Month: May 2019

Part 4: From Castellane (ES) to Almeria (ES)

May 22, 2019

Southern Spain Franky and me enjoyed a lot flying around the Spanish coastline. We rapidly approached Almeria where we considering making another fuel stop. There was a bit more wind in the Almeria region, but the views were absolutely stunning. Melilla: yes or no ? We have been flying two hours when approaching Almeria and…

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Part 3: From Béziers (Fr) to Castellane (ES)

May 22, 2019

The longest day This May 2nd became a day to be full of adventurous flying. Every team topped up their planes with AVGAS as we’ll have to cross most of Spain. There will be no AVGAS available for our planes in Melilla, so I planned to make a fuel (and toilet) stop somewhere in between…

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Part 2 : Macon (FR) to Beziers (FR)

May 1, 2019

Taking it easy On May 1st, our group of AOPA Luxembourg planes (8 in total) was all supposed to land in Béziers in Southern France. That would be the first gathering of our group. As we were already ahead as being in Macon, we took it from the relaxed side on this Labour day. I…

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Part 1 : Genk-Zwartberg (BE) to Macon (FR)

May 1, 2019

Departure in Genk Our fly-out to Melilla starts ! By late Tuesday April 30th in the afternoon, our Mooney got out of the 100 hours maintenance by Smets aviation at the Genk-Zwartberg airfield. Ready to go ! As I learned from the french AIP (Aeronautical Information Publication) and the NOTAM’s (notice to Airmen) that there…

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