HellasGA BarBQ Fly In 2005
Sunday 23 October 2005
HellasGA 2005 "Barbecue Fly In" report |
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Pictures album of the Fly In :
They were uploaded by each
photographer member of HellasGA
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First aircraft started arriving from 10:00. The weather as you will see in the album charts, was not good in south and west Greece and it was moving northeastbound. The familiarization flights started early on for the people who wanted to meet general aviation up close. There were 284 people who came via car. By air, 29 aircraft came carrying 72 passengers & crew. Two aircraft had to cancel flight due to weather and one for technical reasons. 63 people participated in familiarization flights with the two Airsafety flight Academy C172 and another 11 with private aircraft. An information document about flight training was also distributed to people. 141 barbecue coupons were cut The traffic peak occurred at 13:00 when Dekeleia Aeroclub & friends arrived with 8 helicopters and airplanes simultaneously. Aircraft participations :
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Around 15:00 first departures started taking place and the last takeoff's were at 17:30 SX-ARB that was returning to Ioannina LGIO had to divert due to weather to Agrinion LGAG AB. The base commander and the Hellenic Air Force crew displayed excellent airport hospitality and eventually the aircraft returned to Ioannina on 27/10/05. |
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HellasGA would like to thank the following for their support and participation in the Fly In (alphabetically): www.aeroservices.gr, www.airsafety.gr, www.aopa.gr, www.dekeleia-aeroclub.gr, www.mesogeion-aeroclub.gr, www.mitiliniairclub.gr, www.globalaviation.gr, www.greekhelicopters.gr, Patras Aeroclub, Pireus Aeroclub, www.ptisi.gr, www.aeroclub-tsl.gr . Also we thank the individuals who took part either by air or land. FlyIn Coordinator, HellasGA-Owner(at)yahoogroups.com
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Last update : 11 November 2005