HIGH TATRAS & JULIAN ALPS - the first eye in the sky
WU14 has improved two mountain ranges which 110 years ago were part of the Habsburg Empire.
The Bleriot XI was the first operational warplane, used by more than 24 airforces - here come two historic WW 1 flights:
1914:
the Tsar tried to make a breakthrough to the south in Galicia. With the Imperial Russian Air Service Bleriot you are to reconnoiter the Kaisers HQ in Orava castle and Austrian fortifications on the crest of the Tatras.
CZECH_bleriot_tatra.PLN (4.4 KB)
1915:
the frontline was the river Soca (Isonzo), famous today for its blue colours.
Fly an Italian Corpo Aeronautico Militare XI upriver and then over some of the highest peaks of the Julian Alps to spot Austrian mountain artillery dug in on the hilltops. Land uphill on grass to report to the Generals on Mt. Lussari.
SLOV_bleriot_soca.PLN (4.5 KB)
With the flimsy Bleriot it needs finesse to reach and hold the 8700/9500ft needed - watch out for turbulence.
If you have no XI: re-hash it peacefully with a modern UL and muse over the human casualties:
Galicia 700.000; Soca: 1.1 Million, 7000 remains enshrined here:
