On September 23rd and 24th 2002, we made a short trip to Granville with the PH-SRU, a Piper Warrior of the 'Vliegclub Rotterdam'. We left Rotterdam around 11:00 and had lunch in Le Touquet. We arrived in Granville around 16:00. After paying our landing fee (a mere EUR 3.80) we made arrangements for our hotel and a taxi. We had a nice walk through the hotel garden and enjoyed a 5-course gourmet dinner.

The next morning, we did some sightseeing in Granville. We had coffee on a terrace in the autumn sun, and enjoyed a 'sandwich jambon/fromage' at the harbourside. We arrived at the aiport early afternoon. After a stroll at the beach, we refuelled and left for Le Touquet, with a detour via Mont Saint Michel.

Because of the weather forecast for the next day, we decided to proceed to Rotterdam that same night. We filed an IFR flightplan via BNE - KOK - COA - STD at FL050. We had few clouds just below us (FEW040, with tops around FL050), and saw the sun go down over the Belgian coast. Our Attitude Indicator decided to show some 'unusual attitudes' while we were straight and level (bank of 40 degrees and a high nose pitch), so we were happy not to be in solid IMC. During the VOR/DME approach on Rotterdam RWY06, the AI decided to behave again. We touched down around 20:45. In slight contrast with the dinner of the day before, we enjoyed Steef's 'sate met friet' (satay with french fries) at the Vliegclub.