Vlado is consulting the weather conditions
The St. Gallen - Altenrhein airport
Matthias and Vlado
The plane we flew with (a Socata Trinidad TB20GT)
Another propeller plane amongst the others in the hangar
Vlado is inspecting the engine oil level
You have to tow the plane out of the hangar
4.. 3.. 2.. 1.. engine started!
Refueling before the flight
We are ready to hit the runway!
Yay! We're flying. This is again the Altenrhein airport (near Sankt Gallen). The Austrian border is just a few km behind us :)
This is Lake Constance. The land over the lake is Germany
There were a lot of boats in the lake:)
Vlado is pretending to control the situation, while he actually switched to Autopilot soon after take-off ;)
The air conditioning was broken...
Konstanz is on lower-right
47°38'39.16"N 9°12'38.79"E
Overview of Konstanz
Matthias seems very happy back there
This is the Tower of Hohenklingen Castle, according to Google Earth
Stein am Rhein
This is Schaffhausen. The Fortification in the middle is Munot, the symbol of Schaffhausen
Getting closer to the Rheinfall
The Rheinfall
Rheinfall
See the other plane, pulling the glider. This was the closest encounter we had in the entire flight ;)
The Alps around Luzern are in front of us.
Luzern
A close up of Luzern. The famous Kapellbrücke is slightly on the right-center of the image
Lake Lucerne
Downtown Luzern
Lake Lucerne and the Swiss Alps behind it
This is Highway A4 (E41), passing near Immensee (on the left) and Kussnacht SZ (on the right)
Rigi Kulm
Mythen (the town in the right-bottom is Schwyz)
Einsiedeln
The big building in the center is the 'Basilica of Our Lady of Einsiedeln'
Overview of lake Sihlsee and a long bridge near Einsiedeln
We're now above the lake of Zurich. This town is Lachen
We're approaching Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein
This is Liechtenstein already. The village down there is Balzers
Liechtenstein (or Austria) Alps...
This is Hoher Kasten. The building is the endpoint of a lift (ski lift I suppose)
Downtown Saint Gallen
47°28'44.25"N 9°28'10.96"E Goldach
Rorschach
Approaching Altenrhein
Ready to land
Vlado is preparing to return the aircraft to the hangar
And there is some special equipment for that...
Returning her to home
That's all folks!
