Recent content by kmies

Flying here is indeed way more expensive than in the US. I just wanted to give an option about some cheap flying and still have fun and do some arial sightseeing.

Flying in France is not that expensive compared to its neighbouring countries. Landing- and handling is free on most small French fields. And if there is a landing fee it is about 5 to 10 euro. It is the big airports that are expensive. And for some relative cheap flying just go for a so called...

Probably a non-USA trained pilot, in this part of the world we have miles and miles of runways 09 and not a millimeter of runway 9.

D-GERM for a german piston twin, really? D-Exxx = piston single MTOW.....kg D-Mxxx = Ultra light D-Hxxx = Helicopter D-Ixxx = piston twin MTOW....kg D-Kxxx = Motor glider And so on.

(Motor)Gliders in The Netherlands have PH-xxxx

C150D because that is the only 150 that can take a reasonable load.(It was a 150D or a MS880 which one I could find first some years ago) -Kees

Flying from flat lands to a less flat landscape. "Hmmm, it looks you have trouble keeping altitude" On short final, engine idle. "Where is the field?"

Hmmm, try flying on this side of the pond and enjoy the universal language required for flight.:cryin:

Because there is only 1 FAA and a lot more CAA's. :wink2:

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Yesterday sun set was a bit more red/ orange than usual in The Netherlands. Apart from that nothing. Our FIR is closed till at least 16:00LT April 16th.

Like others have said try to find an instructor, let him/her take care of all the local differences while you enjoy the flight. In Belgium you can try Kortrijk, Oostende, Antwerp, Grimbergen or Hoevenen. Here is a website with all European airfields with links to their websites...

If one stays within "Schengen" which is quite a bit of the EU and some more no customs or whatever if you cross borders. Just a flightplan(sometimes not even that) and you are good to go. The only real pain at the moment are equipment requirements(406 Mhz ELTs and mode-S)