Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:47 pm
#1658512
I’m planning a weekend trip later in the summer to Trier in Germany.
My route (VFR in an Arrow) takes me from Nottinghamshire to enter Dutch airspace at point NAVPI, routing just a little bit south west of Rotterdam and then across the northern part of Belgium routing roughly between Antwerp towards Liege.
I’ve done a lot of flying on the continent but the last time I crossed the whole of Belgium VFR was about 12 years ago. On that occasion, Brussels Departures cleared us through their Class C but we did have to take quite a few vectors and level changes which was not, shall we say, very efficient flying.
My question is what can I expect nowadays. Is Brussels likely to accept me in Class C VFR? Also, I note a lot of military / restricted airspace around Liege and Kleine Brogel. In practice, is a transit pretty straightforward?
Any recent info would help for planning purposes.
Many thanks
Geraint
My route (VFR in an Arrow) takes me from Nottinghamshire to enter Dutch airspace at point NAVPI, routing just a little bit south west of Rotterdam and then across the northern part of Belgium routing roughly between Antwerp towards Liege.
I’ve done a lot of flying on the continent but the last time I crossed the whole of Belgium VFR was about 12 years ago. On that occasion, Brussels Departures cleared us through their Class C but we did have to take quite a few vectors and level changes which was not, shall we say, very efficient flying.
My question is what can I expect nowadays. Is Brussels likely to accept me in Class C VFR? Also, I note a lot of military / restricted airspace around Liege and Kleine Brogel. In practice, is a transit pretty straightforward?
Any recent info would help for planning purposes.
Many thanks
Geraint
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