Colombia 2013 Blog

[Colombia 2013] Thursday 4th of April – Colegio Antonio Lopez de Pumarejo Bogota

[Colombia 2013] Thursday 4th of April – Colegio Antonio Lopez de Pumarejo Bogota

On April the 4th, FbD had the pleasure to visit the school Antonio López de Pumarejo. We were warmly welcomed by Ofelia, the English teacher of the School. The agenda for the day entailed two classes, one in the morning with one hundred of students and other one after lunch with other hundred. We were suggested […]

[Colombia 2013] 3rd of April – El Dorado Airport Bogota

[Colombia 2013] 3rd of April – El Dorado Airport Bogota

On April the 3rd FbD participated on the celebration of „El Mes Internacional de la Ninez”. In partnership with the ATAC, OPAIN, and Aeronautica Civil, FbD visited with a group of 100 children the International Airport El Dorado. The day started at the Museum of the Colombian Air Force Base CATAM. Here, the children were able […]

[Colombia 2013] 2nd of April – Instituto Pedro Justo Berrio

[Colombia 2013] 2nd of April – Instituto Pedro Justo Berrio

The 2nd of April was an exciting day for us. In fact, we had proposed to aviation engineering students from the university to join us following our presentation at the Bolivariana University. And a group of students assured us they would come. And so they did! We met them at the entrance of the “Instituto […]

[Colombia 2013] 1st of April – Universidad Bolivariana Medellin

[Colombia 2013] 1st of April – Universidad Bolivariana Medellin

On Monday the 1st of April, FbD visited the students of the Universidad Bolivariana in Medellin. The objective of the activity was to invite the aerospace students to join FbD locally in Medellin and for them to have the opportunity to talk with professionals from the industry and get advice and support for their future careers. […]

[Colombia 2013] video teaser

[Colombia 2013] video teaser

[Colombia 2013] 30th of March – Medellin Rio Negro Airport

[Colombia 2013] 30th of March – Medellin Rio Negro Airport

The event with the children from the neighborhood of the Rio Negro Airport was organized in collaboration with ATAC, the Colombian Aviation Authority and the Rio Negro’s teams. We had a warm welcome and a nice meeting room within the airport administration for the 40 kids. The children were really interested, but it took a […]

[Colombia 2013] 27th of March – Barranquilla Airport

[Colombia 2013] 27th of March – Barranquilla Airport

On the 27th of march, we had a « rendez-vous » at the airport of Barranquilla. We were supposed to teach to 100 kids invited to the airport premises. The children were coming from the surroundings of the airport and had never had the opportunity to see the airport from the inside. The event has been kindly […]

[Colombia 2013] Tuesday 26th of March – Ibague

[Colombia 2013] Tuesday 26th of March – Ibague

On Tuesday we were happy to be invited by the Shekinah foundation in Ibague. We had a time slot from 8 to 12. We left “El Palmar” around 7, giving us the chance observing the awakening of the city, glancing through the windows of the cars that our friends from the farm had borrowed us. The Shekinah […]

[Colombia 2013] Monday 25th of March – Ibague

[Colombia 2013] Monday 25th of March – Ibague

Last days have been pretty busy. We had the chance to meet very interested and smart children. It has been a pleasure working with them. As a consequence, we have a little backlog on the blog reports…. they will come bit by bit :). So, on monday we had to chance to be welcomed by […]

[Colombia 2013] Team has arrived in Bogota

[Colombia 2013] Team has arrived in Bogota

A very motivated  Fly Beyond Dreams team has arrived on friday night in Bogota after a 10 hours flight. On saturday, we will travel to Ibague. On sunday we have the whole day to do a team briefing and the last dry run before welcoming the first group of children on monday. Stay tuned 🙂 […]

[Colombia 2013] Update of radio-transmitting technology

[Colombia 2013] Update of radio-transmitting technology

As you can imagine, the preparations for the Colombia Project are at peak level. Beside making last modifications on the courses, confirming last minute appointments, preparing the bags, we also managed to upgrade our radio system for the model airplanes from 41mhz to 2.4 Ghz technology. This will enhance transmitting reliability and thus enhance flight […]

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Robert

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Robert

Name, Age:  Robert, 26     My dream in Life: Since I grew up in the world of aircrafts I have always been fascinated by the highly sophisticated technique. I live my dream  since I am 14 with stearing aircrafts responsibly from the pilot‘s seat. It‘s my passion to develop aircrafts to the next technical level and to […]

[Colombia 2013] Fundraising Party – Augsburg

[Colombia 2013] Fundraising Party – Augsburg

Thank you all the ones who supported Fly Beyond Dreams last Friday Fundraising event in Augsburg! With the contributions of each one of you we raised 370 Euros!! This money will be invested in Colombia on scientific material for children there. With this, FbD wants to motivate children around the world to follow a technical […]

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Abhinav

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Abhinav

Today’s team member presenting himself is the one at the origin of the idea that lead to the creation of FbD. My Name, Age: Abhinav, 24     My Dream in Life: To become one of the best international aviation professional in the world. To work throughout the world. In long term make a significant […]

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Harald

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Harald

My Name:   Harald, 32   My Dream in life: Concepts of transport – I always wanted to be part of a team of inventors creating ground breaking future transport concepts. Personally I was always fascinated by flying ever since I build my first model plane as a kid. My motivation for the FbD project […]

[Colombia 2013] Update of confirmed schools

You have been numerous to ask us in which schools we are going and with which organisations we are collaborating. Here is the list of confirmation we have got so far, there are some others awaiting confirmation. We will keep you updated.   Fundacion Shekinah Fundacion Ciudad de Dios Universidad Bolivariana El Dorado Airport in […]

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Clara

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Clara

Lets continue our presentations for the Colombia project! Today we have Clara presenting herself, she is one of the founders of FbD. Name, Age:  Clara, 25   My dream in Life: Although it is difficult to achieve and quite general, my dream in life is changing the world. If only one person’s life changes or gets […]

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Carmen

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Carmen

Our second team member presenting herself is Carmen. She is new to Fly Beyond Dreams, and full of energy and motivation to support us in Colombia!     Name, Age: Carmen, 28     Dream in Life: Developing myself as an engineer and trying to help people in projects like FbD.   Motivation for FbD in […]

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Cesar

[Colombia 2013] The Team – Cesar

The departure to Colombia comes closer and closer. Until the 22nd of  march, you will have the opportunity to learn a bit more about each of our team members. The first one to introduce himself is Cesar, our Colombia project leader:     My Name, Age: Cesar, 26 My dream in Life: Getting to know […]

[Colombia 2013] Itinerary update

[Colombia 2013] Itinerary update

The initerary has been updated! We have been contacted to participate into some very interesting projects… More information is coming soon, stay connected!

[Colombia 2013] First location confirmed!

[Colombia 2013] First location confirmed!

The eco-touristic farm El Palmar has confirmed their wish to welcome FbD ! http://www.agroturelpalmar.com/home.html We are allowed to invite children of the region to spend the whole day on the Farm. It will be the perfect location to combine both theoretical courses and some flying lessons:  

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