On Jun 5, 9:43 am, Thomas Borchert
wrote:
Jay,

You don't see how the French government has made it extremely
expensive for the average French citizen to fly general aviation
aircraft?

The original statement was:

"France as a whole isn't very favorable
to GA; it was early to enter the aviation field but today many
obstacles make
it extremely difficult to fly for fun in the country."

That's just not true by any kind of measure. France is EXTREMELY
favorable to GA. And it is very easy to fly for fun in the country. It
is more expensive than the US, but compared to many other countries in
Europe, France is doing very well in GA. MX has no idea what he is
talking about (so what else is new?). I have no idea what you base your
view on, either.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

I think that Jay is a bit frustrated that his European tour by plane
is very likely not going to happen.
When he finds out what driving costs overhere he and his family
probably end up doing 6000+km in a Fiat Panda or something
similar. ;-)

-Kees.

PS. Have you ever been to Rugen or surroundings? I'm planning to go
there late September for a weekend.
The pireps from eddh makes it look like a nice destination but I do
not know what to expect in the area.