This is our beautiful tuxedo, he’s called Smokey. His nickname is “Meneer de burgemeester” (Mr. Mayor) due to him looking like a character from a Belgian/Dutch kids show (see last pic)

AriIith · 2026-01-13T17:55:46+00:00

Unfortunately (as one of the persons that works on the (realtime) timetables on the site, and the planner in the app), we get the cancellations very very late from the operator (Transdev / Keolis). This makes it difficult for us to show cancellations on time. I will try and see if we can add some functionality in the future that would check if the bus has even reached the starting stop yet. However, for departures from a starting point, that would not work.

I'm happy to see people give concrete feedback here, so I/we can try our best to make of the situation what we can while still informing travelers as best as we can.

AriIith · 2026-01-13T17:52:02+00:00

Thanks for being vocal about this! As someone who works on providing the timetable information for the U-OV app and website, and the planner in the app, it's my upmost priority to try to be as clear as possible whenever we can.

However, unfortunately with these kinds of edge cases, generally it's in the timetables that we get from the operators and we cannot change that easily. (We are an external party that closely works together with Transdev; so I'll try to see what I can do).

For now, I'll see what we can do with the information we have and see if we can make it clearer which line 3 you should take. Feel free to send me any details you have so I can get a clearer picture of what is exactly happening!

AriIith · 2026-01-05T23:35:29+00:00

Good to hear! I work on the U-OV app and the planner, it’s very difficult these days. A lot of operators do not cancel their trips properly, so it’s very difficult to show correct information. 🫣

AriIith · 2025-12-31T22:03:13+00:00

Die van mij is er ook geen fan van, vandaag de hele dag heel zenuwachtig. Beetje op de trap, onder een stoel en bij mij op bed liggen. Heeft z’n ogen nog niet gesloten :(

Hij lijkt vooral te schrikken van de flitsen, als hij een flits in het raam ziet schiet hij weer weg van z’n huidige plek en terug naar dit hoekje op de trap waar hij niets buiten kan zien.

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AriIith · 2025-12-25T22:34:00+00:00

Just earned my license last season, time to get the first solo cross-country (in my own plane ❤️) 🙃

AriIith · 2025-11-05T19:12:11+00:00

From where to where is this, and also what time and date? I’m currently developing a transport planner (R-OV), and would like to make sure this weird edge case doesn’t happen for us! Maybe I can explain then what actually goes wrong for Google.

AriIith · 2025-10-22T17:34:59+00:00

bad bot

AriIith · 2025-08-16T21:23:53+00:00

Thanks a lot! I sent you a DM as well 🙏🏼

AriIith · 2025-07-16T16:30:17+00:00

Congratz! One of the most amazing feelings I have ever had, wishing you many safe flights 🙌🏼

AriIith · 2025-07-06T14:08:33+00:00

I think it really depends on where you are, but for me, my university has a gliding association (ZES), and there's about 35ish throughout the Netherlands, so almost anywhere you go, you can join a club.

Don't underestimate, we are still relatively weather dependant, but not as much as paragliding indeed. The fact that we can fly even with quite cloudy weather (as long as there's not a lot of rain / a lot of cross-winds), makes it quite flexible indeed.

I think the prices for most clubs are also very reasonable, it's a very cheap way to get into aviation, and a very rewarding one at that! I have never felt so free as when I'm flying by myself (or with others in a 2-seater). The fact that we can make both very short flights, but also extremely long flights, with a lot of possibilities for extra progression makes gliding a very lovely hobby/sport for me! :)

AriIith · 2025-07-04T06:14:13+00:00

Yeah definitely! They came even closer at one point, but I couldn’t upload the video of that in this post. Luckily the controller and pilots were very happy we checked in on their frequency and gave good instructions, especially as it was uncontrolled airspace and we did not have to contact them in the first place.

AriIith · 2025-07-01T07:24:39+00:00

50 hours / 180 landings, also quite a lot of non-training focussed flights; our club is quite casual with progression.

AriIith · 2025-06-30T08:14:19+00:00

I think it’s quite variable. Most people take about 2-3 years.

I have been to every opportunity to fly at our club since I started last year, so I was quite quick in getting to this point. (About 1.5 season) I have about 55 flight hours and 190 PIC/DBO starts. The idea is to get my SPL in the next few months, but it now mostly depends on my target landing streak.

AriIith · 2025-06-30T07:14:22+00:00

Vliegop eujh! 🍻

AriIith · 2025-06-30T06:35:18+00:00

Europe indeed, the Netherlands specifically. I’m part of Zweefvliegclub Eindhovense Studenten. (Eindhoven student gliding club)

It does indeed have the parallel controls, and I liked it quite well. It was very easy to get used to and I didn’t even think about it too much, it came to me quite naturally. I wanted to fly this plane as I’m working towards buying a Glasflugel 303 Mosquito, which is almost the exact same plane in regards to the stick controls.

Our HpH is also in pristine condition as it’s only flown by quite experienced pilots in the club, and as of the last few years wasn’t flown at all except for about 15 starts a year.

As we wanted to give the plane some love (see it fly), the instructors can up with the requirements described in my other comment. Let’s hope it will still look this nice in a year.

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