Thanks Rick .... really a brilliant Tip. Thomas

Hi, does anybody knows how it works in Florida. For my condominium I have to pay quite a big property tax. much more than I would have to pay here in Switzerland. I wonder what would be tax wise if will bring my DA40 over to Florida? That's quit an option for the future. Thomas

Keith, we do have two cirquits, RWY 07, a lh cirquit around the mountain and over the lake for aircraft >5700kg, you can not see the runway on the pattern till on last part of base leg. For the aircraft < 5700kg there is the rh pattern in the valley. We do have regular Global Express and G5 Jets vis...

Sorry for the late reply. In the Swiss alps we have mostly ex air force base airports. They all have hard surface runways at least 1900ft long. Sometimes the approach is a bit strange, but can easily be flown with a DA40. Come to a visit .... LSZC my airport, Buochs Airport, also an ex air force bas...

Yes it is from the Offizial Diamond AFM ...Page 2-7
It is also on their web page... Regards Thomas

http://www.diamond-air.at/da40-180_afm_ ... de802.html

Here the data from the non G1000 AFM Regards Thomas

This means ... No more nice trips to Venice to me. Thomas

Hi Konrad, I think you can not compare the Maule with the DA40. I learned to fly on a Maule, with Ray Maule in Moultry GA Spence Field. I like to fly the MX7-235 we had as a tow plane in our club. As tow pilot you get excellent landing training wich is needed for that plane. But for back country the...

Here a french version of the subject.

wish you all a Happy Landings (on wheels) in 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5McECUtM8fw


Thomas

Steve, the landing roll was a landing slide ... 220m / 722 feet - touch down at 60kts - wind from the front left at 4 kts. It was the day when whole IFR and commercial traffic in Europe was grounded due to the vulcano ash from Island - the name of the vulacano "Eyjafjalljökull" easy name i...