Flying while on Honeymoon in Ireland

[cacctus]

Guys,
 My wife and I will be honeymooning in Ireland during the month of May. Among the things on our list is a flight or 2 while there. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Ken and Sharlene

[Happy Days]

Flying while on honeymoon? Sounds like a great idea!  :clap:

What type of flying were you thinking of Ken, :?:  and what part of Ireland are you going to?

Keith

[cacctus]

Hi Keith
Thanks for the quick response. I have been active in RC since 1975 and fly all types of planes, IMAC, large electrics, sailplanes, pattern, some scale...I am not sure about transporting something yet but still looking at my options. As to where we will be???My wife says "all over"! We are flying into Dublin and will be renting a car for local travel. We are looking at "looping" around the island. If you would care to see them, I can post a couple of pics of a few planes I fly. Thanks again!

Ken
Lake Dallas Texas
W4SWK
1941 Taylorcraft BC12-65

Flying while on honeymoon? Sounds like a great idea!  :clap:

What type of flying were you thinking of Ken, :?:  and what part of Ireland are you going to?

Keith

[gerryb]

hi ken and sharlene, i live in limerick which is not too far from shannon airport for reference. we fly gliders on a hill called tountinna which overlooks lough derg which is roughly north east of limerick.
if you are in our area, please make contact with me, hope we can get together to fly.
even if we don't meet, enjoy your trip to ireland

[Fred]

Hi Ken,

I live in Dublin.  
When are you coming in Ireland ?

I receive a fair few people over here during the year, always been a pleasure, we could meet, and I'll show you around    (what about an Irish night in the Dublin's mountains?  :mrgreen:  )

Also, in the forum, a bit up, in the slope soaring section, you have a short list of slopes, photos etc, from Dublin, to Co Wexford, Kerry, Galway, Liemrick etc, to give you some ideas  

[Happy Days]

You’ve been RC active since 1975 er? I’ll take it that you know a little bit about flying then. (Ha!) :lol:

We’re always pleased to see pictures of other peoples planes Ken, so put them up on the forum please.

I tend to pursue Slope Soaring more than anything else. Where I live, in County Wexford ,(S.E. Ireland) there is a mountain (2,800 ft) called Mt. Lienster which offers great soaring opportunities when the wind permits.
As for other soaring places,…….
There are hills around Dublin, where I understand soaring is available, and in many other parts of the country as well. (Including our friends in the northern province of Ulster.)
I must confess to not having much knowledge of other sites, flying mostly at Mt. Lienster as I do. But I’m sure other members of this forum will be able to give you information about the other flying sites.
(I’m assuming a sailplane will be easier for you to transport than a powered plane with all the associated equipment it would need.)

So, put up your pictures Ken, and hopefully some other forum members will be able to direct you to some of the best flying areas the Emerald Isle has to offer.

Keith

[cacctus]

Hi Gerry
Thanks for the response. Sounds like you fly slope gliders. Something I havent done since I lived in California (late 70's) but I really miss it! We had a hill that would allow us to fly 1/2a planes converted. We could fly all day and do aerobatics. Not too much slope soaring here in North Texas! LOL!!! A sloper would be pretty easy to transport but I need to check into frequencies and such. I fly Mode 1 so more than likely I will need to bring a radio. I had considered buying one after arriving but Mode 1 is not that common here. Not sure about there?

Ken

hi ken and sharlene, i live in limerick which is not too far from shannon airport for reference. we fly gliders on a hill called tountinna which overlooks lough derg which is roughly north east of limerick.
if you are in our area, please make contact with me, hope we can get together to fly.
even if we don't meet, enjoy your trip to ireland

[Richard Boyd]

Hi Ken, I wish you well on your wedding day !
If you are travelling up to the beautiful North of Ireland then there are various clubs that would welcome you to fly with them.
Mode 1 is a norm in the North of Ireland so you will get a flight or 2 and meet plenty of fellow pilots.

This is a link to the Northern area web site. a nice map and club links are provided for your reference.

http://niaa.nihosting.net/ni_clubs.aspx

Enjoy your trip and if you are up north then give me a shout and we can arrange something.

Richard Boyd