After a bit the weather at La Baule cleared and we decided to fly onto Les Sables, 30 miles from La Rochelle so we could call for permission to go into La Rochelle in a microlight.
Microlights need express permission of the airfield owner and since we would have to fly formation as I didn't have a transponder, we doubly needed permission.
Les Sables was blowing a gale and was very deserted. The parachute club was active but the flying club was closed. We spent ages trying in vain to call La Rochelle tower, eventually we got through, not on the published number but on a different one we got from Nantes airspace controller. When we finally got through, permission was instantaneous!
Grrr
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