Put me down as a definitely maybe.....

Is it a day trip, or a weekend trip? Mrs FFF is working in the morning, so if we could fly down around lunch-time it might work - assuming everyone else won't be heading home already by that time! Otherwise I'll just have to leave her here. ;) And it's all dependant on whether we're moving house, too.

If anyone fancies a trip in a Duchess, from Bournemouth, but (at the moment) with the possibility that I might have to cancel, PM me!

FFF
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Sorry, not trying to change anything or throw a spanner in the works, but
Wrong Stuff has a bit of a point, Deauville is a bit of a rip off....

Landing Fee at Deauville in a 1785kg twin ...EUR 40
Landing Fee at Caen in same a/c ......EUR 5.99

Deauville has no AVGAS and has just notamed that JETA1 is now only for based a/c.

Caen has same facilities as Deauville, i.e. radar (Deauville's I know) ILS/VOR/NDB. AND a CROSS runway! ... except strangely CAEN has no traffic.

I have only used Caen as a staging post to enter/leave France so I haven't left the airfield for the town, but its pretty close to town so I'm sure the taxi wouldn't be as expensive as the Deauville/Honfleur swindle.

Went in and out twice at the weekend, very friendly and helpful. You just need to email them to notify customs, who of course don't bother to actually turn up!

caen is good for me!

Noooooooo, :{

I wasn't trying to change the plans for this trip and a 'one off' Deauville would be great, especially for folks that haven't ventured to France before - or have only made it as far as LFAT. I was just pointing out that for regular day trippers to France, you can get the 'bacon sandwich, with garlic' without being ripped off.

Incidentally, since posting yesterday, I double checked the NOTAMS. There is now no mention of AvGas not being available at LFRG... so that either means that it is available or that its been in the NOTAMS for so long that everyone must know by now. When I get a minute I'll check with them.

Deauville had 100LL last month, by coincidence Caen was NOTAMed as sans 100LL ;)

Caen's a great airfield, and a handy customs entry/exit/fuel stopoff (normally ;)) but the town is nowhere near as charming as Honfleur or Trouville :ok:

Another suggestion - how about Dinard? Cheap landing fees, short taxi ride into a charming town.

Dinard is great, but quite a bit further south for those folks travelling from 'up north'. I think that we should go with BRL's suggestion of Deauville.

So Deauville on 14th July then, with lunch in Honfleur.

Does anybody have a good restaurant recommendation?

Noooooo :{

That's Bastille Day and (obviously) a Saturday..... that would be like going to Brighton on a hot Bank Holiday Weekend. Shall we think of another date?

When I rang Deauville last week from my strip just prior to departure (only to be told they had fog) they also dropped the pearl that they were only allowing 50L avgas per a/c. Nada in the Notams............

Cusco:ugh:

Ah! Very good point. How about either Saturday 7th or Sunday 8th July?

I don't really care when or where. I just need to know ASAP so I can cource an aircraft in time.

That's the weekend of the Flyer summer bash. Potentially a few of us on here going there (I am for one)

Have we decided on a destination and date yet?? The clock is ticking.

I've been making the running in suggesting dates, but my two free weekends aren't good for other reasons, so I'll have to bow out and leave the suggestions to others. I'll be at the flyin if I can (wherever and whenever) but dependent on other commitments which won't be clear for a while.

gcolyer,

... you choose......

Well the 14th suits me better (if I can get a club plane). As for destination I am not all that fussed. Deauville is fine or anywhere else on the west coast of France.

If I take a club plane I will be staying in France over night as Filton closes the runway at 17:30 at weekends. So keeping that in mind I don't mind going further than the west coast.

gcoyler,

please see posts 28 and 30.

Well you did ask me to choose:ugh:

7th or 8th of July is no good for me, so it would have to be 14th or later.

OK then, how about Sat 21st July?

I know, I know...... IMHO France to be avoided that day.