December 22, 201510 yr This is a flight I wanted to do for the longest time. It takes a bit of careful planning, because the plane I had in mind is not what you think this Messerschmitt is all about. It’s not the beefy Bf109, it is the older civilian Bf108, which means that its Argus AS 10C engine gave us at around 1880 rpm some 200 hp. We have given our old lady the name “Elly” after Elly Beinhorn, who made some amazing trips around the world with this plane in the mid-1930s. Yesterday I finally did it. Gosh, it was fun. We take off from Friedrichshafen on the German side of the Bodensee, or as it is known otherwise: Lake Constance and plan to fly across Switzerland to Locarno, located at the North Italian Lago Maggiore. As one can see, global warming provides us with springtime temperatures close to Christmas. There should be snow around here at this time of the year Even on the Swiss side of the lake But that changed as soon as we got closer to the mountains We were soon able to enjoy spectacular scenery Getting close to Locarno Great job Elly, my good old girl. I love you Scenery: Switzerland Professional, Freeware Italy Plane: Bf108 from Classics-Hangar Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
December 22, 201510 yr What a lovely flight.....in an interesting aircraft! Thank you for sharing. :Applause: My FS Videos
December 22, 201510 yr Author Thank you very much, gents Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
December 22, 201510 yr Bernd, this was surely your flight of the year. Thanks for posting and a heartily "Horrido" from the Messerschmitt Friends of Dresden! Can you specify your way over (or through) the Alps? Some pictures look like Passo San Bernardino... others like Lucmagn..., I'm not sure... Harald Geyer Gründer der Messerschmitt Freunde Dresden v. V.
December 23, 201510 yr Author Hi Harald, thanks, I had a similar feeling. This was something special. I knew that you would like it :wink: Here is the map with my flight route. The airplane I use in this map-shot is not the Bf108. I never flew that fast, hehehe. This was the Noratlas, the first airplane I ever flew in the real world in the Luftwaffe in 1971 Frohe Weihnachten, Bernd Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
December 24, 201510 yr Thanks Bernd! Und frohe Weihnachten auch für Dich! So you made it over the Julier- and Malojapass and then over the ridge... My compliments! Harald Geyer Gründer der Messerschmitt Freunde Dresden v. V.
December 25, 201510 yr Super nice looking shots! Enjoyed the beautiful Alps. Intel i-9 13900KF @ 6.0 Ghz, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X 24GB, MSI MAG CORELIQUID C360, MSI Z790 A-PRO WIFI, MSI MPG A1000G 1000W, G.SKILL 48Gb@76000 MHz DDR5, MSI SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2TB, Windows 11 Pro Ghost Spectre x64 “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the day and night to visit violence on those who would do us harm”.
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