Can we please have everyone who might like to come to say so, either here or off-forum, so I can judge the level of interest
This was supposed to be a “grass roots” fly-in (we have in the past been criticised for going to “posh” places) but I know a lot of people will simply not come because
Grass alone normally reduces the turnout by 1/3 – fairly obviously because the community which actually goes to places doesn’t do much grass.
I am interested in coming yes.
Venice is a rip of but doesn’t have to be. I got a hotel at San Marco (right at the square) via booking com for less than 70 Euros a day a few years back. Apart, Lido is also very nice, no need to go in the center if you don’t want.
Yes Lido is a grass runway but I think a lot of people know the quality of it. Who needs concrete and IFR can go to Venice International. But I think for most planes Lido is more than adequate.
I hope we will have a nice turn out and will try very hard to make it happen for myself. No guarantee though.
Hi Peter, we are interested
Peter wrote:
Venice is a massive tourist ripoffgrass runway
no IFR
Only if you hang around the tourist places, there are plenty of other options like cycle hire on the Lido, seeing the Grand Canal from the waterbus, getting lost walking around the back streets, listening to the orchestra in Piazza San Marco at 10 in the evening when all the crowds have left … etc.
Your forumite ‘Denopa’ went there in his PA46 and said that the grass runway was in good shape.
no IFR ….. IFR would completely spoil the arrival into LIPV
My level of interest with wife is high. Staying at a Lido hotel can be quite nice and a good way to keep costs down. Access to the center of Venice is easy, or you can walk to the beach and go swimming (although May might be cold).
The Lido airport is one of those places every pilot should visit at least once. No one who shows will regret it.
As mentioned earlier, I’m also interested.
I’m in – for me it’s a short 1 hour hop. However, if the weather is not VFR then I don’t see sense in flying to alternate (e.g. Venice International) – it’s easier to postpone the trip. With today’s availability of accommodation via booking.com and Airbnb, I never book too early in advance. More often I book when I land to destination.
I’m in too!
I would like to be there in Venice with you. But VFR weather, rental aircraft availability, getting extra days off from work (as a buffer) and most importantly family agreement/support need to align properly to let me participate.
I am in.
As an alternative you could consider Dubrovnik, it ticks all the boxes:
- Interesting place to visit
- Concrete runway
- IFR
However ‘ripoff’-wise, it’s the same as Venice. But Venice or not, one decides whether to book Danieli or AirBnB and how much ‘ripoff’ will experience.
dvukovic wrote:
As an alternative you could consider Dubrovnik
I’d be more likely to come, because I haven’t been there yet :)
