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Photographs
from our expedition
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On
the grid at Sisteron, ready to launch on runway 36. |
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Pic
de Bure (9000ft) looking south, from about 15,000ft of north-westerly
wave. |
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Ariane flying her
LS6 in wave over l'Oratoire, near la Motte du Caire. |
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A
pilot's eye view of the Ecrins. Cloudbase here about 12,000ft. |
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Into the Glacier
Blanc, below the Barré des Ecrins, near Briançon. |
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Sisteron Town. |
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Coming home:
evening view to the west of Charbre. |
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Near Mont Pelvoux,
from about 11,000ft. |
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To the north of
the Glacier Blanc. |
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The Modane
valley. |
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Les Crots, an
approved outlanding field at the lac de Serre-Ponçon, centre of
picture. |
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Snow-capped peaks
on the Valgaudemar. |
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A Janus, ready to
go... |
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Over the Queyras
mountains, north-east of St Crepin. |
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Soaring near
Bardonecchia. |
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In the
Valgaudemar. |
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Obiou, north of
the pic de Bure. |
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The Barre des
Ecrins and the Glacier Blanc. |
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The Patrouille de
France downsizes. |
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Near the lac
d'Allos. |
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Mont Pelat. |
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To the north of
the Glacier Blanc, in late afternoon sun. |
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Mont Blanc. |
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Lac Ste Croix |
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Les Mees, strange
rock formations near St Auban. |
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The St Crepin
Valley with its airfield centre of picture. |
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Pic de Bure from
the north. |
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Riez, a typical
provençale town, from the air. |
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Fayence, in the
south-east corner of Provence. |
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The Gorge du
Verdon as it enters the lac Ste Croix. |
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Lakes at le
Taillefer, near le Bourg d'Oisans |
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In the
Valgaudemar. |
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In the
Valgaudemar. |
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Near the Grande
Tête de l'Obiou. |
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Montagne de
Glandasse, in the Vercors. |
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Montagne de
Chabre, near Laragnes. |
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Tête de Lucy (or
d'Eslucis on the walking maps) at the lac de Serre-Ponçon. |
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Looking north
from the col de Carro (Matterhorn right of centre). |
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The Matterhorn. |
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Mont Blanc
massif. |
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Dent Blanche,
near the Matterhorn. |
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Turning onto
final for Sisteron runway 18. |
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A storm's
a-brewing... |
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..till next
year... |
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