Bechyně – Lake Constance

The journey continued from Bechyně towards the Alps. The next destination was St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (LSZR) in Switzerland. The takeoff and the flight were fine, except some problems with navigation instruments, that are because of the uneducated pilot. The weather was nice and the landscape has started to be more hilly after the flat terrain.

Flying across Vltava river

Flying across Vltava river

Climbing over Bayerischer Wald

Climbing over Bayerischer Wald

Sky got clearer for a while

Sky got clearer for a while

Somewhere over Baden-Württemberg

Somewhere over Baden-Württemberg

Landing succeeded without a crash, but again my altitude was too high, when approaching the runway. That resulting too high speed, that made the landing too long. More practice is needed still.

Landed as one piece but with grassy wheels

Landed as one piece but with grassy wheels

Lake Constance (Bodensee) is the third biggest lake in Central Europe and it is on the path of the Rhine River. The lake shore is shared between the German federal-states Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, the Austrian federal-state Vorarlberg and the Swiss cantons of Thurgau and St. Gallen.

All three nations have developed a specific culture around their part of the shore. There are eleven islands of which Reichenau is the biggest.

Lake Constance, Wikivoyage

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