Please: Suggestions for weekend flying outside of UK?
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Please: Suggestions for weekend flying outside of UK?
I really have had enough of the weather here in the UK now. It's been 5 weeks since my last flight. I really want to get some flying in this Easter weekend. I was going to fly to Jerez and do some flying down there, but the forecast there for the weekend is not good either.
Does anyone have any suggestions of where I could get some hours in this weekend? I would be willing to travel as far as the middle east if it meant I could get in 2/3 days of straight flying in!! However, somewhere a little closer to home would be preferable. I have spent the last two hours on google, and all I could find was an aero club in Malta. But I would prefer not fly around an island and would rather get some cross country in.
All suggestions welcome!!
Does anyone have any suggestions of where I could get some hours in this weekend? I would be willing to travel as far as the middle east if it meant I could get in 2/3 days of straight flying in!! However, somewhere a little closer to home would be preferable. I have spent the last two hours on google, and all I could find was an aero club in Malta. But I would prefer not fly around an island and would rather get some cross country in.
All suggestions welcome!!
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I agree the weather is looking as rubbish for this weekend, as it has been for as many as I can remember recently. Do you have an IMCr? Assuming the weather is within aircraft limits (e.g. crosswind), maybe its a good time to either embark on IMC lessons, or if you have it already, do some instrument approaches at a place you dont normally do them at with an instructor. That way you can do something interesting, but have a safety pilot with you if you need it. That said, escaping the UK weather right now is a highly desirable thought :-)
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Shrink
Try Float plane flying in Italy
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Or some ski /mountain flying in Meribel french alps
Bienvenue à l'Aéroclub de Méribel
That should blow away the winter cobwebs
Pace
Try Float plane flying in Italy
Aero Club Como Web site > Home
Or some ski /mountain flying in Meribel french alps
Bienvenue à l'Aéroclub de Méribel
That should blow away the winter cobwebs
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 26th March 2013 at 12:39.
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I have an IMC, but don't want to be flying in cloud in subzero temperatures without anti-icing. Forecast is 3 degrees at agl this weekend. Really looking to put some serious hours in somewhere.
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Shrink,
Was in Malta for a weekend at the start of this month and did some flying with Malta wings (with a very friendly instructor called Trevor). We only went around the islands once, which took less than an hour in a 152, but if you speak to them I'm sure you can arrange a trip to Sicilly, Pantelleria or Lampedusa. It's really pretty if you get the right weather!
Was in Malta for a weekend at the start of this month and did some flying with Malta wings (with a very friendly instructor called Trevor). We only went around the islands once, which took less than an hour in a 152, but if you speak to them I'm sure you can arrange a trip to Sicilly, Pantelleria or Lampedusa. It's really pretty if you get the right weather!
