The 2012 Fly-out schedule

Sat 24th March

Bembridge

For the Lob and Crabster - hopefully the weather will be kinder this year!

If your navigation is not up to scratch CLICK here for map to find The Crab and Lobster

Sat 28th April and Sunday 29th  April

“Beginners” Flyout 2012. Using the C172 G-BIBW - Overnight in Valenciennes

One or more legs each with student/beginner/low-hours-PPL

Book a leg now:

1. Lydd - Calais

2. Calais - Kortrijk

3. Kortrijk - Valenciennes

4. Valenciennes - Abbeville          

5. Abbeville - Le Touquet

6. Le Touquet - Lydd

Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th May

Annecy

This year we shall return to a stunning location of Annecy in  France. If you haven't visited before please try to make this trip as both the  scenery and food are superb.

A booking sheet for Friday the 25th of May has been added should you wish to have the whole of Saturday to visit the  area.  

Weekend (including Friday if you can) Sat 30th June and Sunday 1st July

San Sebastian

Due to logistical problems the proposed San Sebastian fly-out replaces the suggested “Baltic Adventure”.

Two years ago, eleven aircraft with over thirty of us on board were scheduled to visit this stunning destination. Unfortunately bad weather ruined our plans and in the end only three planes - the Saratoga, the Arrow and and one of the Archers, made it.

We thought it was time to give it another go!

Meanwhile, if anyone wants to read Bill's account of the trip, (published in Today's Pilot, November 2010) we'll get you a copy.

A new booking sheet is in the Club - first come, first seated.

Sat 28th and Sunday 29th July

Wellesbourne Mountford for Shakespeare Country

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“To be or not to be” the “NPPL Flyout”

Sat 25th and Monday 27th August

Liege

The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse River, near Belgium's eastern borders with the Netherlands and Germany, where the Meuse meets the Ourthe

At the Northern end of the Battle of the  Bulge in WW 2 the town has many new buildings though remarkably some of the old architecture still survives.

Situated to the South is Bastogne where heavy fighting took place in the winter of 1944/45.

The Ardennes scenery is attractive and, being Belgium, the beer will be good.

Flying time will be around two hours each way.

Saturday 15th to Sunday 16th September

Kortrijk

A short, and dare I say “inexpensive” fly out, during which you will fly over the sites of some of the bloodiest battlefields of WW1. The town is typically Flemish with a large central square and many restaurants. Public  transport is readily available and very cheap.