Trip to Greece – August’10
From 2 to 12 August 2010, my daugther Marie, Serge and his wife Yoli took (again) a trip to Astypalaia, Greece (LGPL).
We flew from Grimbergen (EBGB) to Bastia, Corsica (LFKB). Then to Corfu, Greece (LGKR) to reach Astypalaia, Greece (LGPL) two days later.
On our way back, since we were flying to Dubrovnik, Croatia (LDDU), which is outside the Schengen Countries, we needed to make a stop first at Kos Island, Greece (LGKO) for customs clearance and refueling. On our flight we passed Thessaloniki, Greece (LGTS), flew through Macedonia, Albania and along Podgorica, Montenegro (LYPG) following airways on a strict airway-based route.
Again for customs and refueling reasons, we flew from Dubrovnik (LDDU) directly to Cannes, France (LFMD), crossing Italy from Pescara (LIBP) to Grosetto, South of Elba and via Cap Corse to Cannes, via allocated VFR intersections.
Finally from Cannes we flew back to Grimbergen.
The lovely pictures, taken by Serge, can be seen here.
Trip to Santander – May’10
From Friday 21 until Monday 24 May, Serge, Yoli, Daphné and myself took a fantastic fight to Santander (LEXJ).
Flying to Santander, we made a stop at Angers (LFJR)
On the way back we stopped at St. Pierre d’Oléron (LFDP)
Pictures of the trip can be seen here.
N123AX Handling Notes
Care should be taken in using this document, since it was originally copied from a Saratoga SP (which for example seems equipped with an emergency gear system which is DIFFERENT from the one on a Saratoga II HP)
N123AX Weight & Balance
Please find below the scans from the original POH pages, as well as an excel sheet to calculate w&b
Refueling
An AirBP card is available in the aircraft (in the holder, first page of the POH)
Pilots should prefer to use it for simplicity in administration.
While a booklet of places, where AirBP is available, will also be in the aircraft, a current list can be found here.
If, by circumstance, you are obliged to refuel on another location, in order to be refunded please request an Invoice addressed to Helium Group NV (details are available in the aircraft).
Owner Info / Registered Pilots
Owner Information:
Helium Group nv
Gemeenveldstraat 36 B-1652 Alsemberg
VAT BE 0452.137.883
Phone +(32-2) 381-21-70
Mobile +(32-475) 246-345
Website www.helium-group.com
Registered Pilots:
Didier Borremans
Mobile +(32-475) 246-345
Email didier.borremans@outsource.be
Serge Ejlenberg
Mobile +(32-475) 251-797
Email pumps@skynet.be
David Van Rillaer
Mobile +(32-479) 290-796
Email dvr2406@skynet.be
Danny Pollet
Mobile +(32-475) 387-545
Email danny.pollet@ping.be
Trip to Greece – August 2009
From 1 to 11 August, Serge, Yoli and myself took a trip to Greece.
We travelled from Grimbergen (EBGB) to Pula Croatia (LDPL), Losinj Croatia (LDLO), along the coast of Albania to Corfu Greece (LGKR), Milos Greece (LGML) to Astypalaia Greece (LGPL). We returned to Grimbergen via Corfu Greece (LGKR) and Lucca Italy (LIQL).
During our flights we made pictures of the Austrian Alps, Croatian Islands, the Southern part of Albania, the Greek islands of Corfu, Milos, Santorini and Astypalaia, the Monti Sibillini National Park in central Italy and the Ecrins National Park in the neighbourhoud of Alpe d’Huez.
Watch the fantastic pictures here
Trip around a Chunk of Southern Europe – Trip Apr’09
Departing from Grimbergen (EBGB) on 11 April 2009, we (Serge, his wife and myself) took a series of flights to land back in Grimbergen on Sunday 19 April 2009. The trip took us from Grimbergen to Innsbruck (LOWI) (Austria), Pula (LDPL) (Croatia), Split (LDSP) (Croatia), Pescara (LIBP) (Italy), Val di Chienti (LI23) (a private airfield 20Nm south of Ancona), Lucca (LIQL) (italy), Aix Les Milles (LFMA) (France) and Troyes (LFQB) (France).
You can see the pictures here …
If you want further info to take your own trip, just gimme a buzz.
happy flying!!
Trip to Corsica – Sep’09
See the pictures here of a cool trip from 17 until 22 September 2009 from Grimbergen, via Villefranche to Propriano in Corsica. From Propriano we flew to Calvi and via Chalon Champforgeuil back to Grimbergen.