Welcome to Fernando’s Logbook. I’m so glad you’re here!
To most pilots, a logbook is just a legal chore, a collection of dates, tail numbers, and airport codes. But ten years in the sky have taught me that the cold data misses the best parts. It doesn’t capture the feeling of the sun breaking through the clouds, or the perspective you gain from 10,000 feet.
I created this space for the notes in the margins.
What You’ll Find Here
A private pilot’s logbook documenting journeys that matter — flying veterans to Normandy, families to long-awaited reunions, and myself to places worth writing about. Travel guides with heart, human stories at altitude, and reflections on what we find when we look down. Every destination personally visited, every story honestly told.
Come Fly With Me is where I write about the people I fly — who they are, why the trip matters, and what happens when you give someone a few hours above the clouds. These are the stories I care most about telling.
Travel Plans cover destinations worth visiting — every place personally flown to and honestly reported. Where to go, what to do, and what it actually feels like to be there.
The Briefing is where other voices come in. Guests who’ve found something worth saying about flying, travel, or the life that happens around both.
Whether you’re a pilot, a traveller, or just someone along for the journey, you’re very welcome here.
Why I Fly
In 2004, my 11-year-old brother was diagnosed with cancer. Watching my family navigate that, the fear, the exhaustion, the relentless weight of it, changed everything about how I see the world.
It also showed me what travel can do for people who desperately need a break from their own lives.
That’s why in 2015, I founded Please Take Me There, a charity that has since helped over 8,000 children in war-affected zones reach life-saving medical care. And when I can, I use my own plane to give free flights to people who just need some time away from loneliness, from illness, from the weight of whatever they’re carrying. A few hours above the clouds can give you back something you didn’t know you’d lost.
That work has been featured on the BBC and NBC, and was recognised by the BBC Make a Difference Awards.
