Gyro_Kai
Senior Member
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2006
- Messages
- 3,279
- Location
- near Frankfurt, Germany
- Aircraft
- MT-03, Calidus (rent)
- Total Flight Time
- about 150
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Excuse the sometimes off-colour, I had to do some heavy editing to get rid of the haze.
This time I went down South-West twice, once to Idar Oberstein and once to Becherbach. I mixed the pictures a little, it is the same track.
I took the MTOsport equipped with a Neuform Prop, which is smoother and gets more performance. At WOT I got a steady 7m/s (1400 ft/min) climb
Along the Rhine to the West I turned left near Bingen
The rocks in the Trollbach-Valley are much more impressive from the ground. As people complain about the airplane noise I didn't want to go closer.
While I went solo on the first trip to Idar Oberstein, on the second trip we went with passengers, 2 trikes and me.
We started from Langenlonsheim, a very nice little aeroclub with great food at the weekend and very friendly hospitable people.
We crossed the city of Bad Kreuznach. It has a beautiful classic city center.
As the title Bad already implies it is a spa. A spa, to aquire the title Bad and be allowed to raise special taxes, must have some special re-creational or health promoting properties. Bad Kreuznach has saline springs which produce a high concentration salt solution. This is being dribbled over 50ft high walls mostly made up from stacked twigs, thereby producing a sea like spray which evidently is good for people with Asthma and other respiratory ailments. Originally this method was used to increase the concentration of the saline solution.
The river Nahe cuts its way through the mountains, leaving large rocks and cliffs around the city. The castle on top dates back to 1209.
tbc...
Excuse the sometimes off-colour, I had to do some heavy editing to get rid of the haze.
This time I went down South-West twice, once to Idar Oberstein and once to Becherbach. I mixed the pictures a little, it is the same track.
I took the MTOsport equipped with a Neuform Prop, which is smoother and gets more performance. At WOT I got a steady 7m/s (1400 ft/min) climb
Along the Rhine to the West I turned left near Bingen
The rocks in the Trollbach-Valley are much more impressive from the ground. As people complain about the airplane noise I didn't want to go closer.
While I went solo on the first trip to Idar Oberstein, on the second trip we went with passengers, 2 trikes and me.
We started from Langenlonsheim, a very nice little aeroclub with great food at the weekend and very friendly hospitable people.
We crossed the city of Bad Kreuznach. It has a beautiful classic city center.
As the title Bad already implies it is a spa. A spa, to aquire the title Bad and be allowed to raise special taxes, must have some special re-creational or health promoting properties. Bad Kreuznach has saline springs which produce a high concentration salt solution. This is being dribbled over 50ft high walls mostly made up from stacked twigs, thereby producing a sea like spray which evidently is good for people with Asthma and other respiratory ailments. Originally this method was used to increase the concentration of the saline solution.
The river Nahe cuts its way through the mountains, leaving large rocks and cliffs around the city. The castle on top dates back to 1209.
tbc...
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