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The Longest Trip Yet

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Between the 23rd and 28th September with much appreciated support from my friends at Freedom Aviation I undertook the biggest trip yet. 4000NM in 5 and a half days, 1400 litres of AVGAS burnt, 16 airfields visited and best of all 46 hours logged.

Enjoy the pics.

 

Heading for the Lake District

 

Lake Windermere

 

Having fun around the Scottish islands

 

More fun

 

The changeable Scottish weather

 

More lovely Scottish weather

 

Just starting to head up the Great Glen in the drizzle

 

Just popping into Jersey for some cheap fuel

 

Strange beach formations on the French Atlantic coast heading towards the Spanish border

 

The impressive Pyrenees

 

Following the Pyrenees on an easterly track looking at peaks of 11000ft

 

The route through the Pyrenees to Carcassonne to get fuel

 

Parked for the evening at La Cerdanya in the Pyrenees

 

Strange red pools near Nimes

 

Picking up the Sahara dust and a few flies

 

Keeping the leading edges clean to get that extra 1 knot

 

Cote D’azur

 

Nice zone transit at 500ft

 

Monaco

 

Across the Italian mainland just East of Pisa

 

Departing Fano in Italy across the Adriatic for Croatia

 

Finally the Croatian coast after 70NM of water

 

A badly timed sunset on final for Pula runway 27

 

A pleasant evening in Medulin, Croatia

 

The ingenious wind sock at Medulin

 

A long way from home

 

Lake Bled, Slovenia

 

Crossing the Austrian Alps at 10000ft in unusually cloudless skies

 

We can’t go any higher

 

The Alps

 

Very long final towards Salzburg runway 33 from 10000ft

 

Departing Salzburg runway 15

 

 

Climbing out of Salzberg and finally heading West towards home

 

Germany looking South towards the Alps

 

Planes awaiting maintenance in Chateauroux

 

Another quick stop in Jersey to top up on some more cheap fuel

 

Some cloud dodging over the channel

 

Finally back at Kemble after a very long week

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