Nav refresher 2017 schedule is now available

UPL-AOPA presents its yearly NAV refresher, which is held at Saturday May 20th this year to which UPL-AOPA pilots are cordially invited to participate.

The Navigation - Refresher, which is also a fly-out,  offers an opportunity for all pilots to improve their knowledge in preparation and realization of navigation flights. 

Especially pilots, who got their licence recently,  hereby get the chance to acquire more experience, routine and confidence in navigation flights by flying in a team with more experienced pilots. 

Flight instructors are available for student pilots who want to participate.

Three legs will be flown, meaning that each pilot has the chance to fly one leg as PIC. (with three pilots aboard per plane)

Nangis

Routing 2017

• ELLX – LFAI (Nangis) 140 NM
• LFAI – LFAY ( Amiens ) 140 NM
• LFAY – ELLX 150 NM 

Scheduled pre-flight briefings:

• Wednesday May 17th at 7pm at Aéro-Sport at Luxembourg airport
• Thursday May 18th at 7m at Aéro-Sport at Luxembourg airport

Time schedule

• 08 am  Breakfast with ATC and weather briefing at Aéro-Sport at Luxembourg airport
• 09.30 am Departure ( Findel; Zouftgen; Sterpenich )
• Between 11.15 and 12am arrival at LFAI Nangis
• PIC – change
• Lunch
• appr. 2pm departure from LFAI - Nangis
• 3.30pm - 4pm : arrival LFAY - Amines
• PIC – change
• appr. 5pm departure Amines
• between 6.30pm and 7.15pm arrival Luxembourg ( Findel; Zoufftgen; Sterpenich)
• followed by debriefing and finger food ( Findel Aéro-Sport )

Registration by email to info@upl-aopa.lu or bfrechen@pt.lu  mentioning the following information per person who participates in your team

• First and last name 
• Email and phone
• Are you a pilot: Y/N
• Are you member of UPL-AOPA: Y/N
• Type of Aircraft
• Call-sign
• Speed in kts
• Departure in ELLX or Zoufftgen or Sterpenich                            

You can also participate as individual pilot, without having a crew. The organisation team will assign you to one of the existing pilot crews. Just mention in your email to the organisation that this is what you're looking for.

First drones event in Luxembourg - for good and evil

First drones event in Luxembourg

The question of "Good or Evil" drones has been on the agenda for some time now and AMCHAM, in cooperation with Digital Lëtzebuerg,  BCE and SECURITYMADEIN.LU , we will try to give some answers during a half day event on April 27th at the heart of the historical Junglinster Longwave Transmitter (CLT-Centre d'Emission, Station Radio, 6141 Junglinster, Luxembourg).

This event will give drone users, fans (and lovers!) the opportunity to learn more about the world of drones. Passionate private organizations and associations will also present some of their practical usage and experiences with drones.

The first drone race of Luxembourg will truly be the highlight of the event.

We offer you a fun and informative day!

Participants are also invited to bring their personal drone and try the race or just do some testing.

Join us for all or part of this first time ever "celebration of all things drones"!

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Agenda April 27th*

8.30 - 10:00 Cybersecurity Breakfast

12:00 - 14.00 Workshop organized by AMCHAM's Marketing Committee

14:00 Drone testing and networking

15:00 Opening address (name personality to be confirmed shortly)

15:30-17:00 Drone race by FPV Racing Luxembourg

17:00-19:00 Conference stream: A practical overview of the usage of drones by companies

19 :00 Closing address, followed by networking

Food and drinks trucks will be available on site throughout the day.

You can sign up online following this link.

Best Regards

Peter Sodermans

Private pilot

Member of the AMCHAM organisation team

DRONES - FOR GOOD AND EVIL

Information about Hans Guttmann Tourist Rally 2017

Information about Hans Guttmann Tourist Rally 2017

Hans Gutmann Tourist rally 2017

The 2017 rally, MID SUMMER NIGHTS, will take place in June 2017, from 15th to 25th June. This year the rally route is going to be via the Scandinavian and Baltic countries, culminating in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

1) Route changes 

We've decided to drop Minsk from our route (no capacity, high fees)

The new route will be: 

ELLX Luxembourg > EKAH Aarhus > ENZV Stavanger / ENBR Bergen (fuel stop) > ENBO Bodo > EFVA Vaasa (fuel stop) > EFHF Helsinki-Malmi  > (ULLI Pulkovo) > EETN Tallinn > EEKE Saarema > EYKA/EYKS Kaunas > EPGD Gdansk

Our schedule is as follows:

15/6 land at EKAH Aarhus, stay overnight, have an opening dinner

16/6 depart EKAH, fly via ENZV Stavanger/ENBR Bergen (fuel stop), land at Bodo ENBO, stay overnight

17/6 depart ENBO, fly via EFVA Vaasa (fuel stop), land at EFHF Helsinki-Malmi, stay overnight

