Pavol Varga, Author at Air Facts Journal

Pavol Varga

Pavol acquired his PPLA license in October 2018 and is now just over the 100-hour threshold, call it an extended honeymoon. Native of Slovakia, he lives and flies in Central Europe. Flying airplanes has been his childhood dream but for some reason he chose to study business and went for a management career in international IT—first corporate, now as a business owner. He loves fixed wings. Half the time he was ever flown in a helicopter he did not land in it—owing to his paratrooper training in the Slovak Army.

I was there February 9, 2021 February 2, 2021

Read the NOTAM—my conflict with Air Force One

I tied down the plane and went up to the office to pay the fee. On departure (remember, the beer!), the friendly gentleman mentioned—just by the way—that the airspace over Warsaw was about to be closed from 10pm that day (Friday) until 10pm the following Monday. The reason? The US President was about to fly in to commemorate the outbreak of WWII.

I was there June 2, 2020 May 28, 2020

That radio is there for communication: a close call

All went well, I reported final on 07, and was getting ready to perform a smooth touch down right past the threshold. Then, about one minute before touch down, I heard somebody saying something like, “LZPT taking off runway 25.” I was not sure I heard right. I mean, I just reported my final about a minute ago. Surely anybody on the frequency, let alone a pilot sitting in his aircraft about to take off, must have heard me?


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