Finally, it worked. I have wanted to take part in the Aero Festival in Villarrica in Chile for three years, but something always got in the way. This year, Martin and I were able to spontaneously take a few days off and found a great flying companion at short notice, Wolfgang from Germany. In just…
To start the year we headed to Mendoza, the wonderful wine-growing region in Argentina. The Malbec grape, which is grown and wined here at the foot of the Andes, is very famous. As always, we started from Colonia del Sacramento, entered Argentina via Rosario and after a stop in Rio Cuarto we made it to…
The four of us explored the vastness of the Argentine pampas to reach our destination at the foot of the Andes: Salta. From there we also visited Cafayate, Purmamarca, Jujuy and Humahuaca. The flight was peppered with exciting weather, impressive expanses, salt lakes, huge rivers and, above all, wonderful people in the friendly Aero Clubs…
The Yvytú Aeroclub held its annual big pilots’ meeting last weekend. As always, pilots came from all the surrounding countries: Chile, Argentina, Brazil and this time quite a few from Uruguay. The crews and passengers of the almost 50 aircraft that arrived spent three wonderful days together. Dinner at the Club Nautico on Lake Ypacaraí,…
It worked on the second try. In March ’23 we flew with the CX-PBO from Uruguay to the Iguazú waterfalls at the border triangle of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. We mastered the route in several small stages with stops for leaving and entering the country, refueling, changing pilots and taking breaks to stretch our legs.…
The modernization of six airfields in Uruguay is progressing rapidly. Within just nine months Aeropuertos Uruguay created a new airport in Carmelo, including a runway, apron and terminal building. Since the official inauguration on December 19, 2022, we have been able to use the airfield many times. Whether for practice or fueling, lunch at one…
The Uruguayan aviation authority DINACIA has come towards us! We can now apply for license validations in advance. The process is completely online. A first candidate has already successfully tried out the new method. As in other countries, the required documents are the following: license, medical, last 3 pages of the personal logbook, passport, a…
Tourists have been able to enter Uruguay again since November 1, 2021 and since the beginning of April 2022 even with just an antigen test. Various pilots took advantage of this immediately and so we flew four tours with the CX-PBO in the 2021/2022 season! Since Argentina also opened its borders during the season, one…
We used the past few months to upgrade our project aircraft. At first Martin took care of the upholstery and seat covers for all seats. New door panels and a new carpet were put in during the local winter. A successful project. Thanks to Martin!In November we started the next upgrade. The original avionics needed…
It was still a long time off, but Manfred was finally able to fly the second half of his trip with our CX-PBO. In comparison to the previously borrowed C182, we appreciated our PBO all the more. Due to the fact that the borrowed CX-ATZ, a C182 from 1957, simply had less space and did…
