To The Alps
SEB 86,you have hit on one of GA's best experiences.
I suggest you have 'ground visit' in the SKI season and visit Megave for a few trips with the resident club.
When i went they were still using Jodels on ski's , and we took off from Megave and flew up to land on a glacier at 9'000 ft.
The insrutuctor ( who spoke no English) swung the prop on our J119 that had ski's that could retract a few inches to allow a landing on tarmac.
He never touched the controls during the entire operation which included t/off down the slope, and landing on the galacier.
On our return i indicated i wanted to do a couple of landings,and this was all included.
This was one on my most memorable flights in a small aircraft,the views were spectacular and the whole experience bought home just how much fun GA can be.
The French are very good at doing this,and i highly recommend it.
However the downside is coming back to UK and wondering how we manage to take the fun out of most things.
By the way the food at the Megave Altiport is very good.
Last edited by POBJOY; 5th Dec 2012 at 19:19.