The returnflight went smoothly as well. Flew a bit higher due to the tailwinds, and fl095 in Germany to get above the Cu, my little girl was sleeping in the back, so I wanted to stay above the thermals. Nice weather for flying gliders today! Back home in 2.15 hrs. LFQF is a lovely airfield with friendly people.
Thanks for the encouragement, flying VFR in France is not as complicated as the map suggests.
Great – enjoy France as long as you’re still there. And I’ll listen out on Langen Information tomorrow when I’ll be flying…
Greetings from France, it was a smooth flight! No problems whatsoever with CAS and ATC. Tomorrow we’ll fly back to Teuge.
As already said, VFR in france is ok in s traight line .
If not flying high enough you might have trouble contacting the SIV or FIR near the DE border but crossing the Lorraine TMA should avoid this issue and poses zero problem.
I could not find the R213 on my old map in the office but just ask ATC/ATS and they will find out activity for you.
Thanks, Kleve? We live closeby. I live near Nijmegen.
Nice! Lovely city!
boscomantico wrote:
…wouldn’t bother with avoiding Belgium…
I have thought about it, but since the detour through Germany isn’t adding that much to the trip I wanted to make it a little easier on myself.
Patrick wrote:
You will be overflying my hometown of Kleve as you cross the border from NL to DE, I suppose.
Thanks, Kleve? We live closeby. I live near Nijmegen.
As for the EDRJ (Saarlouis) region: I made my initial PPL over there, entering French airspace is easy even the VFR charts look totally crazy. As Patrick said: stay in radio contact, ATC is very supportive in France and grants you mostly everything. Alternatively: fly at 100 ft. AGL and they wont find you on their radar
I wouldn’t bother with avoiding Belgium. You are not even landing there…
If you are asking for general advice regarding flying VFR in France, rest assured that it is much more straightforward (literally) than it may look on a map. A lot of restricted stuff will not be active – especially at the weekend. Be sure to always be in radio contact (you will be passed on to each next station as you fly along, obviously). The controllers will be very helpful, they not which areas are active and which aren’t and they will simply clear you through huge chunks of airspace. I don’t think Lorraine TMA would be a problem, either. Have a good flight. You will be overflying my hometown of Kleve as you cross the border from NL to DE, I suppose.