October 31, 20223 yr One type of training flights of the Swiss Air Force are border patrol flights during which the pilots also have to memorize the country borders. From my living place I often see the PC-9s and PC-21s fly these kind of flights. Here are some shots: After take off in Dübendorf: Soon we simply follow the Rhine River: Where the Aare River is joining the Rhine (and above the little hill where many times I have flight tested my drones): Some seconds later: Looking back to Basel: Chasing the ridge between the Doubs Valley and the plains of Porrentrury: Over St Ursanne, the Doubs River turns by 180° and so do we: From here the Doubs River will be at our right side until Les Eplatures: On this screenshot the complete route to La Chaux-de-Fonds and Les Eplatures is already visible: The Alps far in the south: Looking back over the Jura Mountains: Descending over La Chaux-de-Fonds to enter the traffic pattern for Les Eplatures: Again the Alps in the background, also visible the Vue des Alpes Pass and the Lake Neuchatel: The runway right behind the city: Turn into downwind. Lake Geneva is visble far away and the Creux du Van cut into the mountain straight ahead: ... downwind... ... base ... ... turn into final... Edited October 31, 20223 yr by mrueedi Tag updated
October 31, 20223 yr very nice, some great shots there... Wayne i5 9600k OC @ 4.6,LIQUID COOLED, INNO3D RTX 3060Ti 8GB, 32GB RAM, 2 X 4TB HDD (MSFS & STEAM), 1 X 2TB M.2 SSD (XP12) TOMAHAWK MAG Z390 MOTHERBOARD, M.2 for OS WIN11, X52 PRO, TCA THRUSTMASTER AIRBUS CAPTAINS EDITION, TRACK-IR. XP12 MSFS2020.
November 1, 20223 yr Great shots man! 👏 [Pc Intel i3-4160 3,6 GHz, 8 GB di RAM, GeForce RTX-3060 12 GB, Win10 Home 64 bit]
November 1, 20223 yr Fine shots with nice scenerys ! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
November 1, 20223 yr Author 23 hours ago, paulb said: Nice commentary. It's good to know where you are flying 🙂. Yes, I have fond memories of many of these places from the past. 20 hours ago, Jack_Sawyer said: Quite a nice tour of a beautiful area! If I find time, I will shot a sequel along the southern border in the Alps. 18 hours ago, John F said: A lot more interesting (and beautiful) than just studying a map. Yes, indeed. I know from this book, that the Swiss pilots memorize the border of the entire country by flying along them. When Gion Bezzola described it, they flew Pilatus P-3s, today I see PC-9s and PC-21s follow down the Rhine on the Swiss side of the border at about 1000-2000 ft over ground.
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