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[seb603]

Hi everyone!

I am new on the forum, thought I could introduce myself here.
Sebastien, 26 years old, from Belgium ("French" part). I moved to Ireland a few weeks ago for professional reasons.
We live a few km North of Dublin.

I used to fly nitro rc aircrafts in a Belgian club, and I think I am going to miss that a lot. Problem solved: let's buy an aircraft and fly here!
Ireland seems to be the perfect place for slope soaring...  I plan to buy a 2.0m wingspan glider in the coming weeks.

Just a few questions:
- Do you fly during the winter?
- Do I have to register the model (and myself?) at the IAA
- Where and when do you fly?  I saw you had a spot in the mountains South of Dublin.

Thank you!

[Happy Days]

Hi Seb ,
Welcome to the Emerald Isle., so called because it's very green. (It's the rain that keeps everything so green.)

To answer your questions

1/ Yes we fly during the winter, but not during the rain. (Did I mention that it rains here? )
2/ If your model is over 1Kg it has to be registered with the IAA and (to be legal) you will also need to have insurance.
3/ There are various locations around Dublin to fly slope soarers, the best person to advise you might be our member called friendly Fred.
He's a Frenchman, (well,...nobody's perfect!) so we don't hold that against him. Fred lives in Dublin and will no doubt reply to your post when he sees it.

I live in Wexford and fly at a place called Mt. Lienster, commonly known as "Big L". Hope to see you down this way some time.

Good Luck Seb,
Little Keith

[seb603]

Hi!

Thank you for your answer! 
Sure I'll come and fly at Mt Lienster someday!

[Fred]

Ok, ok, I am catching up, and finally back in the forum (I missed you guys  )

Welcome to the forum Seb!! (bienvenue quoi )

So, to answer your questions. Do we fly during winter? IT'S ALWAYS WINTER!  But yes, we do, they are usually nice days.. Cold, but nice!

As Keith said, you need to register everything over 800Grs with the IAA. You also need to be a member of the MACI (for insurance).

For a club, you can visit maci.ie for a list of them (there are a few power clubs in Dublin, that depend of your location) and for gliders, well, there is only one, us. We drink and have fun, but overall, we are a nice bunch of misfits! Contact me if you want to join. We also provide MACI insurance.

We do fly in Dublin, namely Kilakee. Do you have mean of transport? I can show you the slope(s) etc. I live in Dublin South, but work nearish the quays. And defo, come and join us at any time, regardless of what you are flying!