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

NPE2

The young pilots of Luxembourg

NPE2

It’s sexy , Privacy guaranteed, during night , charming location , just friends
Food and drinks, once a month, well it’s a must !

What?

Projection of films concerning aviation :  Historic films,  Documentaries,  Nasa films, Accident report films like Mayday  series

Where?

Aérosport Bar which has been upgraded: New 5 channel sound , Apple TV, Blue ray and Dvd’s.  New seats and as usual fresh beer

When?

Every last Thursday of each month, starting at 20.00 LT.  

First Film-show:  26th of January 2017

Costs?

Entry fee: 1 € plus  50 Cents added to the price of the drinks these evenings

The income is to support the new association Young Pilots Luxembourg (YPL)

YPL will provide snacks, or sandwiches or whatever they want.

Persons responsible for this organization: Jos Schockmel , Chris Lanser and YPL

2017 kick off social event: Hierken an Traipen Owend

traipen

The Young Pilots Luxembourg are inviting you to the first event of this year within Aéro-Sport, the well-known and beloved evening with the theme : Hierken an Traipen

hierken

It happens on Friday the 20th of January 2017 @ 19:00 at the Aéro-Sport clubhouse

Please send an email ( ypluxembourg@outlook.com ) prior to the 18th of January when you want to participate including your name, number of people and if your choice is for “Hierken” or “Traipen”.

Our email is ypluxembourg@outlook.com

For our small guest’s, we gonna hold some sausages as well. 

Participation fees will be 20€ per person and + drinks

We're looking forward to see you on the 20th

Kleeschen (Santa Claus) lands at Aérosport

You are cordially invited to join us for the festive arrival at our clubhouse AéroSport on December 4th at 11am the arrival of Kleeschen.

Arrival of Kleeschen (Sinterklaas) in a Cessna. Party time for children

Kleeschen (Zinniklos) or Sint-Nicolaas is a mythical figure with legendary, historical and folkloric origins based on Saint Nicholas. 

Kleeschen is celebrated annually with the giving of gifts on 5 December, the night before Saint Nicholas Day in the Northern Netherlands and on the morning of 6 December, Saint Nicholas Day itself, in the (Roman Catholic) southern provinces, Belgium, Luxembourg and Northern France (French Flanders, Lorraine and Artois). 

Zinniklos is an elderly, stately and serious man with white hair and a long, full beard. He wears a long red cape or chasuble over a traditional white bishop's alb and sometimes red stola, dons a red mitre and ruby ring, and holds a gold-coloured crosier, a long ceremonial shepherd's staff with a fancy curled top. He traditionally rides a white horse.

Please inform our office at info@aerosport.lu (Niki & Karin) if you're attending the event with your children. There are some details about the orders for Kleeschen you need to settle in advance with them. Please email them asap

Kleeschen - Zinniklos - Sinterklaas

if you are flying to France

The french authorities informed us that following a change of pricing, the number of calls to 0810 IFR VFR increased dramatically.

To return to the cost of a standard communication, a new number will replace 0810 IFR VFR as from 10 November 2016.

This new number is: +33 (0)1 56 301 301

This number allows you to:

- Add, edit, or obtain any information relating to a flight plan.

- Obtain aeronautical information.

- Close a flight plan (1).

- Obtain information about Very Low Altitude Defense (RTBA) network activity.

The principle of this number is to automatically route the call to the appropriate party.

(1) The implementation of this procedure does not affect the existing rules on the closure of flight plans. It is recalled that in order to avoid serious disruption in the operation of air traffic organizations and considerable expense arising from the execution of unnecessary search operations, all flight plans must be ended.

The dial +33 (0)1 56 301 301 aims to facilitate the closing of a flight plan on arrival, when closure could not be carried out on the frequency of the appropriate air traffic organization.

security briefing

This Thursday (Nov 10th) there's a security briefing at 7pm at our clubhouse, setup by the security officers of our club

10th of November at 19:00LT our security officers will hold a security briefing in the clubhouse.

This briefing is intended for all access badge holders that wish to accompany guests into the airport perimeter.

A badge by itself does not give the privilege to accompany somebody into the airport, special procedures pertaining to our organisation will be presented during this briefing.

YPL GOES HALLOWEEN 31/10/16 @20:00 LCT

YPL Young Pilots of Luxembourg

Dear fellow pilots, The "Young Pilots Luxembourg" happily invite you to their first ever "Halloween Baal" at Aero-Sports premises. We would like you to join us for this spooky horror-night and to help us get rid of these creepy nightmares using good mood, enjoyable music and most of all our special Halloween cocktails.

Halloween party YPL

Obviously, your stomach will not remain empty on our ghostbuster trip, as we organized tasty "Kürbiszopp" and some delicious desert to remain energized throughout the whole night. To finance all our ghostbuster-equipment, the entry ticket to the twilight zone will be 15€. Unfortunately, because of YPL's very own halloween-cauldron, this fee needs to be payed per capita in cash.     

We hope this doesn't cause too much trouble and we are all looking forward to see you at Aero-Sports haunted LX-BAR.

Kind regards,

YPL .

PS: If you are really motivated to scare the beasts and ghosts of the night, do not forget to bring a scary costume

RSVP sunday latest!

ypluxembourg@outlook.com

Price: 15€

LX-AID is back

C172 LX-AID Aérosport Luxembourg

Aérosport announces that our C172 LX-AID is back with a new engine.Pilots need to be aware of the following:

• no touch and go for the first 50 hours

• use only the oil stored in the luggage compartment

• do not use engine below 75% power

• do not fly above 4000 feet

final comments MEMORIAL HANS GUTMANN TOURIST RALLY FLIGHT GEORGIA 2016

final comments - 1

FAI-GAC

Although the MEMORIAL HANS GUTMANN TOURIST RALLY FLIGHT GEORGIA 2016 was an absolute success as such and well appreciated by the participants, it must be mentioned that the organization team has paid out of their own pockets all the expenses in preparation of this wonderful rally.

It is deplorable to see that FAI-GAC did not even send out our leaflet to all NAC’s in advance of the rally.

Despite the lack of any FAI-GAC support, all 44 participants returned enthusiastic and safely home and a new general aviation destination has been discovered.

Turkey

Because of the military coup attempt in Turkey a couple of weeks prior to our departure, we were able to fly only the VFR routes which have been especially put in place for our rally members.

We received a waiver from the Turkish Ministry which allowed us to skip the sometimes hefty handling charges one may encounter in Georgia

We’ve interacted with Skydemon in the months in advance to the rally and they have now Turkey embedded in the VFR charts system, which proved to be very practical

final comments - 2

Georgia

Absence of VFR charts, whilst we had the obligation to fly in a corridor via Batumi to our final destination Natakhtari. All flights need to be submitted to a central dispatching unit days in advance. However, they have proven to be very flexible and by the time we left Georgia, giving them a call was sufficient. Georgians are doing their utmost best to welcome European pilots as they are integrating with Europe.

We’ve insisted to Skydemon to add Georgia as well in the VFR charts offering, but they have no plans in this regard unfortunately.

sportive character rally

Because of the route restrictions in Turkey and Georgia and narrow corridors which had to be flown, we decided to skip the sportive part of the MEMORIAL HANS GUTMANN TOURIST RALLY FLIGHT GEORGIA 2016 and focus rather on the tourist part of the event.

A new destination for general aviation

One can clearly state that Turkey and Georgia are new general aviation destinations which we can recommend without any hesitation