John Wighton
Joined: 18 May 2010
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 Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:37 am Post subject: Recommend LFSM Montbeliard-Courcelles and Swiss Info |
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Flew UK to Switzerland a few weeks ago, caught that nice week of clear weather at the start of Sept. Tried to get back after a week but got blocked out by bad WX in France. I backtracked and ended up in LFSM (partly because it has a TGV station to get me back to work in Switzerland). A group of enthusiasts fly a Dassault 312 from there and l was fortunate enough to meet up with them, lovely people put GIPOD in the hangar (turned out to be 2 weeks stay), charged me nothing at all. Just shows there are still nice people in this world. This would be an excellent place to stop over as part of a Euro tour.
Flying in the Alps was educational, Frans noted the fine view from FL115, which is true, but the valley flying is challenging, flying amongst 6k to 10k peaks, no horizon reference. I can recommend Switzerland generally but keep away from Buochs (ironically my local airfield as l live and work within its extended boundaries), particularly anal even for Switzerland and refused me re-entry for a weather diversion (there have been 6 recent fatalities at nearby Kagiswil when pilots could possibly have diverted to Buochs but maybe (speculation) thought they would be refused). I am taking that one up with FOCA.
Recommend entry/exit via Grenchen, charged £20 approx for landing, customs and Police (needed when planning direct to UK).
Military zones near Bern need checking as the airspace seems to close for GA regularly. There are a couple of Europa projects on the go, l met Albert Buess who is nearing flight test.
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