Leg 7 — LKMT → LOWI

Ostrava → Innsbruck Cross into Austria and immediately notice the shift. The Alps rise dramatically, replacing factories with peaks and valleys.

Cold War Context: Austria maintained neutrality, acting as a geographic and political buffer between East and West.Flying through the Alps, you experience something rare for the era — relative freedom of movement. Compared to the controlled skies of the East, this airspace represented a different philosophy.