Bassano del Grappa is one of the most beautiful and varied flying areas in Europe – mountainous slopes and relatively gentle slopes at the same time – a combination that combines “mountains and foothills of the Alps/flatlands”: ideal for flights for pleasure pilots, budding cross-country pilots and experienced XC pilots.
Our trip is designed to introduce novice cross-country pilots step-by-step to the secrets of successful and safe XC flying, while experienced pilots are encouraged with specific tasks and opportunities to maximize flight time without KM constraints.
We focus on each individual and their abilities and provide personalized tips and feedback. By means of a questionnaire and interview, we pick you up exactly where you are and accompany you to your goals on this trip so that you take home an instructive and eventful memory.
Flying areas:
Bassano offers several launch sites on the Monte Grappa massif. However, we will also explore launch sites in the region to get to know the diversity of the individual areas.
Before the trip, you will receive a questionnaire about your flying experience and your goals. We also analyze some of your flights in advance so that you get a clear assessment of your current level. The week on site builds on these findings.
After the trip, you will receive a personal debriefing with all your notes, tips and feedback on your goals. We will provide you with this as a digital handout (PDF). It contains an initial assessment, an evaluation of your XC week and recommendations for your further flying development.
This will be an instructive, safe and unforgettable week of flying for you.
Arrival on Sunday, 29.03.2026:
Individually and to the accommodation, meeting point approx. 17:00 (approx. 5 -6 hours by car from central Switzerland).
Material check, instrument check, radio check
Cozy get-together.
Flight days, Monday 30.03. – Easter Monday 06.04.2026:
Morning debriefing the day before, with a focus on experiences, key points, individual challenges – takeaways for the following days – feedback on the individual pilots and visualizations of individual flight phases. The focus is on the exchange of knowledge and experience.
Followed by a briefing flight day, with a focus on meteo, flight technique tasks, XC planning for small flights and for larger flights, and always with the idea that we can go flying and don’t have to.
Fly, fly and fly….
Depending on the time of landing, there is a second flight in the late afternoon or an evening flight.
Dinner and recounting of the experiences. Short feedback round on the individual experiences. This also serves as input for the debriefing on the following morning.
Departure Monday, 06.04.2026:
Short morning flight either in Bassano or on the way back home. There will be different options depending on the mood of the individual participants.
Debriefing online meeting:
Debriefing XC week (teams meeting of 2 hours).
Pilot requirements:
Material requirement:
The trip is organized with a minimum of 9 participants.
The trip takes place in all weathers. If you have to cancel the trip, the cancellation conditions in our general terms and conditions apply.
Please fill out the following form to secure your place on this touch and go… trip.
