• Board News
• Save the Date: General Meeting / Safety Seminar
• Aviation medicine and private pilots
• Simulator Instructor Gig 
• Boars Like Runways Too
• Airfield Finds EDGS

Welcome to your AOPA Luxembourg Newsletter.

This November has been rather mild and we hope that gave you the opportunity to fly a bit despite the shorter days.

With winter comes changes and our first change is that the General Meeting will be held in January - please join us to celebrate the new year together!

We heard your comments and we want to ensure that you receive you member cards on time, so the General Meeting will now be on Saturday, January 17th.

This is an extra important one to attend - the President's position is up for renewal!

With so many challenges facing aviation in Luxembourg, your support is more important than ever: ✈️maintain your membership, ✈️volunteer to help out or ✈️why not join the board?

A few board positions are opening up so there has never been a better time for you to show your support for GA in Luxembourg!

Looking forward to see you there in large numbers - for the meeting, the voting and of course, Crémant afterwards!

The event invite will be sent out shortly, keep your eyes peeled.

Cristina and Reinhard

Mark your calendars!

Saturday January 17th : AOPA General Assembly Meeting - come to celebrate the new year together and cast your vote!

If you or anyone you know is interested in joining the board, please email your candidacy to board@aopa.lu 

There is change underway, why not join the board and be part of that positive wave?

Saturday February 28th : AOPA Safety Seminar 

Registration is now open - click here to secure your spot! Online credit card payment accepted.

Please let us know if you have any ideas, suggestions or recommendations for flyouts by emailing us at editor@aopa.lu

AOPA Luxembourg works within IAOPA on reforms of medical certification for GA pilots. Here is a report from AOPA Germany

Many things are currently in flux worldwide.

It's clear that aviation medicine can't continue as it has been, a point on which private pilots and their associations agree. The examinations cause unnecessary stress year after year. Depending on our age, private pilots have to see an aviation medical examiner once a year, every two years, or, if they're young, every five years, to have their fitness to fly assessed. Those who are young and in excellent health take it in stride. Everyone else, however, is understandably tense, and pilots approach these examinations with good reason: Almost everyone knows fellow pilots who are clearly healthy and active, drive cars, but still have to wait months for their medical certificate or even lose it altogether.

Flight Simulator Instructor Opportunity at Luxembourg Tech School (LTS)

• Organizer: LTS is a national initiative helping youth develop technical, creative, and business skills through hands-on projects in technology, science, and innovation.
• Collaboration: With Boeing and the Mobile Newton Room, a travelling science lab that delivers immersive STEM learning experiences to schools across Luxembourg. Read more about this initiative-click here.
• Activity: Guiding high school students through interactive aviation sessions using two flight simulators.
• Requirements:
• No need to be a jet pilot!
• Interest or background in aeronautics/flight dynamics
• Manuals and a paid introductory training week are provided
• Languages:
• English is the working language
• Schedule:
• January 19 – February 13 (4 weeks)
• Monday to Friday, approximately 4 hours each morning

Location: Campus Geesseknäppchen, Luxembourg City.

If you’re interested, reach out to Sebastian Barillaro (LTS) for more details at: sebastian.barillaro@men.lu

Would you like to contribute an article or share an interesting link? Is your AOPA cap doing something or going somewhere and you want to share it with our entire community? Please email it to editor@aopa.lu. Keep it clean and aviation related, the editors reserve the right to omit and/or edit submitted material.