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goff
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 Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:50 am Post subject: Texel was great |
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Texel Fly in last weekend
I have a compelling need to put finger to keyboard to write in praise of the 4th Dutch Light Aircraft Fly-in at Texel in Holland last weekend.
I flew in our Europa G-CHOX from White Waltham in the UK to Texel via Midden-Zeeland for fuel and comfort.
The three days were blessed with fine weather, unlike the previous year when low cloud kept me grounded in the UK.
The event was planned, organised and run hands-on by Tim Weert and his team of helpers. Congratulations to Tim for being the driving force for this ever-improving event. My guess is that over 100 aircraft flew in, of which over 13 were Europas from the UK, Holland, Germany and Finland.
It was great to meet Europa pilots that I knew like Alasdair Milne (G-CEYK), pilots that I was acquainted with like Bob Harrison (G-PTAG) and Ivor Philips (G-IVER) and make new friends like Roger Llloyd (G-BWIJ), Raimo Toivio (OH-XRT) and Marcel Zwakie from Hoogeveen. And many more as well, to whom I apologise for not mentioning.
The event boasted a pilots’ tent with draught beer, wine, soft drinks and hot drinks available all day and evening at any price you cared to donate. The organised dinner and barbeque in the airport hotel restaurant were great. And the local amenities were wonderful with bicycle rides around the island (you could hire a bike for €10 for 3 days), walks over the dunes, swimming for the hardy, and nice cafés and restaurants.
And the weather was wonderful. Did I mention that? Great for hanging out at the airfield watching the arrivals and departures and the spectacular para dropping which went on all day.
My flight was in total 313nm each way with over two thirds of that being over water, Dover to Koksijde and then up the Belgian and Dutch coast at low level to stay under the Schiphol TMA. Magic.
In short - satisfying flying, great destination, wonderful organisation and agreeable camaraderie.
Cant wait for next year.
Goff Moore
G-CHOX
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davidjoyce(at)doctors.org
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:08 am Post subject: Texel was great |
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Goff, Would you like to think of putting together an
article on it for the Europa Flyer with lots of pictures?
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ (there in spirit but
prevented by 'force majeure')
On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:50:11 -0700
"goff" <goffmoore(at)aviators.net> wrote:
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Texel Fly in last weekend
I have a compelling need to put finger to keyboard to
write in praise of the 4th Dutch Light Aircraft Fly-in at
Texel in Holland last weekend.
I flew in our Europa G-CHOX from White Waltham in the UK
to Texel via Midden-Zeeland for fuel and comfort.
The three days were blessed with fine weather, unlike
the previous year when low cloud kept me grounded in the
UK.
The event was planned, organised and run hands-on by Tim
Weert and his team of helpers. Congratulations to Tim for
being the driving force for this ever-improving event. My
guess is that over 100 aircraft flew in, of which over 13
were Europas from the UK, Holland, Germany and Finland.
It was great to meet Europa pilots that I knew like
Alasdair Milne (G-CEYK), pilots that I was acquainted
with like Bob Harrison (G-PTAG) and Ivor Philips (G-IVER)
and make new friends like Roger Llloyd (G-BWIJ), Raimo
Toivio (OH-XRT) and Marcel Zwakie from Hoogeveen. And
many more as well, to whom I apologise for not
mentioning.
The event boasted a pilots’ tent with draught beer,
wine, soft drinks and hot drinks available all day and
evening at any price you cared to donate. The organised
dinner and barbeque in the airport hotel restaurant were
great. And the local amenities were wonderful with
bicycle rides around the island (you could hire a bike
for €10 for 3 days), walks over the dunes, swimming for
the hardy, and nice cafés and restaurants.
And the weather was wonderful. Did I mention that? Great
for hanging out at the airfield watching the arrivals and
departures and the spectacular para dropping which went
on all day.
My flight was in total 313nm each way with over two
thirds of that being over water, Dover to Koksijde and
then up the Belgian and Dutch coast at low level to stay
under the Schiphol TMA. Magic.
In short - satisfying flying, great destination,
wonderful organisation and agreeable camaraderie.
Cant wait for next year.
Goff Moore
G-CHOX
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Ivor Phillips
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:13 am Post subject: Texel was great |
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I second that, It was a excellent well run rally with great company,
Looking forward to next year,
Ivor
On 14 September 2012 16:50, goff <goffmoore(at)aviators.net> wrote:
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Texel Fly in last weekend
I have a compelling need to put finger to keyboard to write in praise of
the 4th Dutch Light Aircraft Fly-in at Texel in Holland last weekend.
