Over the Alps

Most of us only know one or just a few Alpine skiing resorts and the surrounding mountains - the ones where we usually go skiing. A lot remains hidden.

We wanted to change this by flying over and photographing/filming the most spectacular parts of the Alps in Austria, Switzerland, France and Italy. It took us 4 days between February 17 and February 20, 2015. The whole mission represented 16 flight hours or about 3000 km of flight and 2000 km of direct distance.

I did not feel comfortable flying, circling and photographing in the narrow Alpine valleys all on my own so I made an exception and took our photographer Jindrich Ilem with me. In addition to 2 outside cameras we had one video and one photographic camera in the cockpit.

To be able to generate the moving map which was (and still is) shown on this and other web sites, we carried GPS/GSM device which tracked our route down very precisely minute by minute. In addition, we were extremely lucky since the weather stayed perfect for 4 days which gave us the opportunity to fly over most of the Alpine area including the Mont Blanc massif which we circled from both the French and the Italian sides.

Here you can find the most interesting photographs of each of the four days. In a couple of weeks we will add the videos which are now being edited.