Pete

Airspace infringements around the Kleine Brogel area in NE Belgium

March 24, 2017

Here’s a link to a briefing given by the belgian military about airspace infringements around the kleine brogel area. The genk zwartberg airfield is directly near this area. In order to fly safe and not encounter military planes in your cessna, please take a look to this presentation. Well written ! Airspace in Limburg, Belgium

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2017 first sign of spring

March 12, 2017

At the end of each winter, I perform my annual checkout as a private pilot and fly with examinator Michel Notelaers to renew my bi-annual SEP rating. I further pay my annual club fees to my Belgian and my Luxembourg flying club. Finally, I renew my medical certification. All of this happens between X-mas and…

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motorflying schedule 2017 is promising

March 10, 2017

LUXEMBOURG MOTORFLYING schedule 2017 Nr Date Name activity Organized by Responsible organization 1 20/01 New Year’s drink offered by the President Aviasport Aviasport 2 04/02 Safety seminar UPL-AOPA Birgen/Kremer 3 11/02 General Assembly UPL-AOPA Birgen/Kremer 4 10/03 General Assembly Aviasport Aviasport 5 08/04 Season opening: Fly-out Freiburg Aviasport Paul Hengen 6 07/04- 08/04 25e Aero…

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Final comments and thoughts

November 8, 2016

final comments – 1 Turkey Because of the military coup attempt in Turkey a couple of weeks prior to our departure, we were able to fly only the VFR routes which have been especially put in place for our rally members. We received a waiver from the Turkish Ministry which allowed us to skip the…

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Georgia is a hidden gem for tourists

August 12, 2016

Local tour operator vanilla sky setup a full tourist program spanning over four days for our 44 person group. It included a visit of visit of georgia’s capital tbilisi, but also a visit of the khazbegi castles. It further included a flight high in the european caucasus whilst a two day tour in svaneti with…

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welcome event setup by Vanilla Sky and the Georgian government

August 9, 2016

A formal welcome for the european aviators was setup on august 9, in presence of multiple tv and radio crews. Georgian state minister for eu and atlantic integration david bakradze as well as giorgi chogovadze, head of the georgian national tourism administration held warm speeches as georgia feels itself as a part of the european…

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arrival at Natakthari airfield in Georgia (UGSA)

August 8, 2016

After being validated for an overland flight by the georgian central dispatching unit, all our planes left subtropical batumi in the morning and headed for our final destination, being the general aviation airfield of natakthari (ugsa), north of georgian’s capital city tbilisi. This airfield has a hotel and swimming pool at the same facilities. It…

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Crossing the Georgian border

August 7, 2016

With Sunny Turkish Skies, All Our Pilots Were Able To Take Off Early In The Morning And We Flew To The University Engiz Airport In The Northern Part Of Turkey, Where We Received Also A Warm Welcome. Avgas Was Provided To All Planes Over There Whilst Preparing This Rally, We Learned That Finding AVGAS Once…

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Flying to Turkey

August 6, 2016

After an early morning take off due to an approaching thunderstorm, all pilots headed for Turkey after loosing some time due to customs formalities in southern Hungary. On trips like these, the clear advantage of the Schengen agreement becomes obvious. Some pilots made a fuel stop in Serbia (with AVGAS prices as low as 1€…

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statistics

August 5, 2016

11 planes are on their way to Georgia right now, carring 25 persons 9 persons coming by regular airline 34 persons in total arriving at Natakhari of which 4 are children

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