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VFR Flight from Beek to Hamburg

EHBK - EDDH

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Totally wrong plane for flying in Holland of course... but I just love the Hercs and this was the first one I found on my disk. So you'll have to put up with it. The idea was to fly from the most southern most tip of the Low Countries (actually near the highest part of it), to the North Sea coast and then fly all the way up the coast north and then east to Germany. Low speed, low level, otherwise we cannot see the scenery of course.

I started off with some problems of getting the autopilot to fly the flight plan.... that nearly crashed the Herc over Maastricht. That is also why some pictures around that area are missing, too busy gaining control !

I didn't take pictures the whole route, just the first part. The pictures provide a good idea of the excellent night time textures with all the major highways populated by cars. Just a shame there is not one car when flying in daylight :-)

The pictures

Ready at the beginning of the runway at Maastricht-Acchen airport

Ain't she beautiful? And so is the little airport here !

I wanted to get an idea of the night lights in Holland

See all the little cars on the highways? A pity that there is no traffic during day time !

Just south of Rotterdam, another major connection between the islands.

Rotterdam port (the biggest in the world). Clear view of the oil terminal underneath

Hoek van Holland and the beam of a lighthouse visible just above the plane

The Prins Claus intersection to The Hague, flying north to Amsterdam

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