South German Castle Tour

Explore the south of Germany with a roundtrip starting in Biberach, a small town in the middle of Swabia. Along your first legs you will follow the Danube river, fly along the low mountain range "Swabian Alb" and visit multiple castles such as Hohenzollern, Lichtenstein, Hohenneuffen, Teck and Sigmaringen along the way. You then head to Lake Constance in the south.

You will pass the largest lake in Europe three times including a landing in Switzerland and a touch-and-go in Friedrichshafen before heading into the german part of the Alps. The alpine mountrain range to the south should make for some great views. Highlight is flying over the Zugspitze, the highest mountain of Germany before descending to the famous Castle Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau.

Exploring the Allgäu region you will head back north, following rivers and moors making a stop right next to the castle Zeil in Leutkirch before continuing to Illertissen. You will end your trip in Mengen not far away from where you started. Enjoy!

The navlog features for each single waypoint an image and navigational instructions to allow for a pure VFR flight without a loaded flight plan. It also features supplemental information of the surrounding area to give some insight into the region and keep you entertained along the way.  All legs are kept under 30 minutes to avoid very exhaustive or dull passages.

• Plane: DA40NG
• Legs: 11
• Total Flight Distance: 452 nm
• Duration: approx. 3:30 hours
• Shortest Leg: 9 min
• Longest Leg: 29 min
• Activated Configurations: ATC with voice, Refueling, Checklist, Navlog and VFR Map
• Weather: Spring with few clouds (weather can be changed during the bushtrip)
• Legs are ended by activation of parking brake (allows taxi and parking)

Unzip the folder into your Community folder. In the main menu go to Activities > Custom Content and select "Castle Tour - South Germany".

Mods

The bush trip just got better and better over the years due to the free scenery improvements by Microsoft. Please see the following list for details regarding recommended add-ons.

• MSFS Marketplace Packages: World Update 6, World Update 18, City Update 6
• Castles - Swabian Jura South
• Castles - Swabian Jura North (best experience is to only activate it at the beginning for leg 1+2)

Sceneries (sorted in descending order from very much recommended to nice to have)

• Insel Mainau
• Meersburg
• Tübingen
• Bregenz
• Wasserburg

Airports (sorted in descending order from recommended to nice to have)

• EDMB Biberach
• EDMC Blaubeuren
• EDNL Airfield Leutkirch
• EDNN Farrenberg
• EDTM Mengen
• EDMI-Flugplatz Illertissen
• LOIH Hohenems-Dornbirn
• EDMK Kempten-Durach
• EDTZ Konstanz

This trip was created with BushTripInjector (thanks @BuffyGC) and LittleNavMap.

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South German Castle Tour

Explore the south of Germany in this entertaining bushtrip featuring a detailed navlog, a small story and a touch and go landing practice. Visit over seven castles including the famous Neuschwanstein and Hohenzollern, the German Alps, Lake Constance and the swabian heartland.

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