French Tour. Primarily for general aviation discussion, but other aviation topics are also welcome. Toggle signatures. French Tour Thu Sep 01, Just thought I'd update those of you that are interested with progress so far. After flyguy holding us both down and forcing large amounts of alcohol down our throats at the Flyer Summer Bash, we delayed our departure by 24hrs which was a good call. On Tuesday we had a relaxed departure from Enstone at This is probably due to the proximity to MAUW ahem At Jersey, we redistributed as much of the weight forward as we could CofG was within limits but was rearward and this helped a bit on the next leg.
Jersey departure at At the moment we are weathered in at Bordeaux because of TS between here and Beziers, but I can think of many worse places to be stuck for 24hrs A relaxed start is planned for tomorrow as the afternoon looks better than the morning, but no time for stops then as we both quite fancied lunch in Carcassonne.
User mini profile. Re: French Tour Foie Gras wrote: but no time for stops then as we both quite fancied lunch in Carcassonne. Rob P. By Steve Morley - Thu Sep 01, Love it.
You can also get Confit de Canard down there and you are probably close enough for Poulet basque. Chicken in ratatouille. Needless to say the Foie Gras is superb! New homebuild taxi trials underway Steve M. By Adrian - Thu Sep 01, Steve Morley wrote: Needless to say the Foie Gras is superb! It is. But don't be conned into believing it's all local.
There's a flourishing and lucrative market in re-labellings tins of Hungarian Foie Gras. The money's so good that they bring them to Toulouse by air. By Steve H - Thu Sep 01, If youy are 'stuck' in Bordeaux not a word I would choose! Just ask at the hotel - one is run by an Irish lady! Diary of a bog standard PPL. Mon Sep 05, Sorry to talk about flying rather than about food, but shouldn't an aft C of G reduce drag?
