Bevorstehende Events
Mooney Trip 2025 „Stockerau AT and Balaton HU“
12 - 15 JUN 2025
The new year 2025 is just a few days old and our Mooneys are anxiously waiting to take off to the skies again. So the perfect time to make you familiar with the program of the 2025 version of our traditional Mooney tour. As discussed at Kalmar and Mariehamn last year we want to head to Central and Eastern Europe this year. The airfields of Stockerau LOAU and Hevis-Balaton LHSM will be our touchdown points.
On Thursday 12JUN we meet at the lovely airfield of Stockerau in the famous Austrian Weinviertel. This is where the Green Veltliner is at home and the flying club will have some after-landing beer, wine and snacks ready for us. After the last Mooney has landed and everyone has received their 2025 EMPOA tour T-shirt we will go by bus to a typical Heuriger, a traditional Austrian wine venue where the stuff is not only produced but also served. We will enjoy an extended tasting and have shopping opportunities. All this will be accompanied by hearty bar food. Thereafter the bus will take us to Stockerau where we check into our 4-star-hotel in the heart of the small town. We have the opportunity for some more wine tasting at the hotel or some little pub crawl. But maybe you also just want to relax and prepare for what’s ahead.
Friday 13JUN: after buffet breakfast at our hotel we will be picked up by bus to Stockerau airfield. We get our speedmachines ready for the fairly short flight to Hungary. One of our Austrian Mooniacs (a flight instructor) will give you a thorough briefing of the so-called LOWW VFR corridor. If you opt for this and the weather is nice you will have a fantastic ride along the river Danube directly through the heart of the Austrian capital Vienna. The airport of Heviz-Balaton is a fairly large commercial field that has however retained some sleepy charm.
When everybody is safely on the ground we will be picked up by bus and go to the town of Keszthely where we check-in for two days at four-star-hotel Sirius directly at the shores of lake Balaton. Rest time will be fairly short though because we want to go on a little boat trip on the lake soon after. With all those impressions in our mind we will be ready for a three-course-dinner at our hotel.
Saturday 14JUN: after breakfast you will have the morning to yourself. You can either explore one of Keszthely’s ten museums, take a stroll along the shoreline or enjoy the large spa area of our hotel. Shortly after noon our bus will be ready to take you from Sirius hotel to the southern shore of lake Balaton. At Balatonfenyves GV we board the historic narrow-gauge railway to Somogyszentpál. The 45-minute ride is still an operating local service and boasts nice views of typical Hungarian countryside. After a short stop, we return on the same train. After the train ride transfer by bus to a typical Hungarian Csarda, a local restaurant with wine production. At this time it is still under investigation whether we might even get a little ride in horse-drawn carriages to the vineyard itself or stay at their main facility. In any way you will not leave hungry: many typical Hungarian dishes will make for a dinner including table wine, beer and softs (vegetarians please advise me beforehand!) that will definitely leave you rolling out of this place.
Sunday 15JUN: after breakfast at Sirius hotel there will again be a private bus transfer to LHSM airport and departure.
Program parts in bold are included, drinks during the meals are generally not included except where specifically mentioned.
Price is 699 € per person in double room, 799 € in single room.
I hope to have arranged a program that many of you will like and look forward to welcoming you to another memorable Mooney trip. We need 20 participants, but due to hotel and airport limitations we can take a maximum of 35 persons only. First come, first serve.
Please send your booking with aircraft registration, name and number of participants, room-style (single or double) as well as shirt-size (from S to XXL) until March 15th to
Payment of 50% will be demanded at time of booking, the rest until 30 April 2025.
Cancellation rules:
Cancellation until 15 April 2025: 35% of the trip price
Cancellation until 15 May 2025: 65 % of the trip price
Cancellation until 31 May 2025: 85 % of the trip price
Thereafter or if not arriving: 95 % of the trip price.