Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:53 pm
#982437
Large, long, hard runway, recently repaired
No Customs
No Tower (auto info in French)
No commercial traffic (aeroclub and gliders)
No Landing or Parking fee
No PPR
Maintenance shop
Fuel by Total card
"Escadrille Orion" hangar worth a peek - they repair old aircrafts to amazing standards, including the finest Chipmunk I've seen in years, and a Cub used for D-Day
Taxi to town eur20 and 10min
We landed and parked there for a few days instead of the more expensive (can't beat free!) Bergerac since we had to stop overnight and went through Customs in Poitiers anyway. Listened to the radio from 10min out, no activity, flew overhead, no wind, no airplane moving, turned downwind for 29 and announced it on the radio; just then an instructuctor announced in French to his student "some guy preparing to land on 29, so hold for 11" - I landed and parked without drama, all very relaxed but safe as long as you talk and listen.
No Customs
No Tower (auto info in French)
No commercial traffic (aeroclub and gliders)
No Landing or Parking fee
No PPR
Maintenance shop
Fuel by Total card
"Escadrille Orion" hangar worth a peek - they repair old aircrafts to amazing standards, including the finest Chipmunk I've seen in years, and a Cub used for D-Day
Taxi to town eur20 and 10min
We landed and parked there for a few days instead of the more expensive (can't beat free!) Bergerac since we had to stop overnight and went through Customs in Poitiers anyway. Listened to the radio from 10min out, no activity, flew overhead, no wind, no airplane moving, turned downwind for 29 and announced it on the radio; just then an instructuctor announced in French to his student "some guy preparing to land on 29, so hold for 11" - I landed and parked without drama, all very relaxed but safe as long as you talk and listen.
Fairoaks
EASA PPl/Night/IRR(A)/IR(A)/TR(PA46)
EASA PPl/Night/IRR(A)/IR(A)/TR(PA46)