Debut UK/EU flight
Hi everyone.
I might be flying my dad to the south of Germany next week in a Cessna 150. I've just passed my PPL, and I haven't even flown in UK/Europe before - I trained in America. I've also never flown a Cessna haha
So I'm a bit apprehensive, as you can imagine. For the first couple of legs down the UK I would probably request a Traffic Service. (In the US I got flight following, which I think is pretty much the same thing, but I've never used any of these UK services in practice yet!). What kind of service would I get when flying through France and Germany? I have no idea what to request from controllers for traffic help.
Also, what happens when I cross borders? Do I need to let German authorities know I will be coming because the airport I would be landing at doesn't have customs...?
Has anyone got experience flying VFR through Europe? Would really appreciate some help, thanks!
PS: Would you recommend buying a GPS? If so which one? I have 1:500,000 charts of UK and Europe, that good to use?
Last edited by TheFirstDohrnPilot; 2nd Aug 2013 at 12:53.