[G-BLEW]

Flying out Tuesday and back Friday. Hope to catch up there.

Ian

[10W]

Meandering down from Scotland on Tuesday or Wednesday and at the show till Sunday, then off to Cannes for the Red Bull Air Race. Most likely routing Prestwick to Calais, or possibly direct to Nancy if weather and wind is favourable.

[letpmar]

Hope to head down Tuesday morning, basing myself at Tannehiem

[Iceman]

The Friedrichshafen slot booking system opened yesterday so get in there quickly.

Iceman

[Pilot Pete]

Well this week was going to be a trip to the Alps but the weather has a different plan for us. So I wondered whether Friedrichshafen would be back on the table but forgot to book a slot on the weekend. Doh.

[Flyin'Dutch']

Fly into on of the alternatives, some even have a free shuttle service!

[Iceman]

Pete, you do indeed appear to be a bit late for a slot (very early morning slots still available), not helped by the airport not making available the grass runway this year. As FD states, other nearby airports are available, as shown here, some with a shuttle bus service. Click on an individual airport's name below the map for more details.

Iceman

[Pilot Pete]

Lol. Yes you're right Mark . It was mainly because I thought that my plans for this weekend were quite possible, and stupidly allowed my attention to slip.
Thanks for the very helpful link.

[letpmar]

We hope to get to Tannehiem Tuesday afternoon and driving down for the day Wednesday in a hire car. I’m sure we could fit one or two more people.

Pete

[carlmeek]

I’m planning on a mid way stop at Metz Nancy Lorraine. Routing from there through to Friedrichshafen looks a bit messy with weekday restricted areas blocking it all up. Any advice on the route and whether I’m likely to get a crossing?

[letpmar]

Have a look here, most of the low flying and danger areas will be closed.

https://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/schedules

Pete

[Dave W]

I’m planning on a mid way stop at Metz Nancy Lorraine.

@carlmeek - Careful: We stopped there a couple of years ago on a weather diversion and they had no AVGAS; the AIP entry suggests it is still JET A1 only. Nancy-Essey (LFSN) is likely a better bet.

I've used the latter 3 or 4 times now and it's a favourite; les pompiers come out and do the fuel, the pumps take normal bank cards and there's a nice restaurant on the field.

If you arrive late and the tower is closed, there is PCL on the field - just don't park overnight in front of the building entrance because that's where the morning commercial flight expects to go.

[carlmeek]

Thanks, very helpful

[carlmeek]

I should have spotted immediately but Nancy-Essey (LFSN) is not customs, so no use to us.

We're departing from Sussex and wanted to fly between 1.5-2 hours before our customs stop ideally. I'll keep looking for other options...

[letpmar]

We are doing Le Touquet then Sedan LFSJ for a pee then Tannehiem EDMT for the night. We hire a car from there and drive to the show. Not a long first leg for you but gets the job done. Hoping to depart Firs at 0800 local in the morning 17th

Pete