I used to fly gliders there myself early spring, but that was some 20 years ago. The fence along the perimeter of the airport makes a distinct howling sound when there are mountain waves. Good times!
That’s interesting. One of the glider people there was going to take me for a flight along the Alps – and I even bought a small O2 cylinder for it – but then he got busy and it never happened. It would have been a spectacular flight.
Aosta is a really nice airport. Very friendly.
Thanks for posting all this, it’s very helpful, hope to have a go at flying to Aosta (IR O2 C172 diesel) the first weekend of April to visit some glider flying friends there.
Indeed; I’ve had some daft comments at some other places about why taxi on grass 
That was a wonderful trip which I often think about when sitting in lockdown
I plan to do another mountain trip as soon as conditions allow, and will try to take in a few other mountains on it. I was going to ask for suggestions of which ones, but last time I posted a Q on some names on a previous flight, nobody responded
Amazing and very clear video – lots of useful tips and practical aspects of how to deal with ATC and how supportive they can be if you just ask.
Awesome video around the Matterhorn. The wing mounted, long battery life Sony works really well. It helps you remind viewers it is wing mounted prior takeoff and landing.
That tooRobertL18C wrote:
I thought that applied to aircraft designed by Ted Smith :)
That too!
@AdamFrisch I thought that applied to aircraft designed by Ted Smith :)
Panettone – my kryptonite, my weakness. I melt when I see those packages and immediately succumb.
Just made a start on the panettone cake
It is outstanding… this of course means I have to go back for more! Is it worth the 2 week quarantine?
Frans wrote:
Is that true? Airspace Delta should not be a problem for VFR and I’ve crossed the Delta south of Lake Geneva in FL130 with clearance from FIS this summer.
The problem is not class D airspace per se; France does not allow VFR above FL115 in all airspace under responsibility of Paris, which is a large chunk and bites with most “crossing France” routes. This is not in the AIP, but in a perennially renewed NOTAM. Here’s the currently valid one.
F1515/20 NOTAM
Q) LFFF/AFXX/V /NBO / E /115/195/4838N00249E
A) LFFF
B) 2020-10-01 00:00 C) 2021-04-25 23:59
E) VFR PROHIBITED ABOVE FL115 WITHIN SECTORS CONTROLLED BY PARIS CTL
EXC SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY PARIS CTL.
So this does not apply as far south as the French airspace leading to Geneva, nor to Geneva airspace proper (which is in Switzerland). I have indeed gotten VFR transit across Geneva at (IIRC) FL120 by being at FL115 before, no problem.