18/7 depart EFHF, land at ULLU Pulkovo Saint Petersburg // alternative: take a high speed train from Helsinki to Saint Petersburg, stay overnight

19/7 full day in Saint Petersburg

20/7 full day in Saint Petersburg

21/7 depart ULLI, land at EETN Tallinn // alternative: take a high speed train from Saint Petersburg to Helsinki, depart EFHF, land at EETN Tallinn, stay overnight

22/7 depart EETN, land at EEKE Saarema, stay overnight

23/7 depart EEKE, land at EYKS/EYKA Kaunas, stay overnight

24/7 depart EYKS/EYKA, land at EPGD Gdanks, stay overnight, have a closing dinner

25/7 depart EPGD

2) For budget estimation purposes, the approximate fees in airports (for Cessna 172/182 class aircraft), not including any taxes 

- EKAH Aarhus: landing fee ~€22, parking ~€10/night, avgas ~€2.2/l

- Airports in Norway: landing fee ~€25, parking ~€20/night, avgas ~€1.7/l

- Airports in Finland: landing fee ~€30, parking ~€10/night, avgas ~€2.5/l

- ULLI Pulkovo: TBD. the official published handling fee is ~€190

- Airports in Estonia: landing fee ~€30, parking ~€20/night, avgas ~€2.7/l

- Kaunas: TBD

- Gdansk: landing fee ~€20, parking ~€10, avgas ~€1.4/l

3) Saint Petersburg & Russian Visa

We are still waiting the confirmation of availability of slots in Pulkovo. They have received our offical request and reviewing it, we are expecting to get a confirmation or refusal in the following week or two.

For our two days stay in Saint Petersburg, we consider organizing group tours to:

A) The Peterhof Palace (aka the "Russian Versailles"), the imperial palace of Peter the Great.

B) Tsarskoe selo & Catherine Palace, the summer residence of the Russian tsars.

For the Russian visa, every participant has to apply to the Russian embassy or consulate in the country of his/her residence. The invitation (aka the visa support letter) from a hotel or a tour agency is required. To facilitate this process, we've engaged an accredited tour agency in Saint Petersburg which will provide the required visa support letters. As soon as we receive completed inscription forms (see below) we will request the agency to issue visa support letters.

4) Registration form and inscrption fee

Please email to info@hansgutmannrally.eu for more details

An inscription fee of €250 per crew is to be paid to the Organizing Committee to confirm the registration. A discount of €50 is provided if the crew agrees to put a removable sticker with the rally logo on the airplane.

Included in the inscription fee:

- Services of organization team

- Russian visa support letter fee (if done via the Organizing Committee)

- Participants badges 

- Ground transportation in Aarhus (shuttle for the group from airport), Saint Petersburg (shuttle from airport/train station to hotel and from hotel/train station to airport), Tallinn, Kaunas, Gdansk

The payment should be done by transfer to the Organizing Committee bank account (will be provided soon).

Organisation team 2017 : Jean Birgen - Mike Kornev - Artem Kirillov

Schedule Aéro-Sport 2017

Date	Name activity	Organized by
07/04- 08/04	25e Aero Friedrichshafen	UPL-AOPA Aéro-Sport
23/04	Season Opening 1st weekend after Eastern :  Speyer	Aéro-Sport
24/04	Pinch Hitter (INS)	UPL-AOPA
02/05	Pinch Hitter (INS)	UPL-AOPA
09/05	Pinch Hitter (Aéro-Sport)	UPL-AOPA
20/05	NAV refresher	UPL-AOPA & Aéro-Sport
25/05-28/05	Ascension 4 days weekend: fly out to Corsica-Elba	Aéro-Sport
03/06-04/06	Fly out Champagne (Claude Penot) + Ferté Alais airshow	Aéro-Sport
15/06 – 25/06	Memorial  Hans Gutmann   Tourist Rally Flight  2017 : White nights St Petersburg	UPL-AOPA
30/06 -03/07	Fly out to Ardèche	Aéro-Sport
14/07 -17/07	fly out to the North sea (Island hopping Texel and/or Norderney)	Aéro-Sport
18/08-20/08	Grimbergen, Midden-Zeeland, Texel, Lelystad	Pipistrel
02/09-03/09	Fly out Annecy or other Alps destination – 30th  edition	UPL-AOPA
12/09 -17/09 & 15/09-17/09	ANR – Air Navigation Race  - world championship @ Castellon, Alicante Spain & Fly out to Spain in combination with ANR	FAI General Aviation commission & Aéro-Sport
16/09-17/09	Rally UPL-AOPA	UPL-AOPA
23/09-24/09	Rally Aéro-Sport / Instalfit	Aéro-Sport
30/09-01/10	Season closing: Burgundy, France	Aéro-Sport

UK female pilot Carloe Vorderman plans to flight around the world

A nice story to read about a British female pilot who plans to fly around the world in her Diamond DA42 twin-engine propeller plane, nicknamed Mildred : click here