St Auban or ?

My better half wants to visit the South of France next year.

Any suggestions to sample some French soaring at St Auban or other
club/site?

Logbook wiil be over 1000 hours by that time.

Puimoisson in July:
http://www.puivolavoile.com/?lang=en

Wife loved the lavender fields, kids loved le Lac de St. Croix, Canyon du Verdon is just around the corner, gliding is awesome.

Andrej Kolar

On Thursday, December 13, 2012 6:43:33 AM UTC+1, Roy Clark, "B6" wrote:
My better half wants to visit the South of France next year.



Any suggestions to sample some French soaring at St Auban or other

club/site?



Logbook wiil be over 1000 hours by that time.

The flying in the Alps is stunning, albeit challenging.

There are three clubs close to Sisteron.

* St Auban
* Sisteron itself
* La Motte Du Care

I fly at La Motte which is a small club exceptionally well run by Christian
the CFI. They look after visitors very well and have small but very good
fleet. They operate winch only. The cost saving flying at La Motte is
significant.

Have you flown in mountains before? How flexable is your budget?

St Auban will be much higher cost, but they do have a large exceptional
fleet including Nimbus 4, Arcus, Duo, ASG 29, etc.

My budget is more limited, but i spend a reasonable amount of time down
there each year and find the "club" environment that La Motte has to offer
preferential to to the commercial operation at St Auban.

Flying at any of those three sites will be lovely, and frankly I don't
think you could make a wrong decision!

Enjoy you time in a beautiful part of the world!

On Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:34:27 AM UTC-8, Justin Craig wrote:
The flying in the Alps is stunning, albeit challenging.



There are three clubs close to Sisteron.



* St Auban

* Sisteron itself

* La Motte Du Care



I fly at La Motte which is a small club exceptionally well run by Christian

the CFI. They look after visitors very well and have small but very good

fleet. They operate winch only. The cost saving flying at La Motte is

significant.



Have you flown in mountains before? How flexable is your budget?



St Auban will be much higher cost, but they do have a large exceptional

fleet including Nimbus 4, Arcus, Duo, ASG 29, etc.



My budget is more limited, but i spend a reasonable amount of time down

there each year and find the "club" environment that La Motte has to offer

preferential to to the commercial operation at St Auban.



Flying at any of those three sites will be lovely, and frankly I don't

think you could make a wrong decision!



Enjoy you time in a beautiful part of the world!

Yes, yes, yes La Motte. There are gliderports with real scenery, no noisy towplane and go to wave off a string!

Any flying in the Alps is awesome!

If you are an experienced mountain pilot, familiar with winch launching
then I would agree with Justin that la Motte would be a great place to fly
from. (I must try it myself some time)

I have been flying from St Auban several weeks each year for the past 6
years.
It differs from clubs in that it is purely a mountain flying school They
have a number of highly experienced instructors some of whom have flown in
that area for the past 30+years- They KNOW the best places to fly! They
also have a fantastic fleet of single and 2 seat gliders. They are mainly
an aerotow organisation but did purchase winches 2 years ago which are
great if the wind is a northerly to get onto the nearest ridge

There is accommodation on site, it's not 5* but is better than most gliding
clubs offer. There is also a canteen on site which again is fairly basic.
From the airfield you can walk to the nearest shops for the essential which
you certainly can't do from La Motte.

I have always found the team there to be extremely friendly and helpful.
Full briefings are carried out daily usually in English and French.

You pays you money and make your choice!

Feel free to mail me directly for any further info. I'm booked in 8th of
July.

Mike

Hi Roy ! Cisteron is great, make sure to book a
Duo with instructor for full days well in advance.
You'll have a blast !
Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"

There is also Klaus's place at Serres to consider
www.quovadis-aero.com and there are lots of other french clubs in the Alps
try this link:-

http://ffvv.org/debutant-edito/annua...83_06_04_05_84

and maybe
http://ffvv.org/debutant-edito/annua...26_07_42_69_01

On personal eperience I would avoid the CENTRE SAVOYARD VOL A VOILE ALPIN
at CHALLES LES EAUX though.

OK, I have a seperate question. What kind of paperwork is neccessary to go
flying in France and/or Germany (I have a US Glider Cert), and how difficult
is it to get the appropriate documents?

Thanks

Pete
"Paul T" wrote in message
.com...
There is also Klaus's place at Serres to consider
www.quovadis-aero.com and there are lots of other french clubs in the
Alps
try this link:-

http://ffvv.org/debutant-edito/annua...83_06_04_05_84

and maybe
http://ffvv.org/debutant-edito/annua...26_07_42_69_01

On personal eperience I would avoid the CENTRE SAVOYARD VOL A VOILE ALPIN
at CHALLES LES EAUX though.

Why not to visit La Montagne Noire with the great experience in towing by
car! see;
http://youtu.be/ctGEC5oIgIs

François




"Roy Clark, "B6"" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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My better half wants to visit the South of France next year.

Any suggestions to sample some French soaring at St Auban or other
club/site?

Logbook wiil be over 1000 hours by that time.

Some of my friends were very satisfied in Gap Tallard, link is
http://www.martinkroke-gaptallard.co...nsegelflug.htm