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Peter's Trip Reports

Peter has written a good number of trip reports – some VFR, more IFR, to a range of destinations in Europe and flown in his TB-20.  They are packed full of facts and useful planning advice.  More here


Introduction


  • La Axarquia – September 2003

    I flew the TB20 from Shoreham (EGKA) to La Axarquia in Spain (LEAX, also known as Velez-Malaga) to stay with some friends who live in the nearby town of Frigiliana.

  • Crete – September 2004

    Of a number of long trips that I have done in the TB20, this one was the first one to be written-up. The purpose of the write-up was to show that long and interesting…

  • La Axarquia – June 2005

    I flew the TB20 from Shoreham (EGKA) to La Axarquia (LEAX, also known as Velez-Malaga) to stay with some friends who live in the nearby town of Frigiliana.

    Outside the…

  • Santorini – September 2005

    Objective

    This trip was similar to the one to Crete in 2004. Again, we wanted to visit a number of interesting locations along the route. To allow for unforeseen…

  • Prague – June 2006

    Objective

    This article describes an IFR (airways) flight from Shoreham (EGKA) to Prague (LKPR). The intention is to show the entire IFR flight planning process, for a…

  • Corfu – August 2006

    This article describes an IFR trip from Shoreham to Ljubljana, Dubrovnik, Tirana, Corfu, and back via Venice.

    It is written to highlight the additional capability…

  • Friedrichshafen – April 2007

    This article describes an IFR (airways) trip in a Socata TB20GT to the AERO 2007 show in southern Germany. The flight was uneventful and very…

  • Hania and Odessa – September 2007

    This article describes an IFR trip from Shoreham to Losinj (Croatia), Hania (Crete), Odessa (Ukraine), and back via Prague (Czech Republic).

    It was flown mostly under…

  • Granada – September 2008

    Objective

    This article describes an IFR (airways) flight from Shoreham (EGKA) in the UK to Granada (LEGR) in Spain. The return journey was to include a stop at Zaragoza…

  • Zurich – April 2009

    Objective

    This article describes a very straightforward IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) in the UK to Zurich (LSZH) in Switzerland, and back the following day.

  • Croatia, Greece, Turkey – September 2009

    The objective in this trip was a holiday but also attending two aviation meetings; a Greek/Turkish Fly-In at Canakkale (LTBH) in Turkey, and a meeting at Prague (LKPR)…

  • Valencia – October 2009

    This article describes a very straightforward IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) in the UK to Valencia (LEVC) in Spain, and back the following day.

    Procedurally,…

  • Dortmund – February 2010

    This article describes a very straightforward IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) in the UK to Dortmund (EDLW) in Germany, and back the following day.

    Procedurally,…

  • Paris – March 2010

    This article describes a very straightforward IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) in the UK to Paris / Pontoise (LFPT) in France, and back the same day.

  • Friedrichshafen – April 2010

    This article describes a very straightforward IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) in the UK to Friedrichshafen (EDNY) in southern Germany, and back 2 days later.

  • Crete – June 2010

    This article describes an IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) to Sitia (LGST) in Crete, via Losinj (LDLO) in Croatia, and back via a small airfield in Greece,…

  • Sardinia – June 2010

    This article describes an IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) to Cagliari (LIEE) in Sardinia, Italy.

    Procedurally, the flight was very similar to other airways…

  • Newcastle – January 2011

    This article describes a very straightforward IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) to Newcastle (EGNT), and back the same day.

    Procedurally, the flight was very…

  • Locarno, Switzerland – March 2011

    This article describes an IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) to Locarno (LSZL), and back the following day.

    Procedurally, the flight was very similar to most other…

  • Kithira – September 2011

    This article describes an IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) to Kithira (LGKC) in Greece, via Portoroz (LJPZ) in Slovenia, Kerkira (LGKR) in Greece, and back via…

  • Friedrichshafen – April 2012

    This article describes a very straightforward IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) in the UK to Friedrichshafen (EDNY) in southern Germany, for the Aero 2012…

  • Barcelona – July 2012

    This article describes a straightforward IFR (airways) trip from Shoreham (EGKA) in the UK to Barcelona (Sabadell, LELL) in Spain, and back 2 days later.

    Procedurally,…

  • Samothraki – September 2012

    This article describes an IFR trip from Shoreham (EGKA) to the island of Samothraki in Greece (near Alexandroupoli LGAL), via Brac (LDSB) in Croatia, Samos…

  • Peenemunde 2013

    Peenemunde is the site of the German V1 and V2 rocket development in WW2. There is an airport there, with a large runway.

