Soaring again
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:54 pmHi all,
I'm pretty much spending all of my FSX time exploring the Alps with the new mountain mod, just to re-discover the places I knew and liked, to find that I love them even more now. I did a small flight starting from Alpnach Mil, going up the valley, and passing over the mountains to reach Meiringen Mil where I would land. This flight is quite short but perfect for sight-seing.
The weather was quite nice, I set up just a bit of winds for ridge-soar to be effective (16 knots from North-West), I just had to follow the left-side of the valley and the plane was gently climbing.
The end of the valley comes quite fast. On my right was this nice lake, and the road start to make narrow curves to clim the "wall". Behind the wall, there is the valley with Meiringen Mill, and Interlaken Mil just on the other side of a big lake
The wall was passed successfully (and easilly too). Under my plane lies a small town, must be Meiringen but I'm not too sure. My eyes kept attracted by those big mountains over there...
... but shortly I had to refocus on my destination, that had just appeard on my right. Time to dive into the valley for a nice landing again, the flight is over for today 8-)
I'm pretty much spending all of my FSX time exploring the Alps with the new mountain mod, just to re-discover the places I knew and liked, to find that I love them even more now. I did a small flight starting from Alpnach Mil, going up the valley, and passing over the mountains to reach Meiringen Mil where I would land. This flight is quite short but perfect for sight-seing.
The weather was quite nice, I set up just a bit of winds for ridge-soar to be effective (16 knots from North-West), I just had to follow the left-side of the valley and the plane was gently climbing.
The end of the valley comes quite fast. On my right was this nice lake, and the road start to make narrow curves to clim the "wall". Behind the wall, there is the valley with Meiringen Mill, and Interlaken Mil just on the other side of a big lake
The wall was passed successfully (and easilly too). Under my plane lies a small town, must be Meiringen but I'm not too sure. My eyes kept attracted by those big mountains over there...
... but shortly I had to refocus on my destination, that had just appeard on my right. Time to dive into the valley for a nice landing again, the flight is over for today 8-)
