Leg 113, Am Djarass, Chad to Al Booster, Gabr, Libya
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More volcanoes to visit, daylight is burning (in Chad)
12-13 Am Djarass FTAJ 3:47 AM
12-13 Fada FTTF 4:26 AM
12-13 Faya-Largeau FTFL 5:12 AM
12-13 Zouar FTTR 6:45 AM
12-13 Zougra FTTZ 7:17 AM
12-13 Matan AS Sarra HL56 8:56 AM
12-13 Kufra HLKF 9:59 AM
12-13 Sarir C-4 HLSA 11:24 AM Runway lights
12-13 Messla HLML 11:34 AM Virtual vision landing
12-13 Gialo HLGO 11:56 AM Drone cam landing visible thanks to glowing textures
12-13 Al Booster (Gabr) HL0N 12:25 AM Virtual vision landing, 27 knot crosswind
Flight time: 8:38 10 stops
Interesting mounts on the way to Fada already
A most likely dried up lake, no water in it on Google
The river leading to it is definitely dry
Fada on the Ennedi Plateau
I’m getting some Star Wars vibes from this town
Emerson Dias Crater, maybe
It’s listed as a night club on Googlemaps with reviews complimenting the music and ambiance
Approaching Faya-Lageau
Flying on towards Zouar
Emi Koussi
11,302 ft high shield volcano
Highest peak in the Sahara
Following the lava flow down the mountain
Tibesti mountains
It’s pretty much the only named thing in the area besides one other volcanic site
Thus more Tibesti mountains (area)
on the way to Zouar
Intimidating wall to fly by
Next to Zouar
Pic Toussidé, 10,712 ft high active volcano
There are no trees/bushes on the sides, the lava flows seem to trick the flora generation algorithm
Crater next to Pic Toussidé
And a smaller one next to the one above
Bardaï-Zougra Airport at NDrali
Heading East through the Tibesti mountains
Omou
More mountains
The terrain changes quick around here
And then the sand took over, long stretch of featureless desert to Matan AS Sarra
Airbase in southernmost Libya
To Kufra
Very red around here
More crop circles on the edge of Al-Jawf (Kufra airport)
Mesmerizing, those are some big records
Kufra Airport at Al Jawf, which averages 2.5 mm of rain annually
An intricate network of pipes connect all the farms
On to Safir while the sun goes down
I continued on in the dark to Gabr, Al Booster Airport. Tomorrow I’ll reach the Mediterranean sea (only to turn back South to follow the Nile through Egypt next)