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Route

Program

Example (times according to the above slots with a 45 min flight)
08.30 Arrival| Welcome Coffee at restaurant (individually)
09.00 Welcome at Birrfeld | greeting by the pilot
09.10 Briefing with the pilot on the biplane
09.20 Boarding the biplane | Warm up engine
09.30 Take off sighseeing flight
11.05 Landing at Birrfeld | Fotosession on Tarmac (with own cameras)
11.15 By by with pilot & biplane

When & Where

Booking Select a main date and time period as well as 1-2 alternate dates/times (weather/available slots) when requesting. You will receive an inquiry/booking confirmation.

On site We meet in front of the AIS Birrfeld (entrance to the flight school, at blue automatic sliding door)

Flugplatz Birrfeld | CH-5242 Lupfig

Weather

The flight takes place under favourable visual flight conditions (VFR). More information on the status bar at the top of this website. No instrument flight (IFR) is possible on this route.

Amount of participants

1 – 2 Persons per flight. Groups are possible.

Price

CHF 1710 airfare 1h 35 min in the biplane (7 min ground|1h 28 min air)
CHF 17 landing fee Birrfeld
CHF 1727 total price for 2 persons

The flight times given are indicative. The effective operating time is calculated at CHF 18 per minute according to the operating hours counter (HOBBS Time). Landing fees, passenger or customs fees according to the regulations of the airport. The flights are on a private basis, non-commercial and at cost price. Airfare is payable in advance. Final payment on site in cash or credit card. The credit card fee is not included in the total price.

Details

Emmental

The charming hills, rugged valleys, wild waters and the steep mats of the Emmental form the welcoming committee for the magnificent alpine panorama that awaits us shortly. The Emmental belongs to the UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch. The unmistakable hilly landscape covered with lush green is characteristic of the unique Emmental. The numerous paths that wind through the meadows are a true paradise for cyclists and hikers.

Eiger, Mönch und Jungfrau

The northern border of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO World Heritage Site offers a unique sight. Rugged peaks tower up like a gigantic surf wave of limestone. Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau - the most famous Bernese Oberland peaks are often mentioned in the same breath. From a geological point of view, however, they are by no means a uniform group. The three mountains belong to the zone on the northern edge of the Aar Massif, where the brown gneisses of the old crystalline are scaled with the grey high mountain limestone. A piece of old crystalline gneiss has pushed itself over the limestones during the formation of the Alps. These have been wedged deep into the old crystalline. Geologists refer to this as the so-called Jungfrau wedge.

The lower rock walls of the Jungfrau consist of grey, horizontally layered high mountain limestone. The summit wall made of shifted gneisses of the old crystalline shows a completely different structure and colour with the vertical channels. The striking horizontal line under the summit triangle is a fault zone within the old crystalline. At the monk the situation is the same. The Eiger, on the other hand, is different, consisting entirely of folded high mountain limestone. This is why the Jungfrau Railway tunnel runs almost entirely in high mountain limestone. It is only at the Jungfraujoch terminus that one reaches gneiss again.

The Eiger is famous for its north face, which is difficult to climb through, with a height difference of approx. 1,650 metres, which is popularly known as the Eiger north face. The Eiger north face was climbed for the first time from 21-24 July 1938 by a German and an Austrian rope team with Heinrich Harrer, Anderl Heckmair, Fritz Kasparek and Ludwig Vörg. The two two-man rope teams were united in the wall. Although there were no political reasons for the union of the roped parties (the four had joined together in an avalanche in the "Spider" out of joy over their survival), the National Socialist regime of the time saw the union as a symbol of the annexation of Austria to Germany, which had taken place shortly before, on 13 March 1938, and used the mountaineering success as a sign of strength.

Pilatus

Past lush flowering alpine meadows, foaming clear mountain streams and fascinating cliffs, the world's steepest cogwheel railway has been making its way from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm since 1889. When engineer Eduard Locher had the idea of building a railway on Mount Pilatus in the 19th century, many people thought he was crazy. But in 1889, the 4618 m long railway line from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm was opened (steam operation until 1937) - with a 48% gradient, it is still the steepest rack railway in the world today. Over 600 men built a pioneering piece in 400 days. The cogwheel railway on Mount Pilatus is considered a masterpiece of engineering technology. The ingenious construction with two horizontally rotating cogwheels was presented at the 1889 World Exhibition in Paris.

With the new Dragon Ride aerial cableway, guests virtually fly up

Pilate. It takes the train only 3.5 minutes to get from the intermediate station at Fräkmüntegg (1416 m above sea level) to Mount Pilatus (2073 m above sea level). Thanks to its generous space, cockpit-like structure and large windows, the cable car offers a unique view over Lucerne and Lake Lucerne.

Luzern

Lucerne is the social and cultural centre of Central Switzerland. In the field of education, it is the seat of the University of Lucerne, the Lucerne University of Teacher Education and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, among others. Events with supraregional appeal include the Lucerne Carnival and the Lucerne Festival. Lucerne is an important tourist destination in Switzerland, on the one hand because of its location on Lake Lucerne and its proximity to the Alps, and on the other hand thanks to sights such as the Chapel Bridge and the Swiss Museum of Transport.

Hallwilersee

The lake in the Swiss midlands is located in the Seetal, like Lake Baldeggersee a little further south. It is 8.4 km long, 1.5 km wide at its widest point and a maximum depth of 48 m. Its surface area is 10.3 km², five sixths of which are located in the Lenzburg district of Canton Aargau and one sixth in the Hochdorf district of Canton Lucerne. The main inflow or outflow is the Aabach, which flows into the Bünz at Möriken-Wildegg (which in turn flows into the Aare almost two hundred metres further on). Next to it, numerous small streams flow into the lake.

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