major airports. FRA or PAR are x4 the cost for example. I do want to try more challenging places like Bilbao or something.

[@simonklaassen2145]

@@TheFlyingVLOG Pamplona is highly recommended for some complicated IFR procedures, it’s near Bilbao

[@black2shadoww]

@@TheFlyingVLOG Would you be willing to share how much you paid?

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

I'll have to check that out.

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

I will be doing a BLOG post soon, but was approx. £350/400EUR

[@ianscott5293]

It’s not 400 ft on the QNH - it’s 400 ft AAL. Height check is best done distance vs height, not height vs distance. E.g “we’re at 1650’ should be 5 miles” not “5 miles should be at 1650’”. If there’s a glide slope issue it might be too late!

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Is that because it's an airport below sea level? Thanks for the tip regarding distance vs height. But should it not be altitude as the Jepp refers it to altitude on the range checks

[@juliussokolowski4293]

Gotta give it to you boys... That took some tripple-seven-size-cojones... Gotta send a nod to Schiphol ATC as well, most places this size aren't all that welcoming to the sub 5,7 ton crowd... So what's next? EGLL?

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

Haha! It wasn't that intense till we established on the ILS, and you realise you've got to trust the instruments as you hurtle towards the ground. Schiphol are a very professional bunch and accommodate light GA very well.

[@diederikdevries]

Maaaan, the amount of information to process…..

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

The IR teaches you well. But the real world teaches you more.

[@HBvD]

Man I my head would be overloaded with all the talking on the radio... not job for me! thanks for sharing!

[@TheFlyingVLOG]

I think flying in the London TMA helped a lot. It's a busy airspace and helps with proactive listening. Thank you for watching