Africa

[gordongreig]

I guess it’s all down to expectations, but really enjoying my world tour which happens to be over Africa right now with some stunning images

Around the World VFR (ish) - now complete!

Leg 61 - Socotra, Yemen (OYSQ Moori Airport) to Entebbe, Uganda (HUEN Entebbe Airport) [Screenshot 2021-04-10 081948] This leg: 1,502Nm, 4:39 flying time Total so far: 68,485Nm, 261:21 flying time Today we are heading into Africa proper, and taking a pretty straight line from Yemen to Entebbe in Uganda. This is at the edge of our range, so we are going for a pretty straight line for our route. Our approach to Entebbe will be from over Lake Victoria. On the food side of things, today we are…

Around the World VFR (ish) - now complete!

Leg 62 - Entebbe, Uganda (HUEN Entebbe Airport) to Makokola Retreat, Malawi (FWCM Club Makokola Airstrip) [Screenshot 2021-04-11 101212] This leg: 1,318Nm, 5:06 flying time Total so far: 69,803Nm, 266:27 flying time Today we are flying further South through Africa and into Malawi, but taking a bit of a detour through Kenya. So we are first heading East to Nairobi, then on to the East Coast of Africa to Mombasa and then South to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania before heading back South West and in…

Around the World VFR (ish) - now complete!

Leg 63 - Makokola Retreat, Malawi (FWCM Club Makokola Airstrip) to Mauritius (FIMP Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport) [image] This leg: 1,376Nm, 5:28 flying time Total so far: 71,179Nm, 271:53 flying time Well, remember I said we were heading South next? OK, so I lied. I’ve never been to Mauritius, and we are not that far away from it here…so why not? Plus we get a chance to fly over Madagascar in the process. So we are going pretty much straight East today, flying low altitud…

Around the World VFR (ish) - now complete!

Leg 64 - Mauritius (FIMP Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport) to Maputo, Mozambique (FQMA Maputo Airport) [image] This leg: 1,437Nm, 5:19 flying time Total so far: 72,616Nm, 277:12 flying time Today we are getting back on track by heading back to Africa. We’re going to take a straight line, high altitude flight from Mauritius to Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. We’ll be flying over the top of Reunion Island again, although that will likely be far below us, and then over Madaga…

Around the World VFR (ish) - now complete!

Leg 65 - Maputo, Mozambique (FQMA Maputo Airport) to Langebaanweg, South Africa (FALW Langebaanweg Airport) [image] This leg: 1,064Nm, 4:24 flying time Total so far: 73,680Nm, 281:36 flying time Today we are flying from Mozambique to Langebaaweg, a town just West of Cape Town in South Africa. On the way we are detouring over Pretoria and Johannesburg before flying straight across the middle of South Africa to Cape Town. There we will fly over the Cape of Good Hope itself where the Indian Oc…

Around the World VFR (ish) - now complete!

Leg 66 - South Africa (FALW Langebaanweg Airport) to Benguela, Angola (FNBG 17th of November Airport) [image] This leg: 1,314Nm, 5:10 flying time Total so far: 74,994Nm, 286:46 flying time Today we are heading up the West Coast of Africa, and I’ve decided to try to follow the coastline as much as possible using local airports as waypoints. So we’ve got a lot of waypoints! Our itinerary is then: Langebaanweg (FALW) Doringbaai Airstrip (FAVJ) Papendotp Airport (FAVQ) Hondeeklip Bay Airstrip…

Around the World VFR (ish) - now complete!

Leg 67 - Benguela, Angola (FNBG 17th of November Airport) to Bangui, Central African Republic (FEFF M’Poko Airport) [image] This leg: 1,094Nm, 4:17 flying time Total so far: 76,088Nm, 291:03 flying time Today we are heading North into central Africa - literally as we are going to Bangui in Central African Republic. On the way, we are flying over Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, and then we are flying roughly alo…

Heading to Timbuktu (or Tombouctou I think locally) next