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Old 6th Jun 2011, 16:38
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flying in cyprus

I have flown with Griffon in Paphos and Tomahawk at Larnaca whilst on holiday there. Both were good in their own way. Tomahawk were smaller but friendly to a new ppl and sent me off solo at larnaca after an hour dual and sight of my uk license. Griffon were a professional flight training outfit but fitted me in for some good refresher training after my licence had lapsed, The instructor was an airbus captain for cyprus airways and strict but good. Useful to get experience somewhere new and if you haven't flown somewhere before where you have to mix with jet traffic its easy enough. There is little in the way of cross country to do because the island is relatively small but it is easy to find your way around VFR. You will be able to see the disused nicosia airport but not fly over it, and you will need to keep well on the right side of the 'green line' so you can't fly to the north half of the island. HTH.
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