Hi and thanks!

700 m no problem. Went in and out of a 450 meter one the other day with
runway to spare, so that should be fine!

:-)

Is there a control tower at LFPL?
If so, they will talk to me in English, right?
If not, are French pilots required to know English, so they will understand
me when I call?

I remember once several years ago I was flying VFR past Paris to the west,
when I didn't get any more comms from Paris information.

I heard other pilots in French however, so I tried to call and ask if anyone
could hear my transmission.

Total silence....then loads of talk in French again.
I tried this several times with no reply, so I ended up squawking 7600 and
continuing to my destination.
When I called ATC they where cool about it, and told me that Paris info had
closed for the day at 1800 LT.

Funny thing that nobody seemed to care about my calls though. Made me think
the French don't know English very well....

Oh well,

Frode


"Owen" skrev i melding ...
Frode Berg wrote:

Hi!

I might be flying to Paris with my son next week.
Never landed near Paris to go to town (flown past a few times) so I'm not
really familiar with the airports there.

Which one is the typical GA one?
I need AVGAS, and it would be nice if it's easy to get to downtown Paris.

Thanks for any tips!

Le Bourget is a great field and ideally located closer to Paris than
CDG/LFPG, with RER service to boot. Unfortunately they require special
permission (!) for VFR and rarely/if ever give that permission. Even if
you
go IFR, fees /handling agent expenses/etc. are very high. A shame, but
ADP
caters to airlines and big pocketbooks, not personal GA aviators. Has a
very cool museum though.

Can you land in 700 m easily? Try Lognes-Emerainville (LFPL). It's a
beautiful and friendly little field not to far away from Paris, out toward
Disneyland. Lognes has RER service to Paris and you can walk to the
station,
less than about a 2000 m stroll. For Handling fees, you should get change
back your ?10 note.

Toussus Le Noble (LFPN) has longer runways but may a bit more expensive
and
worse, I don't think the transportation situation is as good there.

Please let us know where you end up going and what you experience. Don't
get
to hear much about flying in Europe these days.