Motor Glider Flight in Switzerland

A wonderful flight in the evening of summer solstice

Pilot readies the Dimona motor glider	Climbing over the lakes	Little Swiss towns
Wingtip	Luzern and lake in the background	Climbing through 12000 ft
Approaching the high Bernese Alps	Reaching 13000 ft	Prominent Finsteraarhorn in the center
Panoramic view	Brownish deposit on the lower glacier is sand from the Sahara desert	Finsteraarhorn
Another panoramic view	Slopes	Shade and sunshine on snow
Approaching Mout Moench	Propeller of 85 hp engine	Slopes of Mt. Moench
Sphinx observatory	Descend cruise eastbound	Lake Luzern in the background
Descending to cross below A9 airway	Central Switzerland	Mt. Mythen
Einsiedeln - Lake Zurich in background	Einsiedeln	Sihlsee
Mt. Etzel	Lake Zurich - City of Zurich is at the left end of the lake	Crossing the lake toward Rapperswil
Farmland in eastern Switzerland	Countryside in Thurgau	Rhine river and Stein am Rhein
Rhine Falls - the outflow	Castle of Laufen in the center	Turning overhead with 60° bank angle
Center view of Rhine Falls	Panorama from above	Farmer's vilage in Aargau
Looking east - Wehntal and Mt. Laegern	Approaching Wettingen	City of Wettingen/Baden
Detail of housing in Wettingen	Limmat valley with railyard - Zurich is in far background	Climbing over Heitersberg
It's a motor glider - engine is stopped	Approaching the runway after 2h 13 min flight	This is the sporty motor glider - Dimona
The cockpit	The tail	Sunset