Today we begun a small tour of western France. The initial plan was to fly to north Brittany and then along the coast towards La Rochelle. The weather being misty and cloudy we decided to do the tour in reverse and landed on this east-west runway.

Here is the name of the airport.

These last days F-PSGA made a few firsts. We made our first trip abroad heading for Frankfurt Egelsbach a few miles south of Frankfurt-Main international airport. Passing the border and flying in Germany proved to be non events. Arrival at Egelbach was a bit like flying around Paris, ducking under the big airport airspace and following some VFR reporting points to avoid heavily urbanized areas.

Next day, yesterday I had two flights on my program : first my godmother

with the overflight of a small castle south of Darmstadt.

And then it was Petra's turn.

At Egelsbach (EDFE), all operation went without any hassle, fees were quite low (7 euros for a landing and 5 euros for 24h parking). Only fule was expensive, 25% more than in France.

All in all a good and great experience.

Some sun today so wuth Sabine we made a short flight to the Loire castles.

First Chambord

Then Chenonceaux

After a stop at Amboise, this is the castle that inspired Hergé for the Moulinsart castle, Cheverny.

Today a small flight with my nephews visiting from California. First Victor, he participated at the begining of the build (HERE)

Then it's Vincent's turn.

Happy pilot and passengers after overflying Seine-et-Marne in between some thunderstorms.

Saturday was the annual Van's Club de France fly-in. The airfield where it had to be was Vannes (ICAO : LFRV).

We departed from Nangis in the morning with Timothé who is building a RV-7 with his father Benoit. Some light to moderate chops in a 20kts headwind made for a 1h50mn flight.

This is part of the Van's parking area.

Some chats with builders at various stages of building and a great meal made the time seem very short.

After having overflown the Gulf o Morbihan, we heade back to Nangis climbing to FL 75 to take advantage of the tail wind. After 1h35mn we settled down at home base.