Air Truck Challenge 2022 (aka a "road-bound" World Trip)

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Saint-Amand-Montrond (LF94) - Chaudes-Aigues (LF38).
France.
Flight No. 007.

1. Takeoff from Saint-Amand-Montrond Airfield across the Cher River near Ainay-le-Vieil.
   

   

2. Le Vernet (below us) and Meaulne-Vitray (right center).
   

   

3. Joining Highway A71 “L’Arverne” near Ronfière (center).
   

   

4. Crossing Œil River near Le Tremblet. The weather is getting worse again - as usual during our France trip!
   

   

5. Flying in between the L’Arverne (center right) and the Russeau des Brasses (center left) near Bost.
   

   

6. Saint-Bonnet-de-Rochefort (left) with the Sioule River behind it.
   

   

7. The town of Combronde to our right. We’re coming closer and closer to entering the clouds above which will limit our photo opportunities immensely.
   

   

8. As I already feared another large French city was hidden in the clouds - we had to pass Clermont-Ferrand without a chance to take a photo. But at least we were able to hit a hole in the clouds near Les-Matres-de-Veyre (left) and Veyre-Monton (center) to take a picture of the area around C-F!
   

   

9. The ground is rising beyond Clermont-Ferrand so we had to adjust our own altitude to about 5500ft. This shot was taken after finishing our second ascent near Issoire (right).
   

   

10. A pretty obscured shot but you can make out both Charbonnier-les-Mines (below us) and Sainte-Florine (right) if you look closely!
    

    

11. A rare ray of sunlight near Lorlanges.
    

    

12. Massiac (right) on the confluence of Arcueil and Alagnonnette River.
    

    

13. Saint-Flour (center), where we left the A75 “La Méridienne” (we left the L’Arverne in Clermont-Ferrand) to reach our airfield nearby.
    

    

14. Descending above the Lac du Barrage de Grandval (Reservoir of the Great Valley) to our airfield near Fridefont.