Cyprus

[Aeronut]

Anyone know what the licence options are for renting and flying in Cyprus.

Is it possible to convert an FAA certificate?

Cheers

[S-Works]

they will accept an FAA cert as is. Give Tomahawk a call on 00357 24625033

[Aeronut]

they will accept an FAA cert as is. Give Tomahawk a call on 00357 24625033

Many thanks bose-x:D

[Leezyjet]

Anyone know if there are any C-172's available for hire in Cyprus ?. Im going in a couple of weeks and wondered whether it was worth lugging the flying gear with me.

I'm on a South African ppl, and that is type rated to either C152 or C172, and I'd like to take a few friends along.

Cheers.

:)

[S-Works]

same place same number as my other post.............

[BlueRobin]

these people advertise in the mags:

http://www.griffonaviation.com/

[Leezyjet]

same place same number as my other post.............

Thanks Bose although I see on their website they only have a C152 that I can fly, oh well that will have to do - damn SA type rated PPL !!!. Gives me more chance to practice my landings when coming in to swap passengers though !!

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[S-Works]

The last time I was out there they had a 172 to rent as I recall but might be wrong. I generally used the 152's for sightseeing (which there is not a lot of!) or the twin when going somewhere.

[Needlesplit]

If you want to fly in cyprus make sure you book ahead. If it for a holiday, ideally before you go. The Cypriots are wonderful friendly people but they do NOT understand why people who are not in the military or work for an airline get to fly. (Remember the Plane spotters fiasco in Greece?!) I lived in Cyprus for a year and had no luck getting past the guy with the machine gun at Larnaca when I turned up 'on spec' to find out about GA flying. Notwithstanding, I could see the Tomahawks on the tarmac!:ugh: The Manager of the Airport (no less!) eventually told me to go home and ring the school and get an 'authorisation' as they have to come and collect you from the terminal. At Pafos, Griffon have an office you can access from the public areas but dont go on Sunday!! This was all about 18 months ago, but I doubt its changed much!:bored: Hope this helps.

[Thumpango]

Flew with Griffon Aviation at Paphos in a PA28.

Don't expect to take any pictures as camera and passports had to be left behind before going airside.

Sightseeing was limited to flying up the west coast or along the south coast, stunning views all the same and well worth it!

[S-Works]

Fly out of Larnaca with Tomahawk then. Never had a problem going flying with them. Took hundreds of photos, even the ones of the turkish flag drawn into the hillside along the border. Got some great photos of the mountains and the Adelphi forrest. There are 5 main GA flying areas plus a transit corridor that run along the south of the island and you enter these by specific reporting points.

I used to phone the school tell them I would like to fly in an hour and they would meet me in the terminal at the cafe and feed me through the system. No problems or drama.

I have always found them to be very friendly and cooperative.

[Leezyjet]

I have tried emailing Tomahawk twice, and have called them too, as yet no response/answer.

Had this place recommended though which seems to be a decent outfit from the look of the website (although they don't appear on a google search for self fly hire cyprus for some reason) :-

http://www.aviator.com.cy/

Hopefully they will be more interested in my business than Tomahawk and actually reply to my email !!.

They also have the C172 that I need to hire too.

:)

[gijoe]

If you want to fly in cyprus make sure you book ahead. If it for a holiday, ideally before you go. The Cypriots are wonderful friendly people but they do NOT understand why people who are not in the military or work for an airline get to fly. (Remember the Plane spotters fiasco in Greece?!) I lived in Cyprus for a year and had no luck getting past the guy with the machine gun at Larnaca when I turned up 'on spec' to find out about GA flying. Notwithstanding, I could see the Tomahawks on the tarmac!:ugh: The Manager of the Airport (no less!) eventually told me to go home and ring the school and get an 'authorisation' as they have to come and collect you from the terminal. At Pafos, Griffon have an office you can access from the public areas but dont go on Sunday!! This was all about 18 months ago, but I doubt its changed much!:bored: Hope this helps.

All too true - Cyprus is one of those places that loves bits of paper with stamps all over it. It doesn't matter what the piece of paper says but it must have a stamp on it. It is worth all of the hassle as the flying is great but you are quite limited where you can go because of the island mentality.

All of the clever Cypriots have left the island. Enough said.

G

[Leezyjet]

Just got back a few days ago.

Here is some info for those interested.

Aviator came good and replied to my email, so I called them up in country.

Arranged to go flying the very next day with an instructor, and 2 of my friends, and flew again the day after on my own.

The flying in Cyprus isn't all sunshine and cavok as I (and I guess most people) expected. The mountains were generating a huge amount of clouds off them, and away from the mountains, there are quite a few thermals rising from the parched barron land which made for a fairly bumpy flight. The next day, there wasn't a cloud in sight on the coast, but when we were in the air heading towards Nicosia, we got battered by 2 torrential downpours that put an early end to the flight.

The flying in Cyprus is quite restrictive for such a small place. You cannot fly any further East than LCA itself due to the British Sovereign Base just up the road, so no flying over Aiga Napa or Protaras area (which happened to be where I was staying). There are also quite alot of Danger Area's that aren't actually marked on the charts, so you have to know where they are in order to avoid them. There South of the Island between LCA and PFO is pretty much the only place to fly, except you are not allowed to fly out over the water so I was told by the instructor (although doing circuits at LCA we had to orbit about 1/2 mile offshore for 10 mins while a couple of big boys were around :confused: ).
Obviously you cannot go over into the North, so there isn't really much to see, although we were close enough to Nicosia to see the Turkish Flag in the distance. They did say that they used to pop over to Beirut pretty often in the past as it's only around an hours flight, but recent events have knocked that on the head.

The C172 they have is a nice little a/c, in good condition - with 70's porn star red leather seats too !!!.

I also found out that Tomahawk are no longer in business, and Aviator are now the only flying school at LCA which is probably when I couldn't get through to them.

Not a bad couple of hours flying, but not brilliant for things to see and places to go, although the young female instructor more than made up for the lack of things to look at out of the window :E

:)