Searching for soaring centres in Europe

Hi Bob!

my insurance company makes it very clear in the fine print that they
will not pay if they find anything that it not according to the legal
rules and to the handbooks of the installed hardware.

I was not allowed to fly to Italy this year for example, because I fly
my glider only with a "permit to fly" and I could not validate my
"permit to fly" for Italy.

The good news however is that Flarm has changed the statement on the use
by US and Canadian citizens and allow now the use of Flarm by them in
Europe.

Hans




schrieb:
As a US citizen who flys FLARM equipped gliders in southern Germany,I
think this is a non issue. US pilots go to St. Aubin and other European
sites all the time and fly gliders that are FLARM equipped. Don't
worry about the naysayers, the insurance coverage will still be valid,
and the operators will gladly rent you their equipment.

Bob McDowell

Hans

Yes, you would have trouble flying your own glider "out of compliance"
but flying the gliders from the Gliding centers was not a problem for
me. When I went flying in "their" gliders there was no problem. Of
course I was using their insurance at the time. Of course I paid a
small "premium" for an insurance rider, I think it was less than 10€
a day.

Bob