Day 11 - Rothenburg (Ger) to Zwickau (Ger)

Day 11 - Rothenburg (Ger) to Zwickau (Ger)

... no time to visit the historical fighters museum in Rothenburg (Link to flight) ... Thermals started very early, this is the view at 10:13!!! ... Missed the chance to try the 3000m rope winch, our DG has no winch hook. The starter of the engine still does not work. Heinz towed me up with C42 ultralight plane. In the air I tried to start the engine with the propeller effect, found out that this should work during last evening (Thought would not work, because there is no decompression handle, like in the Turbos) ...  worked well. Here is the view on "Elbsandsteingebirge" ... I am wondering what the house prices are close to that hole... (It suddendly was generated in the past... The earth just slided down into the ground) After arriving on the main ridge of the Erzgebirge/ErzIronMountain, flying started to become big fun... 3-4 m/s... First time that I could really try the DG808 in fast cruse flight... Without water. Even this guy was fast.

On top of the Fichtelberg, view towards Oberwiesenthal... Here we go snowboaring for a long weekend every year in winter... Enjoyed the cloud streets up to Bayreuth. Had to decide where to sleep tonight. Jena or Zwickau offer towing. Since I have not been in Zwickau I decided to land there.... There is also a better chance of early cumulus clouds due to the hills 20km away. Zwickau, directly next to the city Parking position for tonight. A place in the hangar would have  been available, but the weather is calm and dry

Got a room at the airport (with Wifi), restaurant is close by... Good night Pils from the gas station... What can a traveller ask more for after flying 500 km :-)