My next flight

I may get a chance to do another short local flight or two beforehand, but after Sunday’s success, I’ve already planned my next longer excursion in 77ASY. Here’s a shot of my planned route.

My plan will be to drop back into Figeac but this time as my first leg from Malbec rather than the final one on the way back. That should again take about 35 minutes depending on the wind direction. From Figeac I’ll then head off on a south-westerly heading to Montauban with a flight time for the leg of around 40 minutes. Montauban, like Aurillac, is a commercial airport but more active, I think, so that should be interesting. From there I’ll head north-west to Fumel, flight time 25 – 30 minutes, and from there almost due north back to Malbec, flight time about the same.

The whole route is a bit less than Sunday’s at 268 km and the total flight time should therefore also be a bit less at around 2 hours 20 minutes allowing for take offs, landings and taxying.

It won’t be this week end, though, as Sunday is Cavarc’s open day, which unfortunately poor old Victor is going to miss this year, lying flat on his back in hospital at Belvès. So the rest of us will all be thinking of him 🙁

Just back to say that I’m also now planning to meet up with a friend in Saumur (Loire) on 10th August, which is exciting in itself but even more so because there’s an airfield very close to the west of the town, meaning that I’ll be able to fly there. The total distance each way is just under 270 km, so about the same as my foray last Sunday and the flight I’ve described above, but with no stops in between. No problem as it would only take about 2 hours from Malbec.

So something to look forward to for two reasons 😉