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 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).
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.
To Italy and Back – Trip May’09
and here we go again …
Further to our previous trip around the Mediterranean, here’s a series of pictures taken during a round trip (1-3 May 2009) from Charleroi (EBCI) to Val di Chienti (LI23) (Italy). The Trip took us from Charleroi to Strasbourg (LFST), Zurich (LSZH), Samedan (LSZS), Vicenza (LIPT), Ravenna (LIDR), Rimini (LIPR), Ancona (LIPY), Fano (LIDF), Val di Chienti (LI23) and back to Grimbergen (EBGB), straight over the Alps.
Pictures are here
During our stay, on 2 May, Serge took a local flight around Monti Sibillini National Park, together with Claudio and Moreno. Here are the pictures
N123AX Trouble Report
This entry serves to keep track of all issues around the aircraft and its systems:
OPEN ISSUES
- no known open issues
POINTS OF ATTENTION
- 04 may 2009 : check for exhaust gas leaks (sometimes smell in cabin at high altitudes at top EGT)
- 19 apr 2009 : Right Attitude indicator seems not always indicate correctly
- 19 apr 2009 : Difference between left and right Airspeed indicator is 5kts
DONE
- 24 may 2009 : right foot steer is very hard. CHECKED and no abnormalties.
- 24 may 2009 : tow bar fixation to be fixed. DONE
- 14 may 2009 : ELT antenna broken. Needs replacement. ELT and antenna replaced with new 406MHz unit.
- 28 sep 2009 : forward pin of front door does not move/lock, not sealing the door correctly. CHECKED. Forward pin is not a moving part. Door sealing was adjusted for better fitting.
- 28 sep 2009 : front wheel tire: cracked following outer circle of wheel. REPLACED
- 23 apr 2009 : When Autopilot engaged and using the Autopilot Interrupt (left button on the Flight Control Stick), sometimes the Autopilot stays interrupted after releasing the interrupt button. Button needs to be serviced.
- fixed. switch was treated with compressed air
- 24 may 2009 : ‘spare 2′ circuit braker to be replaced with 5amp (now 1 amp)
- done, replaced by 15amp
- 04 may 2009 : EGT and Fuel Flow gauges to be calibrated
- was de facto done by checking fuel consumption after x flight time with full tanks
- 04 may 2009 : shorten mixture cable (about 5mm free play before Fuel Flow change)
- seems normal and can not be resolved
- 23 apr 2009 : Autopilot to be checked (cf smoke in cabin dd 19 apr 2009)
- A/P Is fine. cf A/P interrupt switch issue above
- 23 apr 2009 : Intercom sounds high pitch when more than one headset connected in the rear cabin
- interference of mono H20-10 headsets with stereo stations and intercom
- problem bypassed by switching off stereo mode
- 01 feb 2009 : Fire Extinguisher : will remain in back of the SIC seat
- 01 feb 2009 : Metal collar : to be re-attached to heating duct