    This writeup is a simplified version of my

  • Trip to Mali Losinj and Pula – September 2013

    This article describes an IFR trip from Shoreham (EGKA) to the island of Mali Losinj (LDLO) in Croatia and back to Shoreham via Pula (LDPL) in Croatia, over a 7-day…

  • Elba LIRJ, June 2014

    This article describes a straighforward IFR trip from Shoreham EGKA to Elba LIRJ, with a stop at Bergerac LFBE.

    Elba is a lovely scenic island near Italy.

    Other…

  • Weston EIWT, Sligo EISG, Kerry EIKY, August 2014

    This article describes a straighforward IFR trip from Shoreham EGKA (UK) to Weston EIWT (Ireland) with additional stops at Sligo and Kerry and flights around the…

  • Shoreham to Corsica and Greece, September 2014

    This article describes a relatively complicated trip from Shoreham EGKA, UK, with the following stops

    (1) Albenga LIMG in Italy (refuel only)
    (2) Calvi LFKC
    in…

  • Shoreham to Salamanca

    Salamanca is a very scenic city in Spain.

    This trip was planned for July 2014 but didn’t go ahead then. This had an unintended benefit: the daytime temperatures in…

  • Shoreham to Lucca – November 2014

    Lucca is a very scenic walled city in Italy.

    The trip was done 19-22 November 2014, during a very rare gap in the weather. That gap almost didn’t work out (the…

  • Shoreham EKGA to Lausanne LSGL, Switzerland

    Lausanne is a city in the western and mainly French-speaking part of Switzerland. 

    The trip was done 6-8 March 2015, during a period of unusually good weather…

  • Scilly Isles EGHE, June 2015

    The Scilly Isles are located at the south-western end of the UK

    This writeup is a simplified version of my normal ones in which I go into a lot more detail of…

  • Zell Am See LOWZ, Austria, July 2015

    Flight from Shoreham EGKA to Zell Am See LOWZ, Austria, July 2015

    Zell am See is a town in Austria, in the Alps.

    This writeup is a simplified version of my 

  • Malmo ESMS, Sweden, August 2015

    Flight from Shoreham EGKA to Malmo ESMS, Sweden, August 2015

    Malmo is a city in Sweden.

    This writeup is a simplified version of my normal ones in which I…

  • Shoreham to Slovenia, Croatia and Greece, September 2015

    This article describes a trip from Shoreham EGKA, UK, with the following stops

    (1) Portoroz LJPZ in Slovenia – the EuroGA fly-in
    (2) Brac LDSB

  • Skiing trips from Shoreham EGKA to Annecy LFLP, France, and Zell am See, LOWZ, Austria, March 2016

    This report describes two trips made to ski in the Alps. It shows how well GA travel works for this purpose. I have simplified it relative to my usual trip reports….

  • Shoreham EGKA to Weston EIWT, Oban EGEO, and back to Shoreham

    This report describes a trip whose main purpose was to explore a very scenic part of Scotland. I have simplified it relative to my usual trip reports. Weston was…

  • Trip to Brac, Croatia, September 2016

    This trip was for the EuroGA fly-in on Brac. It was intended to continue to Greece for a friend’s wedding on Lesbos but we cancelled that part due to a number of…

  • Trip to Burgos, Spain, October 2016

    This trip was for a EuroGA fly-in. On EuroGA we normally have two big fly-ins a year, in May and September. On these fly-ins we create a Telegram group and use that to…

  • Astypalea, Greece, September 2017

    This trip was for a <a https:="" www.euroga.org="" forums="" trips-airports="" 7586-9-10-september-2017-fly-in-astypalea-lgpl-greece"="" style=“background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;”>EuroGA fly-in. On EuroGA we normally have two big fly-ins a year, in May and September. On these fly-ins we create a <a https:="" telegram.org="" “=”" style=“background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;”>Telegram group and use that to…

  • Shoreham, UK, to Bolzano, Italy, September 2017

    The main purpose of this quick trip was to check out a potential ski destination. A related EuroGA thread is here.

    Bolzano is well located for the Dolomites;…

  • Menorca, Spain, October 2017

    Trip from Shoreham, UK, to Menorca, Spain, October 2017

     

    Menorca is an island south east of Spain. This was a late-2017 EuroGA fly-in.

    Here is a glossary for…

  • Elba and Greece, September 2018

     

    Trip from Shoreham to Elba and Greece, September 2018

     

    This article describes a trip from Shoreham EGKA, UK, with the following stops

    (1) Elba LIRJ in…