Any pilots out there / in here?

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AOPA Switzerland is very active, flyins etc. I've been a member for years. www.aopa.ch

Because of the swiss weather, mountains and tight airspace, flying is more instrument as opposed to Texas VFR. Remember, "there are old pilots, there are bold pilots. But there are no old bold pilots".

Check out the Flug Museum in Dubendorf. It's a must for Pilots.

Do you copy...

Swisslab

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Wilco - Tango Oscar Mike Charlie Alpha Tango.

I have an FAA Instrument Rating and a good (detail-oriented or shall we say a...-retentive?) Swiss instructor, so I will avoid cumulogranite for now.

Thanks for the tip on the museum in Dübendorf, it's on my list once I got this JAR ticket in my hands.

Got another 2 flights in last weekend, Friday to Lommis and Triengen to practice short concrete and grass strips, and Sunday to Bern via "southern route" to get an intro to mountain flying and practice pilotage and dead reckoning.

If Mr. Meteo plays along I will get my nav flight (Friedrichshafen) and Alpen flight (Samaden) out of the way this weekend.

Ride-alongs will be offered soon ... stay tuned.

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Wish I had the readies to take up gliding again.

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... and how can I land a job there? I would really like to combine my business skills and my love for aviation.

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So is there a decent Swiss flying instructor out there who can help me to explore this great country from the air, and to stop my skills from getting even rustier?

Ideally someone based at the aerodrome in Lausanne who speaks decent English (or v-e-r-y s-l-o-w f-r-e-n-c-h...)

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Most pilots (and flight instructors) in Switzerland speak English, it's the required radio language.

There is a pilot forum http://www.flightforum.ch/ that might have some info. Most flying here happens inside flying clubs. Not that my French is any good, but I think this http://www.gvm.ch/ is the Web site of the local flying club.

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Hi All,

Norwegian PPL (and JAA-PPL) holder here, will take an expat position in Zurich from January 2008.

I do some recreational aerobatics and hope to hone my skills with an instructor somewhere. Found this club that looks good: http://www.birrfeld.ch/ Anybody who has been there?

Fly safely

Chris

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Not only that, but starting next year a proficiency test will be introduced.

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I have flown into and out of Birrfeld during my transition training, nice little airport, pretty busy on the weekends, decent restaurant on field, can't say much about the flying club there.

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... and a pretty tough and expensive one, too. Details attached.

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On a happy note:

I passed my skill test (in other parts of the world called a checkride) two weeks ago and now hold a beautiful ICAO pilot license and rating in my hand. They even gave me night VFR privileges.

So if anybody wants to see Zurich or the Alps or the rest of Switzerland from the air ...

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There is at least one flying school at the Lausanne airport. I might not be a bad idea to go & have a look. The coffee at the cafe isn't bad either. I haven't dared eat there yet.

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Hi there My name is Artan i am 27 and i have a FAA PPL total of 350 Hours and at the moment working on my CPL, IR Multi Frozen ATPL with MCC .

I am always Avaliable at the moment and looking to find Pilot Friends to go flying with no matter what kind of plane.

If you are outthere and look forward to doing the same thing e-mail me and of course we can make some plans.

I love flying and i am going to make it my Life Career.

If you like you can check out my Web site: artanberisha.itgo.com it is not great but it will give you an idea what kind of pilot i am.

Also looking to Join in a Aero Club but i have no idea if there are any around.

I do my Traning at the moment in Senneca III Multi towards my CPL, IR Multi.

So please if you are flying and you need a right seat to make it more Enjoyable and more fun contact me.

I Used to work For Fly BABOO before so i have a basic knowledge about Geneva Airport..

Looking forward to meeting new Pilot Friends....

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I forgot to mention my e-mail address..

[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

Also if you have Msn Messenger that is the best way of chatting too...

Later

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Hi Artan,

Some colleagues have started a new forum at www.corpjetchat.com , which is in its early stages, but is dedicated to the world of corporate aviation. It includes among its founder members some pilots operating out of Geneva. There will be plenty of scope for discussion there too.

dave

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...and here another webside and forum (this time also in english) : http://www.fsnordic.net/

Have fun!

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Is there any Pilot near Geneva that has a plane or does rent one. I have a PPL FAA and working on my CPL-IR-ATPL MCC MULTI and just looking to have a

good time flying and of course built more hours. i have a total of 300 hours that is mix of multi and single....

keep in touch if you are outthere....

I use msn messenger a lot: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

i hope to hear form someone with a good news.

I also want to find out if there are any N-Reg airplanes that you can rent in switcerland.

Let me know if you have an idea about that.

thanks for replying...

Sincerly

Artan

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Hi Artan, I am not an owner and not near Geneva (fly out of LSZH), but wanted to say hi.

I have a US commercial license with instrument rating and a converted JAR PPL.

Zurich's flying club has a nice N-registered Columbia 400 oops Cessna 400 for rent.

http://www.mfgz.ch/club/flotte/466m.html

I will let you know when I make my way over to Geneva.

Greetings,

Markus

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I have finally flown into Lausanne a few weekends ago. Nice aerodrome. Unicom speaks English.

I would definitely talk to the flying club there if you haven't done so.

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(1) FAA announced they will issue new pilot certificates upon request that will confirm English level 4 ICAO proficiency. That should help the Swissies calm their fears / skip the test.

(2) BAZL also sent me a new Swiss license (free of charge - OMG) that confirms level 4 skills, so I will only need to take a test for my next renewal, which I hope to skip because of (1).