HI, I'M CARLOS

Five lūstra and hours.

Barcelona-born, Mallorca-raised, usually somewhere between aircraft, odd little engineering projects, friends, sea air, and a notebook that gets opened at the wrong times.

Palma de Mallorca from above

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Island gravity.

I was born in Barcelona, then moved to Mallorca when I was around four. The island somehow gets more interesting and more fun every year.

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Swim, bike, run, laugh.

We even did an Olympic Triathlon. Kudos Jan, Nero, and Simeon. The quiet TODO remains exactly where it belongs: beat them next year.

Carlos as a child near an aircraft

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The long pull of airplanes.

Since I was little I have been around planes. Family and friends were in the business, so aviation slowly became part of the background noise of life, then part of the foreground.

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All shapes and sizes.

It continues to be a big part of my life. Here is an ultralight along the coast of Mallorca, which is exactly the kind of sentence that makes staying on the island sound very reasonable.

A Formula Student car

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Cars, code, and test data.

I moved to the UK, got into tech and engineering, joined my university's Formula Student team, and wrote my final year thesis with them.

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Not everything was horsepower.

There were computers, pubs, long walks, cosy houses, quiet stretches, and friends. The UK years were very good at making things click internally.

A light aircraft on the apron

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The CPL chapter.

I moved back to Spain and got my Commercial Pilot License. It happened around mid-Covid, which made the process lengthy, strange, and probably more character-building than anyone ordered.

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The good bit.

Some schools suck, and testing style could be better. But the solo journeys were magic: a little aircraft, a plan, some weather, and enough room in the sky to learn about yourself.

A desk setup at the Marple office

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Engineering for engineers.

I work at Marple, a Belgian startup building test data analysis software for engineers, mostly around cars and planes.

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Still flying.

I still do some occasional flying, recently completed my Airbus A320 type rating, and keep adding new ways to make the sky feel familiar.

Iberojet Airbus A320 EC-LZD

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Flight student.

I’m a flight student at Iberojet.