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A gastronomical adventure: a New VFR tour throughout France
EHM-2758 Peter:
Leg11 from Besancon to Clermont-Ferrand is scheduled for tomorrow evening the 4th of March at 20:00 H Zulu.
Meet you on Mumble!
Peter
EHM-2758 Peter:
It's amazing, but after having flown eleven legs through mainly the Northern part of France, we - that is Trevor, Gian, David and me -must admit that French controllers do have a problem with us. One of the main attractions of flying online is of course having to deal with ATC. Most of the time, when we login IVAO, we see that there's ATC on line in the region we fly in. But for some reason, as soon as we are airborne, Control, Approach or Tower disappear from the screen, as if they know we're coming. That raises the question: are they scared of us or aren't they familiar or happy dealing with VFR flights? Because, in my opinion, we're very nice and polite guys, I think the latter is the case. But luckily there're still French controllers who haven't heard of us; Clermont-Ferrand approach, tower and dispatch were online when we left Besancon. While we were on our way, one after the other disappeared from the screen, but two new, ignorent controllers showed up just before we reached their airspace. They did guid us in, but unfortunately without using the appropriate VFR vocabulary. Clermont-Ferrand Tower threw in the towel after the first one had landed, without any notice. Very disappointing.
Disappointing also for Gian who had to cut off his flight in the beginning because of a malfunctioning headset. Hopefully next week this problem will be solved.
Below you'll find the links for our next leg: leg12 from Cleremont-Ferrand to St.Denis-de l'Hotel.
Meet you all on Mumble!
Peter
http://doodle.com/a3t2f9rwwgeevh7k
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ygc35hhk9zvn6lm/leg12%20LFLC-LFOZ.zip?dl=0
EHM-2758 Peter:
As I said last evening after our experiences with French ATC, I've placed a message on IVAO's forum, where controllers complaint about the behavior of pilots who deliberately disconnect from IVAP to avoid ATC.
If you're curious, you can read and follow this thread via this link (you have to login with VID and webpassword first): http://forum.ivao.aero/index.php?topic=243384.90
Peter
EHM-2758 Peter:
Wednesday the 11th of March at 20:00 H Zulu we'll be at LFLC - Clermont-Ferrand Airport, waiting for all of you to show up to fly our 12th leg of the tour to LFOZ - Orleans.
Meet you all on Mumble!
Peter
EHM-2488 Timo:
Hi, question.
How long do we have the time to fly this tour?
From wich date will this tour placed as 'closed'?
Kind Regards,
Timo / EHM-2488
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