I was invited for lunch in Jersey. I decided to carry on south to Dinard (customs). Then I went back to Amboise for a few days in the Loire. Since the weather was looking very nice :-). With my Brompton folding bike did some cycling along the river cycle paths.
Back via Le Mans for customs – good service. Six officers just for me !!
About 600 nm and 5.5 hrs.
June 2023 9 days 6 planes (Three Sling TSi’s a PA28-161 two Pipistrels) 12 people over 24 hrs of flying more than 2500 nm. (FTWTWIG 20023 – Fly To Where The Weather Is Good)
The Route
With high pressure over Scandanavia we decided a day or two before departure that the trip would be to Scandanavia.
Route: Popham – North Weald – Calais – Soest- Itzehoe-Höganas- Kjeller – Hamar – Ålesund – Stavanger – Varde – Borkum – Midden Zealand – Stow Maries – Popham.
Actual track log from SkyDemon – Zoomable map
An amazing trip with huge logistics thanks to Hitesh and Dean.
A collection of some of the photographs and videos made by the team.
Overall trip summary video by Ashok –
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Borkum Departure (Private link) https://youtu.be/7GuxKpCIFD8
Hitesh organised an April family trip as a warm-up for the June trip.
The weather had been terrible for weeks and it was not clear where we were going to go until the last minute. Head for the best weather was the plan. Original idea was to pick up Hitesh and Caroline at Top Farm but was too waterlogged. So I flew to North Weald to pick them up.
The Route
1080 nm 9.0 hrs flying.
Popham – NorthWeald – Le Mans – Bergerac
Bergerac – Amboise Dierre – Le Touquet – North Weald – Popham
Interactive map zoom in :-
Performance
Power set to 75% in cruise. Fuel burn 242 litres = average of 26.9 litres/hr.
23.3 imperial MPG
Logis Hôtel & Restaurant Ludik, Bergerac
Three planes to Holland for a nice lunch. 2 from Blackbushe and myself and Anne from Popham.
First cross channel trip, the plane has 15 hrs on it. Stay high, gliding distance.
Plane ran perfectly. I am getting used to the autopilot.
Interactive map, zoom in:-
