Leg 42 Aviona Air Base, Northern Italy via Austria to Nuremberg, Germany
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The weather didn’t clear up, a rough day to cross the alps
10-03 Aviano MIL LIPA 4:45 AM Thunderstorm
10-03 Campo di Volo Tignes LIUG 5:04 AM Took 3 attempts to land, very low visibility
10-03 Bolzano LIPB 5:30 AM
10-03 Samedan LSZS 6:11 AM
10-03 Hoefen LOIR 6:53 AM Neuschwanstein castle North-East
10-03 Inssbruck LOWI 7:20 AM
10-03 Inssbruck LOWI 7:39 AM
10-03 Zell Am See LOWZ 8:13 AM
10-03 Amlach LOAM -:-- Too short, 246 ft ‘runway’ !?
10-03 Nikelsdorf LOKL 8:44 AM
10-03 Klagenfurt LOWK 9:14 AM
10-03 St. Donat Mairist LOKR 9:20 AM
10-03 Zeltweg AB LOXZ Red Bull Ring 9:38 AM
10-03 Niederoeblarn LOGO 10:07 AM Belly landing, forgot landing gear, just a scratch
10-03 Salzburg LOWS 10:35 AM Hohensalzburg Fortress
10-03 Salzburg LOWS 11:30 AM
10-03 Munich EDDM 12:05 PM
Bad performance, very low fps, restart. Takes forever to exit, heavy disk use.
10-03 Munich EDDM 12:16 PM
10-03 Augsburg EDMA 1:02 PM
10-03 Wulzburg EDHT 1:23 PM No lights, synthetic vision landing
10-03 Nurnberg EDDN 1:41 PM
Flight time 7:31 16 stops
It was rain right from the get go, low clouds, no visibility in the air. The first couple hours I was mostly flying by synthetic vision following valleys, never seeing anything. My first stop took 3 attempts to land, short runway on a hill, very hard to see while getting blown all over the place
Next stop Bolzano, a bit lower and a bit more visible. Dreadful outside.
Here’s my view of the alps this morning, climbing on to nearly 13K ft, still in the clouds.
Samedan, who knows what it looks like
Finally a break or rather some room under the clouds while coming in for a landing at Hoefen
Castle Neuschwanstein nearby, 19th cenury castle build for King Ludwig II
Innsbruck, more rain
A little break in the weather to see he mountains! Hinterwaldberg
Vorderwaldberg
Mittersill
Nikelsdorf, a fleeting glimpse, back in the grey soup
Zeltweg, a part with snow textures
There are some odd transitions in the alps between winter and summer ground textures
Visiting the Red Bull Ring in Austria
Looks like it’s still under construction here, the very distinctly painted runoffs are missing and it looks like a lot of construction equipment at the bottom.
Here’s a flying lap (literally)
Planneralm, I can see
Niederoeblarn, a bit of blue sky!!
5 Fingers, there is an observation deck here with 5 ‘fingers’ sticking out, near Obertraun
Halstatter See, Obertraun at the bottom
Niederes Platteneck
Fortress Hohensalzburg, 11th century fortress overlooking Salzburg
Salzburgring, another race track spotted. Build in the 60’s, those fast straights look fun
Looks more fun than Red Bull Ring tbh (RBR is always a mess in GT Sport)
On to Munich, it’s getting late already, Siegestor
Nymphenburg Palace, it’s big
Donnersbergerbrucke
Not really a landmark but the setting sun decided it was in the best spot for a picture
Odeonsplatz to the right of Hofgarten (bottom left) in front of Theatine Church
Flying over Augsburg while it’s getting dark
I flew on the Nuremberg to continue exploring from there tomorrow.