
14 July 2010 Mainz (3)
18 July 2010 Bad Endorf (6)
19 July 2010 Salgareda (4)
20 July 2010 Venezia (3)
21 July 2010 Mensanello (3)
22 July 2010 Local flight
23 July 2010 Fano (4)
24 July 2010 Biplano Club
25 July 2010 Massa (2)
26 July 2010 Siena
27 July 2010 Rieti (4)
28 July 2010 Rome (2)
29 July 2010 Volterra
30 July 2010 Siena, Fueling (2)
31 July 2010 Offenburg (4)
01 Aug 2010 Lelystad
From Lelystad to Mainz
On Wednesday, July 14 2010, we travelled to Wiesbaden for the wedding of Carsten and Maria on Friday. Veleda and Charlotte by car, Rene and Maurits per plane.

At flight level 95 in Germany

Maurits and Rene at Allendorf/Eder airport

On the Neroberg in Wiesbaden

Wedding location in Eltville
From Mainz to Bad Endorf
On Sunday, July 18, we travelled further to Bad Endorf in Bavaria, where we would stay the night.

Rene at Mainz airport

Wasserburg am Inn

Rene

Bad Endorf airfield
From Bad Endorf to Salgareda
On Monday we continued to Salgareda, which lies east of Treviso and north-east of Venezia.

Obertauern in Austria

Maurits and Rene at Klagenfurt airport

Monte Nanus in Slovenia

Dinner in Noventa di Piave
To Venezia
On Tuesday we visited Venezia. We flew to S.Nicolo airfield on the island Lido. In the afternoon we flew back to Salgareda via Padova.

View on Venezia from final RWY 05 Lido

Veleda and Charlotte in Venezia

Maurits with the Ponte di Rialto

Rene at Padova airport
From Salgareda to Mensanello
On Wednesday we travelled to Mensanello. On the way Rene and Charlotte visited Pavullo and Lucca airport.

Crossing the river Po

Charlotte and Rene

Old town of Lucca

San Gimignano
Local flight Mensanello
On Thursday, July 22, Rene made a local flight with Heidi and Hans from Belgium over San Gimignano and Monteriggioni.

Charlotte, Maurits and Rene at breakfast

Hotel Villa Sabolini

Heidi and Hans

Low pass
To Fano
On Friday we made a trip to Fano, with stops at Sansepolcro and Gualdo Cattaneo.

Charlotte, Maurits and Charlotte

Veleda with admirer at Sansepolcro

On the beach in Fano

Maurits, Charlotte and Rene; lunch in Fano
Biplane Italiano Club event at Mensanello
On Saturday, July 24, the Biplano Club Italia had organized the Festa dei Barnstormers at Mensanello airfield.

Sopwith Camel look-alike ultra-light

Charlotte in Dieter's Kiebitz

Maurits making a flight with Dieter

Many planes visited during the day
To Massa
On Sunday, Rene and Veleda made a flying trip to Massa along to coast.

Mensanello

Veleda and Rene at Massa airfield

Rene at Massa airfield

Livorno
To Siena
On Monday, July 26, Veleda, Charlotte, Maurits and Rene visited Siena. In the afternoon Rene made a short local flight with Charlotte and Maurits.

Veleda and Rene in Siena

Charlotte and Maurits on the Piazza il Campo

Maurits in Monteriggione

Dinner at the Tenuta di Mensanello
To Rieti
On Tuesday, Maurits and Rene made a flying trip to Rieti and Foligno, and returned to Mensanello via Siena to fuel.

Maurits and Rene at Rieti airfield

Foligno

Bad weather on the way to Siena

At the fuel station at Siena airport
To Rome
On Wednesday, July 28 2010, we made a trip to Rome to visit the Vatican.

Veleda, Charlotte and Maurits at Rome, Urbe airport

In the vatican museam

On the Piazza San Pietro

On the Piazza San Pietro
To Volterra
On Thursday, we visited Volterra.

On the Piazza dei Priori in Volterra

In front of the Priori Palace in Volterra

Maurits in Volterra

Veleda, Charlotte and Maurits in Volterra
To Siena for fueling
On Friday, July 30, Veleda and Rene went to Siena to fuel the plane for the flights the next day.

New wine tanks at Tenuta di Mensanello

Tenuta di Mensanello

Veleda with the Piper Arrow

Rene at the fuel station at Siena airport
From Mensanello to Offenburg
On Saturday, July 31 2010, we started our return trip from holiday. We would travel to Offenburg on Saturday, and continue further on Sunday. Maurits and Rene flew via Albenga, Cannes and Grenoble to Offenburg.

Rene at Mensanello airfield

Menton

Maurits at Cannes, Mandelieu airport

Maurits at Grenoble, Le Versoud airport
From Offenburg to Lelystad
On Sunday, August 1 2010, we returned to Lelystad.

Offenburg airport

Maurits and Rene

En-route to Lelystad

Maurits and Rene at Lelystad airport
Statistics July 14/Aug 1 2010 | ||
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Number of Flights | : | 41 |
Distance flown | : | 2,680 NM |
Airports visited | : | 31 |
Block time | : | 27:25 |
Flight time | : | 20:35 |
Average speed | : | 130 knots |