2013-04: France, Italy & Germany (Part1: home to Reggio Emilia)
saterday 30/03 : departing from EBZU after longtime waiting for VFR flight conditions
visiting Troyes
Troyes shopping street
Julien
drinking Leffe in France
Assiette gourmande - local speciality
Restaurant Maxime
Sooo cold in France..
Early morning at LFQB Troyes
to the planes !
virtualy deserted airport
frozen canopy & wings ..
fueling Avgas
finally take off
not a brilliant visibilty but we had worse the day before..
at LFLM - Macon
Helmar arriving from Bremgarten
and joining the club
asking meteo-advise (Meteo France) : bad till Montelimar, Alps "free", in Italy sky clear
this looks OK , we can climb above
after passing Montelimar & having decided to go for plan A : over the "Col de la Madeleine" to Italy
while climbing steadily
from valley to valley..
direction LFNS Sisteron. already above 9000ft
near Sisiteron at 10.000ft, OAT -6°C, groundspeed slowing down to 91kts due to strong headwind (24kts)
lac de Serre-Poncon with dam
making sure to stay above the clouds
left view
right view
passed LFMR Barcelonette and following the river, alraedy at 11000ft, OAT -8°C, 91kts airspeed at 5290rpm..
and Julien filming
passed over the highest point and gliding into the correct valley
behind this mountain: flat plains of Italy
last look at the Mont blanc
descending into the valley
still -6°C outside..
clearly in Italy and descending rapidly
Iphone photo
Iphone photo
iphone photo
iphone photo
landed at Club Astra, 25 nm south of Milano but better to move on: bad weather forecast
landed at LIDE Reggio Emilia, just minutes before closure
tired and hungry..
always happy
to see..
a nice girl eating a pizza.
the pass we did not take
now only relaxing while sitting in a room with a view
