
Holiday at the Bodensee
From Groningen to Koblenz Winningen
On Thursday, July 20, 2006, we started our 10 day trip to the Bodensee region.
The first leg took us from Groningen to Koblenz.
We flew beneath the Dusseldorf/Cologne-Bonn TMA to the airfield, located north of the river Mosel
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Rene doing the walk-around

Bridge over the river Mosel

Rene fueling in Koblenz

Laurence at Koblenz
From Koblenz Winningen to Zurich
On the second leg from Koblenz to Zurich a 747 was passing 1,500 ft above us.
Langen Info already informed us about the 747 at our six o'clock
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A 747 passing us

Leaving Koblenz

Right base RWY 28 Zurich

PH-AEC on parking P4 Zurich
On Friday we made a trip to Luzern

On the Chapel bridge in Luzern

In Luzern
From Zurich to Neuhausen ob Eck via Friedrichshafen
On Saturday we headed for Neuhausen ob Eck, our base airport for the next 8 days.
Because Switzerland has not implemented the Schengen Agreement (yet), flying in and out of the country must be done via airports with customs clearance (on both sides of the border).
For this we first cleared customs in Friedrichshafen
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before continuing to Neuhausen ob Eck
(
).

Charlotte and Maurits at the GAT in Zurich

Getting ready for departure

Departing RWY 28 Zurich

Right base RWY 24 Friedrichshafen

Final RWY 09 Neuhausen ob Eck

At Friedrichshafen
Round-trip from Neuhausen ob Eck to Leutkirch Unterzeil and Mengen
The next day, Sunday July 23, 2006, we made a trip along the bodensee and the Austrian Alps.
On the way we visited Leutkirch
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and Mengen
(
).
We only stayed briefly in Mengen because thunderstorms were approaching from the west.
After paying the landing fee we continued to Neuhausen ob Eck.
We first flew south to fly around the bad weather.

Cleaning the windows

Bodensee

Austrian Alps

Final RWY 26 Leutkirch Unterzeil

Passing showers en-route to Mengen

Laurence and Maurits in Mengen

Approaching Neuhausen ob Eck

Right base RWY 27 Neuhausen ob Eck
Round trip from Neuhausen ob Eck to Lausanne via Donaueschingen
On Monday we made a round trip to Lausanne, Switzerland.
We first visited Donaueschingen, a nearby airport with customs clearance, before moving on the Lausanne.
In Lausanne, the runway elevation decreases 12 meters (2.5%) from threshold to the middle of the runway, causing a longer flare than usual
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On the way back we also visited Donaueschingen
(
).

Approaching RWY 18 Donaueschingen

Laurence and Charlotte at Donaueschingen

En-route to Lausanne

Bern

Approaching Lausanne

Charlotte and Rene at Lausanne

Flying east to Montreux

Thun and the Thunersee
From Neuhausen ob Eck to Friedrichshafen via Allgau, over München
On Thursday, July 27, 2006, we made a sight-seeing trip over Munich.
We first flew to Memmmingen/Allgau for a fuel stop, and then we took-off
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for the flight over Munich.
The left brake was not functioning well and we stopped in Friedrichshafen to get it fixed at Air Plus.

Final RWY 24 Memmingen/Allgau

Rene at Memmingen/Allgau

Bayern Munchen stadium

Olympic stadium

Final RWY 24 Friedrichshafen

Getting the break fixed
From Neuhausen ob Eck to Freigburg and Lahr
On Friday, a trip to Freiburg and Lahr.

Freiburg

Rene at Freiburg

En-route to Lahr

Final RWY 21 Lahr

At the fuel station at Lahr

Passing some rain showers
From Neuhausen ob Eck to Groningen via Mainz and Leer
On Saturday, 29 July 2006, we flew back to Groningen, with a stop in Mainz, and a stop in Leer, just across the border near Groningen, to fuel the plane with the cheaper German Avgas.

Final RW 26 Mainz

Rene at Neuhausen ob Eck

Approaching Leer

Laurence at Leer

Departing Leer

Arrived at Groningen