Leg 44 Aosta, Italy to Nice, France
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Bingo, 4th time crossing the Alps, finally some good views!
10-05 Aosta LIMW 5:29 AM Mont Blanc on the way
10-05 Megeve LFHM 6:23 AM
10-05 Meythet (Annecy) LFLP 6:43 AM
10-05 Geneva LSGG 6:53 AM
10-05 Vouvray LFHN 7:04 AM
10-05 Corlier LFJD 7:17 AM Steep runway
10-05 Bron (Lyon) LFLY 7:30 AM
10-05 Bron (Lyon) LFLY 8:08 AM
10-05 La Tour Du Pin LFKP -:-- Bugged short runway in a depression
10-05 St Jean d’Avelanne LFKH 8:26 AM
10-05 Aix-les-Bains LFLB 8:36 AM
10-05 Challes-les-Eaux (Chambery) LFLE 8:42 AM
10-05 Courchevel LFLJ 9:03 AM
10-05 Aeritalia (Turin) LIMA 9:34 AM
10-05 Malpensa LIMC 10:00 AM
10-05 Linate (Milan) LIML Monza North 10:37 AM
10-05 Orio Al Serio (Bergamo) LIME 10:58 AM
10-05 Orio Al Serio (Bergamo) LIME 11:30 AM
10-05 Piacenza Mil LIMS 11:50 AM
10-05 Campo di Volerio Glorialanza LIFG 12:11 PM
10-05 Sestri (Genoa) LIMJ 12:20 PM
10-05 Albenga LIMG 12:40 PM Monaco a bit before Nice
10-05 Nice/Cote d’Azur LFMN 1:11 PM
Flight time: 6:30 19 stops
Aosta by day light and less clouds. Heading for Mont Blanc!
Villeneuve, weather still looking good
Chenoz, I can see Mont Blanc!
Verrand, getting closer, I need to get higher
Back and forth in front of the French alps gaining altitude, currently above Entrèves
Looking back to Italy
Uh oh, that cloud front is moving pretty fast
This is the last ‘clear’ view of Mont Blanc I got (peak on the left)
While going in to cross over along Mont Blanc visibility went to zero and not long after the plane iced up. I had to push it into a 1000 fpm dive to keep it from stalling, luckily I had just cleared the ridge otherwise it would have been a long way around.
Megeve on the French side of Mont Blanc, now firmly hidden in the clouds
Point de la Beccaz
Corlier, a very challenging landing. Short steep runway up a hill
Ambérieu-en-Bugey on the way to Lyon, bad weather
Lyon on the river Rhône
That big rectangle in the middle is Place Bellecour
A massive square with a statue of King Louis XIV, aka Louis the Great or the Sun King
He was king of France from 1643 to 1715, 72 years
Lyon is also host to some interesting statues
From left to right Parc de la Tete d’Or, the Bartholdi Fountain and La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourviere
Chambery Airport on Lac-du-Bouget
Aix-les-Bains is behind to the left, in front of the airport is Chambéry
Crossing river Isère
To get to Courchevel, well known place in MSFS, runway on the right
A popular ski resort and incredible for take offs
Back across the Alps again, out of the clouds. Pointe de Charbonnel
Uia di Ciamarella
Grande de Motte in the far back
Flying over Usseglio
One more look back over Niquidetto
Turin, back in Italy
Milan, Parco Sempione with Sforzesco Castle
At the entrance of the park at the far back, Arco della Pazza
Duomo di Milano, one of the largest Cathedrals in the world
This one took over 600 years to build
Porta Nuovo, Milan’s futuristic business district
In the back are these 2 residential towers, Bosco Verticale
A bit beyond the capabilities of FS 2020, trees on a tower. Also the square in front looks like it’s still under construction, which is odd since it is completed on Bing.
One more shot of Milan towards Milano Centrale
Not far North of Milan is Monza!
A track that’s always certified chaos in GT Sport
Coming in for a landing in Genoa
Into the setting sun over Albenga, Cote D’Azur
Monaca, playground of the rich
It’s a shame there is no PG data here. I tried to figure out the Monaco GP layout when the game first came out, however the track is lost in a mess of seemingly randomly placed roads. Stade Nautique Rainier III, the Olympic-length heated seawater swimming pool is a blue roofed building.
Looking lovely on Google, from a distance anyway
I wish this track came back to Gran Turismo, blast from the past
And finally arriving in Nice
A lot of pictures today, currently already over 1,000 pictures from this trip