Flying adventures, hour building and ground school.
The Longest Trip Yet
Between the 23rd and 28th September with much appreciated support from my friends at Freedom Aviation I undertook the biggest trip yet. 4000NM in 5 and a half days, 1400 litres of AVGAS burnt, 16 airfields visited and best of all 46 hours logged.
Enjoy the pics.
Heading for the Lake District
Lake Windermere
Having fun around the Scottish islands
More fun
The changeable Scottish weather
More lovely Scottish weather
Just starting to head up the Great Glen in the drizzle
Just popping into Jersey for some cheap fuel
Strange beach formations on the French Atlantic coast heading towards the Spanish border
The impressive Pyrenees
Following the Pyrenees on an easterly track looking at peaks of 11000ft
The route through the Pyrenees to Carcassonne to get fuel
Parked for the evening at La Cerdanya in the Pyrenees
Strange red pools near Nimes
Picking up the Sahara dust and a few flies
Keeping the leading edges clean to get that extra 1 knot
Cote D’azur
Nice zone transit at 500ft
Monaco
Across the Italian mainland just East of Pisa
Departing Fano in Italy across the Adriatic for Croatia
Finally the Croatian coast after 70NM of water
A badly timed sunset on final for Pula runway 27
A pleasant evening in Medulin, Croatia
The ingenious wind sock at Medulin
A long way from home
Lake Bled, Slovenia
Crossing the Austrian Alps at 10000ft in unusually cloudless skies
We can’t go any higher
The Alps
Very long final towards Salzburg runway 33 from 10000ft
Departing Salzburg runway 15
Climbing out of Salzberg and finally heading West towards home
Germany looking South towards the Alps
Planes awaiting maintenance in Chateauroux
Another quick stop in Jersey to top up on some more cheap fuel
