Thu May 19, 2022 9:25 pm
#1912074
Just a quick update on a trip I'd planned with a flying buddy before lockdown scuppered every ones plans.
Many thanks to the Flyer team as it won me a subscription to Skydemon which we'll be using a lot on this trip. Actually we already have as it's an absolute boon for not only the flight planning but the comments other pilots have posted that have visited the places along our route. We have also bought hard copies of charts of the countries that we'll be flying into.
Hopefully we'll be setting off on Saturday morning 21st May and the trip will be enjoyed and not rushed so we may not be back for a couple of weeks.
The planned route is Seething to Calais then one overnight stop at least in Troyes. Then overnight at Le Castellet with a lunch stop at Saint Rambert D'albon. We're hoping we can clear customs at Le Castellet for our next leg to Marina Di Campo. Eventually onto Lucca, as we know someone there, then across Italy with a customs clearance at Ancona/Falconara and onto Pula and the down the Dalmatian coast, with an occasional stop before arriving at Tivat.
The original idea was to stay at a property I owned in Kotor but that has since been sold however I have a very good friend in Tivat who is happy to accommodate us both.
We are very dependant on the weather as this trip is very much VFR so changes could be made on the hoof.
I will of course take pics and endeavour to keep a transit log for a write up when we return.
Please wish us luck and feel free to make suggestions that may help us on our way.
Cheers,
Ivan & Mike.
Many thanks to the Flyer team as it won me a subscription to Skydemon which we'll be using a lot on this trip. Actually we already have as it's an absolute boon for not only the flight planning but the comments other pilots have posted that have visited the places along our route. We have also bought hard copies of charts of the countries that we'll be flying into.
Hopefully we'll be setting off on Saturday morning 21st May and the trip will be enjoyed and not rushed so we may not be back for a couple of weeks.
The planned route is Seething to Calais then one overnight stop at least in Troyes. Then overnight at Le Castellet with a lunch stop at Saint Rambert D'albon. We're hoping we can clear customs at Le Castellet for our next leg to Marina Di Campo. Eventually onto Lucca, as we know someone there, then across Italy with a customs clearance at Ancona/Falconara and onto Pula and the down the Dalmatian coast, with an occasional stop before arriving at Tivat.
The original idea was to stay at a property I owned in Kotor but that has since been sold however I have a very good friend in Tivat who is happy to accommodate us both.
We are very dependant on the weather as this trip is very much VFR so changes could be made on the hoof.
I will of course take pics and endeavour to keep a transit log for a write up when we return.
Please wish us luck and feel free to make suggestions that may help us on our way.
Cheers,
Ivan & Mike.