jankees 917 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 I started in Grenoble, destination Orange Caritat we leave Grenoble behind and climb over the Vercors the Vercors is a large limestone coral reef from the Cretaceous and now forms a large plateau we have nice weather for our flight, just a few isolated clouds and an excellent view in all directions we arrive at the town of Die, famous for its bubbly wine, the Clairette de Die and this also marks the end of the Vercors, just behind Die we have the vertical cliffs of the edge of the plateau we continue into the Diois ranges.. ,,arriving at la Motte Chalancon, with its wonderful little altiport just in front of our left wing. I can tell you that landing and taking off from that field is quite a challenge in real life! Just south of la Motte is Remuzat, with its colony of vultures, but I think we are too high to meet any of them today from here, we aim straight for the Mont Ventoux, which easily spotted from a large distance. we overfly Buis les Baronnies, my favorite town in this part of the woods.. and we arrive at Mont Ventoux, the highest mountain of the region. That is not snow on the summit, but very light limestone, the Ventoux is another of those ancient coral reefs. here we turn toward the Rhone Valley and Caritat airbase this takes us past the Dentelles de Montmirail, another limestone massif, with the famous wine growing areas of Gigondas to the north, Vacqueyras to the west and Beaumes de Venise here visible in the south I need to lose quite a bit of altitude, so I take one more look at the Ventoux before landing at Caritat Parked with the Ventoux in the background. I apologise for the number of pics... Link to post Share on other sites
dolf8857 640 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Exellent shots JK! Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Great shots sir.....fantastic scenery too... Link to post Share on other sites
Corsaire31 419 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Good shots of a nice flight. Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Never apologize for great pictures. Terrific trip and photo set...the geology lesson along the was was a great addition. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Great PIREP JK, worthy of our ATWC! Cheers, Joe Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Mountain ranges do not get more dramatic than that. Great set of shots Jan Kees, enjoyed the views. Link to post Share on other sites
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