courchevel - movies

I had long wanted to fly into Courchevel - I wasn't a pilot when I went skiing there but spent time staring at the littel Jodel's on wheels with retractable skis and wondered what it took to do this - Now I am a less competent skier (thanks to knees giving out) and hopefully a more competent pilot I eventually decided to take the plunge and go to Courchevel for a couple of weeks. As it turns out it was a bit too short to get my full mountain rating (Areo Club des Trois Vallees recommends a month)

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This is a trial to see if we can upload movies - these shots of the trip round Mont Blanc and are spectacular

final approach to Courchevel altiport NB this is BIG 16mb !!!it can take 7 or 8 mins to load at 1mb ADSL and you need a 'quicktime movie' plug in

mont Blanc ditto very big but great impression of circling Mont Blanc
the above movies are in Quicktime format and require this to be installed on your PC - they open in a new window. Below you can try right clicking on the image and it play a flash movie of the Mont Blanc flight.

This is a trial to see if we can upload movies - these shots of the trip round Mont Blanc and are spectacular

Courchevel Mountain flying October 2006