I flew in our Europa G-CHOX from White Waltham in the UK to Texel via
Midden-Zeeland for fuel and comfort.
The three days were blessed with fine weather, unlike the previous year
when low cloud kept me grounded in the UK.
The event was planned, organised and run hands-on by Tim Weert and his
team of helpers. Congratulations to Tim for being the driving force for
this ever-improving event. My guess is that over 100 aircraft flew in, of
which over 13 were Europas from the UK, Holland, Germany and Finland.
It was great to meet Europa pilots that I knew like Alasdair Milne
(G-CEYK), pilots that I was acquainted with like Bob Harrison (G-PTAG) and
Ivor Philips (G-IVER) and make new friends like Roger Llloyd (G-BWIJ),
Raimo Toivio (OH-XRT) and Marcel Zwakie from Hoogeveen. And many more as
well, to whom I apologise for not mentioning.
The event boasted a pilots’ tent with draught beer, wine, soft drinks and
hot drinks available all day and evening at any price you cared to donate
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zwakie
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:34 am Post subject: Re: Texel was great |
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Couldn't agree more Goff, great rally and great to meet you and all olthers over at Texel! Looking forward already to the 5th edition next year, hopefully I will then be able to get there in 45 mins instead of 3 hours by car/ferry...
Surprised to see me and my car in your picture, I would have expected airplanes in this forum only 
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john.heykoop(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:14 pm Post subject: Texel was great |
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A great rally. I will certainly be back next year.
John
Europa XS mono G-JHKP
On 14 Sep 2012, at 17:13, PHILLIPS I <ivor.phillips(at)ntlworld.com (ivor.phillips(at)ntlworld.com)> wrote:
[quote]I second that, It was a excellent well run rally with great company,
Looking forward to next year,
Ivor
On 14 September 2012 16:50, goff <goffmoore(at)aviators.net (goffmoore(at)aviators.net)> wrote:
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Texel Fly in last weekend
I have a compelling need to put finger to keyboard to write in praise of the 4th Dutch Light Aircraft Fly-in at Texel in Holland last weekend.
I flew in our Europa G-CHOX from White Waltham in the UK to Texel via Midden-Zeeland for fuel and comfort.
The three days were blessed with fine weather, unlike the previous year when low cloud kept me grounded in the UK.
The event was planned, organised and run hands-on by Tim Weert and his team of helpers. Congratulations to Tim for being the driving force for this ever-improving event. My guess is that over 100 aircraft flew in, of which over 13 were Europas from the UK, Holland, Germany and Finland.
It was great to meet Europa pilots that I knew like Alasdair Milne (G-CEYK), pilots that I was acquainted with like Bob Harrison (G-PTAG) and Ivor Philips (G-IVER) and make new friends like Roger Llloyd (G-BWIJ), Raimo Toivio (OH-XRT) and Marcel Zwakie from Hoogeveen. And many more as well, to whom I apologise for not mentioning.
The event boasted a pilots’ tent with draught beer, wine, soft drinks and hot drinks available all day and evening at any price you cared to donate. The organised dinner and barbeque in the airport hotel restaurant were great. And the local amenities were wonderful with bicycle rides around the island (you could hire a bike for €10 for 3 days), walks over the dunes, swimming for the hardy, and nice cafés and restaurants.
And the weather was wonderful. Did I mention that? Great for hanging out at the airfield watching the arrivals and departures and the spectacular para dropping which went on all day.
My flight was in total 313nm each way with over two thirds of that being over water, Dover to Koksijde and then up the Belgian and Dutch coast at low level to stay under the Schiphol TMA. Magic.
In short - satisfying flying, great destination, wonderful organisation and agreeable camaraderie.
Cant wait for next year.
Goff Moore
G-CHOX
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:23 pm Post subject: Texel was great |
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Goff,
Thank you for the feedback on Texel - I was sorry to miss it this year.
Your words have been passed on to our Editor Tony Wickens who already has
photos taken by Tim Weert so that should suffice to go into an article for
this quarters Europa Flyer.
19 Europas flew in according to the Texel log with the motorglider (John
Roedseth) from Luxembourg,
Thanks again
Steve Pitt
Chairman, Europa Club
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Roland
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 3:20 am Post subject: Re: Texel was great |
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A pity I couldn't be there this year due to technical problems, but good to hear, that it was such a smashing event!
See you all next year for sure!
(at)zwakie: glad that you had the opportunity to go there by car. It would have been a pleasure to pick you up on my way , but.....
Roland
XS Trigear 914
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