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AOPA Luxembourg Newsletter 

highlighting what matters in Luxembourg GA

 
  • Who is Who on the AOPA Board
  • Upcoming Events
  • GPS Interference Expected in France

  • Common Air-to-Air Channels for Europe established
  • MyGuichet for Licencing with DAC - coming soon
  • Safety: Airspeed Myths - Misconceptions in Aviation

 
 
 

Welcome to your AOPA Luxembourg Newsletter. Did you join our season opener to EHMZ or the fly out to EHTX - do you have annecdotes or pics to share? Send them to us at editor@aopa.lu

Don't worry if you missed these events - we have many more planned this season - like the upcoming Champagne fly out - take a look at the links below and sign up! 

Check out the article on our website about aviation fuels.

Cristina and Reinhard

 
 

Who is Who on the board

As of March 9th we have new board members - so keep your eyes peeled as we continue get to know the board!

 

 

 

Upcoming Events 2024 - a full year of events for you!

 

Stay tuned for updates and trip details - **please note these are subject to change**

**08.06.2024         Nav Refresher - register here

**15.-16.06.2024   Paramotor Club Luxembourg 10th Anniversary - info here 

**29.-30.06.2024   Fly Out Champagne LFSW - register here

**04.-07.07.2024   Aerosport Fly Out Ardeche 

**06.-07.07.2024   Fly In EBZW

**06.-07.07.2024   Fly in EHHO

**17.-18.08.2024   Oldtimer Fly and Drive in Schaffen-Diest

**22.-28.07.2024   Oshkosh

**21.09.2024          AOPA+Aerosport Rally

**Check out Avia Sport's events here

**Check out the FAL events here

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


 

             

 

FRANCE: Potential GPS Intererence May 27 - Jun 7

 

For those of you who fly in or through France - please note that GPS interference is expected between May 27th and June 7th due to military activity. Please be prepared and take paper maps with you. Read the NOTAMs carefully as they come out.

We thank our friends at FFPLUM (Fédération Française d'ULM) for highlighting this matter. You can find all the details on the AeroVFR website here.

 

 

Common Air-to-Air Channels for Europe established

 

Two channels have now been reserved for Air-to-Air use across Europe: 123.065 and 123.135. We will track and inform about the roll-out.

 

Do not use 123.45 as Air-to-Air Freqency


For decades, the frequency 123.45 MHz has been used by some General Aviation pilots for air-to-air communication, without this frequency ever being officially made available to the General Aviation. Since this frequency is now used for other purposes, GA pilots must not tune this frequency any longer. In close cooperation with Eurocontrol and the frequency managers of the European countries, AOPA has been able to reserve two channels which can be used by General Aviation pilots across Europe. The transition phase lasts until the end of 2028 (!).

 

During this transition phase, each country can release one or both channels for GA use. The list below shows an overview of the current situation, based on the official releases or publications of the European civil aviation authorities.

 

We would like to thank all general aviation pilots for not using the frequency 123.45 MHz anymore.

 

Click here to read more on our website.

 

 

Status on Common European Air to Air Frequencies. IAOPA has a page tracking the implementation.

Here you can see which countries have so far released each of the two channels for Air-to-Air usage and from/since which date (**No news for Luxembourg at this time**):
 
State Channel 123.065 Channel 123.135
Germany

11/1/2024

11/1/2024

Switzerland

 

24/1/2024

 

 

MyGuichet for Licencing with DAC - coming soon!

 

Soon you will be able to use 'myguicet.lu' for the following procedures:

--License Issuance (PPL, BPL, SPL)

--Renewal or Revalidation of FCL (A)(H)

--Class or Type Ratings License Transfer to Luxembourg (PPL, CPL, ATPL, SPL, BPL)

Click here for more details on the DAC website

 

 

Safety: Airspeed Myths - Misconceptions Abound in Aviation

 

One can often be surprised and sometimes even alarmed by the aerodynamic misconceptions that abound in aviation. Read this article at AOPA.com to demystify airspeed myths and make your planning and flying safer.

 

 

 

 

Calling All Members

Would you like to contribute an article or share an interesting link? Is your AOPA baseball 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.

 

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