News from Tallard

Currently enjoying the great weather at Tallard. Adventures in the last week have included a flight to St Tropez for lunch and three different mountain strips. Near St Tropez there is a little airfield called Frejus which has around 35 machines , mostly fixed wing, just about 1km from the beach. At frejus there is a microlight instructor who used to fly 747's in the captains seat. He said that 14 hours of looking out of the window and playing with buttons was no longer his cup of tea so he is now a microlight instructor. Who would have thought it. When he is not teaching microlighting he is the photographer in a Canadair for the fire service. They drop down and scoop five tons of water at a time to put out the fires inland. He says that each time he goes up he is sure that he will die around ten times on each flight. Apparently the Canadair is extremely agile and can turn around in a very narrow space. If you can't imagine what they look like then imagine a big flying boat that lands on it's hull instead of floats. After take off we flew along the coast for a while and enjoyed the stunning scenery towards the Calanques near Cassis. On the way back we had a strong northerly headwind and flew in to wave at Sisteron. We climbed engine off to 10,000 before pushing on to Tallard. At Sisteron there was 20knots of wind on the surface and back at Tallard there was less than five knots. Thats Tallard for you folks. If you are coming down and want a really memorable experience then ask to fly to Frejus . Total flight time is two hours or there abouts and you will really see what the south of France can offer.

Cheers Marcus