Hannibal crosses the Alps / Bush trips / 6 Leg LFMP - LFMT

Описание: This trip follows the route Hannibal Barca took from the South of Iberia (Spain) over the French and Italian Alps in order to fight the Romans. He first led his army of 90000 soldiers and 37 war elephants cross the Pyrenees into the south of Gaul (France) to defeat the Gaul and next crossed the French and Italian Alps to reach to Po-Valley. There he met the Romans again in the battle of Trebia. With the intention to enslave the Romans, Hannibal travelled through Italy, crossing the Apennine Mountains when needed. At several locations the Roman and Carthaginian armies met and fought their battles.

The Second Punic War lasted from 219 BC till 202 BC and was concluded with the defeat of Hannibal in the battle of Zama. Hannibal died in Turkey where he is also buried.

This trip is VOR navigation driven. You have to fly the intersection of VOR radials to find the waypoints. The trip goes through mountainous areas. As VOR is known to operate worse in mountainous areas a VFR description of the route is provided. Of course, you can climb out of the valleys and fly at 11000 feet and cross the Alps or the Apennine Mountains.

LFMP Rivesaltes
Land on runway 33
ILS RW33 PL GS DME 111.75
Elevation: 136 ft

WP25 Narbonne
Set your navigation radio to the following VOR beacons
Montpellier Mediterranee FJR 114.45 OBS 242 degrees
Perpignan Rivesaltes PPG 116.25 OBS 11 degrees
Fly 28 NM heading 10 degrees, when the needles are in the center you have reached the waypoint.

WP26 Béziers
Set your navigation radio to the following VOR beacons
Montpellier Mediterranee FJR 114.45 OBS 243 degrees
Perpignan Rivesaltes PPG 116.25 OBS 23 degrees
Fly 12.4 NM heading 46 degrees, when the needles are in the center you have reached the waypoint.

WP27 Approach Montpellier
Set your navigation radio to the following VOR beacons 3
Ident Name Distance nm Remaining nm Altitude ft Remarks
Montpellier Mediterranee FJR 114.45 OBS 125 degrees
Perpignan Rivesaltes PPG 116.25 OBS 50 degrees
Fly 41 NM heading 73 degrees, when the needles are in the center you have reached the waypoint.

LFMT Montpellier / Mediterranee
Land on runway 30R heading 303 degrees.
ILS RW30R (FG), GS, DME 108.55
Elevation: 10 ft