Crossing the channel
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Crossing the channel
Hi guys.
Just wondering- Has anyone here ever crossed the channel into europe? What has to be done beforehand? What about customs etc? Are the procedures different from flying to the UK?
Cheers,
Coke611 (Louis Coke)
Just wondering- Has anyone here ever crossed the channel into europe? What has to be done beforehand? What about customs etc? Are the procedures different from flying to the UK?
Cheers,
Coke611 (Louis Coke)
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There are millions of posts all about procedures for flying accross the channel. Please look further than page 1 here and look for anything that mentions flying in france for example. there are loads of threads on this subject, just look around a bit more....
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In reply to the first part of your post - I believe this has been done before.
As for the second ?, Quick resume:
Book customs if not a full customs field (applies both ends)
File flight plan
fill in fuel drawback and send off with fuel reciepts.
As for the second ?, Quick resume:
Book customs if not a full customs field (applies both ends)
File flight plan
fill in fuel drawback and send off with fuel reciepts.
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OK, so a question has just popped into my head.
Louis Bleriot was the first to fly from France to England, but who was the first to fly from England to France??
(Assuming that M. Bleriot didn't just turn round and fly back again)
Louis Bleriot was the first to fly from France to England, but who was the first to fly from England to France??
(Assuming that M. Bleriot didn't just turn round and fly back again)
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From http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/bleriot.htm:
Louis Bleriot achieved world acclaim by being the first to fly an aircraft across the English Channel, a feat of great daring for those times. On July 25, 1909, in his Model X125 horsepower monoplane, he braved adverse weather and 22 miles of forbidding sea and flew his machine from Les Barraques, France to Dover, England. This 40 minute flight won for him the much sought after London Daily Mail price of 1000 pounds sterling.
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Customs
Coke 611 For the smaller UK airfields that are not "customs" airfields, many have made arrangements so that you do not have to book customs in advance. This concession only applies to G reg aircraft, with only EU passport holders on board, flying to a destination within the EU.
It is worth asking your flying club, or airfield operator about your local arrangements. For instance at Elstree, all we have to do is fill in a customs form & hand it into the tower, with the flight plan. The FISO then faxes the form to the local customs office. On the form you have to enter your ETA back at Elstree. In practice customs officers do turn up at Elstree occasionally, to do the odd spot check on returning aircraft.
It is worth asking your flying club, or airfield operator about your local arrangements. For instance at Elstree, all we have to do is fill in a customs form & hand it into the tower, with the flight plan. The FISO then faxes the form to the local customs office. On the form you have to enter your ETA back at Elstree. In practice customs officers do turn up at Elstree occasionally, to do the odd spot check on returning aircraft.
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That's Charles Rolls (Royce's first name was Frank). Rolls was indeed the first man to fly across both ways, without landing at the end of the first leg, but I'm not sure if someone had done an England to France crossing before (other than Monsieur Baptiste who did it by balloon in 1794).
