I've just spent a week on a train holiday round Switzerland (plus Eurostar and TGV to reach the destination and return) aircraft were sparse , mainly a few helicopters doing joy rides and other things, I didn't partake in the former as even by Swiss standards they were very expensive. The nearest I got to a helicopter was this one that landed in a field near our hotel for a while on Friday, by the time I came back down the mountain it had gone!
HB-ZTO Eurocopter AS350B3 Ecureuil Kandesteg, Switzerland 06-09-2019 0163 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
HB-ZTO Eurocopter AS350B3 Ecureuil Kandesteg, Switzerland 06-09-2019 0168 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
amazingly it was just parked and left in this field, nobody watching it or anything - if they'd done that in England within an hour it would be covered in graffit and it would be on blocks with the skids removed
There was a heliport in Zermatt that I saw a couple arriving and departing from but I didn't have time to go for a close look and when I was 10000ft up the Gornergrad I forgot to look down in that direction, I was too busy waiting for the cloud to clear so I could see the top of the Matterhorn (it didn't )
Trains were good though, to the Swiss nothing is impossible when it comes to building railways and they keep perfect time as well
Andy
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Re: Kandersteg, Switzerland 06-09-2019
Very nice Andy - haven't been to Switzerland since 2008 but recall that sightings can be few and far between - airfields excepted of course.
Consolation view of the Matterhorn from 2005. We took a trip up the Klein Matterhorn Glacier Paradise from Zermatt. It was over 30 degrees C in Zermatt and well below freezing plus wind-chill at the top (3,883 metres or 12,736 feet). We added layers as we went higher but saw one young woman in flimsy skirt and top - crazy!
Anyway here's what you were looking for - taken while crossing the glacier field in the gondola car
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Consolation view of the Matterhorn from 2005. We took a trip up the Klein Matterhorn Glacier Paradise from Zermatt. It was over 30 degrees C in Zermatt and well below freezing plus wind-chill at the top (3,883 metres or 12,736 feet). We added layers as we went higher but saw one young woman in flimsy skirt and top - crazy!
Anyway here's what you were looking for - taken while crossing the glacier field in the gondola car
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Re: Kandersteg, Switzerland 06-09-2019
very nice, it looks very impressive if you can see it! I'm only slightly jealous
thanks for posting it, maybe i'll go back one day
Andy
thanks for posting it, maybe i'll go back one day
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Re: Kandersteg, Switzerland 06-09-2019
Sorry, should have said hope you don't mind my posting it.
Equally jealous of your rail trip
Equally jealous of your rail trip
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Re: Kandersteg, Switzerland 06-09-2019
pleased to finally see what it looks like!Nighthawke wrote: ↑Sun Sep 08, 2019 9:39 pmSorry, should have said hope you don't mind my posting it.
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Re: Kandersteg, Switzerland 06-09-2019
Nice shots !
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