Month: April 2017

From Ile d’Yeu to San Sebastian

April 11, 2017

This monday was another flying day. Skies were rather clear but i did not have much fuel left. I therefore took off with lots of crosswind and flew to la roche sur yon, an airfield some 42 nautical miles inland where i could refuel our plane. We added some oil as well and enjoyed lunch…

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No flying on Sunday but biking at Ile d’Yeu

April 11, 2017

No flying on Sunday. We planned this journey by alternating days between flying and tourist activities. This makes it more comfortable for everyone. Toda.y, we discovered the island of Yeu by biking around it. Google maps proved to be very inventive as it guided us on biker trails inside the country where not many bikes…

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Arrival at Ile d’Yeu and meeting the Peterzelka’s

April 11, 2017

Today, we crossed most of france from the east to the west in excellent weather conditions. It couldn’t be more nice. We have been flying on flight levels 55 and 95 most of the time. Our route south of paris brought in a couple of hours to the atlantic coast of france, where the island…

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Next scheduled stop: The French atlantic coast island of YEU

April 8, 2017

Today, we intend to fly to the french island of ile d’yeu after a flight of a couple of hours. We’ve never been there and are quite curious to discover this place at the atlantic coast of france

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Eastern 2017 tour started: first stop Troyes

April 7, 2017

We hurried up after work today, picking up our son at school. The secretary of aéro-sport, nicky, perfectly arranged that our plane got a 50 hours maintenance, which was finalised this morning. Very nice. By 5pm we arrived fully packed at the airport. We loaded the plane, taking some extra oil with us and took…

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