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Weekend in LUX
Luxembourg, Europe
It’s long been an idea to fly to Luxembourg once I had got my Instrument Rating, however, due to COVID and other changes of plans the trip never took place. We finally set a plan to fly in March however, for safety reasons, the weather on arrival in Luxembourg was unsuitable for our aircraft, so I had to cancel and re-arrange.
As Luxembourg has been on my list for a while, this was a challenge I wanted to complete and finally get the destination in my logbook on my conquest to explore most of Europe. I’ve visited Luxembourg before but this was for a very short day trip almost 12 years ago.
Lunch in France
Le Touquet, France
The plan was simple, fly to France, IFR for lunch and the most convenient place to do this is Le Toqueut. Daylight increases to almost 4 minutes a day at this time of year but with the unsettled weather since the start of last summer plaguing us, timing for trips and planning the safest IFR flight possible was proving very difficult, especially with the lower ambient temperatures meaning higher likelihood of icing and with frontal conditions, the risk is made even higher.
Flying to France today is no easy feat, especially at short notice due to the PPR or PN requirements, in most cases 48 hours and rarely but noteworthy in some cases 72 hours prior. Le Touquet doesn’t require this, and that’s mostly due to the fact Macron has a Summer house there so customs are almost always available.
