RTW Leg 12 - Alderney to Le Bourget

[gusto]

Trip distance 190 nm Total RTW distance to date 7710



today we take a quick hop from alderney to paris



a fly by of the eiffel tower with palais de chaillot and le defense ( the financial district ) in the background





arc de triomphe





le defense



after a quick tour of the city we pass le bourget airport on our downwind leg



we encounter a bit of weather on finals



heading to park we pass the arianne 5 rocket, a fixture at the airport... le bourget also hosts the paris air show...also famous as the landing site for " lucky lindy's " ( charles lindbergh ) historic solo transatlantic crossing in 1927




check out my last leg http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?t=191467




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[peer01]

Very nice again! Paris looks good in your pics, I don't think you made friends at La Defense I'm afraid...

[Smutley]

Cracking set of shots.

[aircav1970]

Wonderful set Gusto! Love the shot in front of the "Arc",very cool!

[boxcar]

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Thanks for the cool tour, gusto!
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[CycoFlo]

Very cool Leg again! Great to see the Sights of Paris so close, I never got this close with my big Planes flying IFR... Beautiful!

[andrewclaridge]

Bonjour Gusto!

Super flight - interesting scenery today, especially at Le Bourget. Rockets - wow!!!

Au Revouir

[gusto]

Very nice again! Paris looks good in your pics, I don't think you made friends at La Defense I'm afraid...

yeah lol, its a good thing this is a VIRTUAL reality...reality often times has extra complications

[gusto]

Wonderful set Gusto! Love the shot in front of the "Arc",very cool!

thanks , i was suprised by the amount of detail it has

[gusto]

Very cool Leg again! Great to see the Sights of Paris so close, I never got this close with my big Planes flying IFR... Beautiful!

thanks Florian...yeah it's a lot harder to capture the sights with the jets