Leg 133, Vozrozhdeniya Island, Uzbekistan, via Kazakhstan to Omsk, Russia
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Kazakhstan is big and mostly flat and empty. Not a whole lot to see from the air, not many places to visit either with 6 people per sq km. I still found one interesting place before heading back into Russia for a bit and the capital of Kazakhstan is awesome.
01-01 Ostrov Vozrozhdeniya UTMO 10:00 PM
01-01 Krainiy UATJ 10:56 PM
01-01 Zhosaly UAZO 11:10 PM Faded runway
01-02 Zhezkazgan UAKD 12:18 AM
01-02 50°01’19.23"N 66°59’28.88"E 1:01 AM CTD
CTD over snowy terrain, too long in drone camera? Cockpit was not rendering anymore, restart
01-02 Last known position 1:08 AM
01-02 Arkaylyk South UAAL 1:13 AM Unclear runway, not sure what I landed on
01-02 Arkalyk North UAUR 1:17 AM
01-02 Shortandy UASJ 2:06 AM Unclear runway, might be a road
01-02 Astana UACC 2:28 AM Nur-Sultan Capital
01-02 Maryanovka Airfield ULYY 3:49 AM
01-02 Tsentralny UNOO 4:02 AM
01-02 Omsk East Z25X 4:07 AM
Flight time 6:07 10 stops
This was about the most interesting sight for the first 2 hours
And some mining / drilling sites. Flat and brown is the running theme
Heading North-East the snow is starting to come back
A canyon below with an unnamed river, no info to be found
Bauxite mining around Arkalyk
Arkalyk, was the center of Torgay Region, which was abolished in 1997
Describes as a city of miners, however the bauxite mines are almost depleted
Historically Arkalyk was a center for the Soviet space program
Cosmonauts would land on the huge central Kazakh steppe and come back to Arkalyk before heading to the Baikonur
Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan on the Ishim river
Lots of amazing sights here, including the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, pyramid
Nur Astana Mosque on the right
The Sphere, museum of the future
Expo 2017 Astana
Khan Satyr Entertainment center, largest tent in the world
Baiterek tower on the right
Departing from Astana aiport, icy runways
Ice does have an effect, full throttle will make the plane slide with the parking brake on. It doesn’t do that on clear runways.
Low hanging clouds appear on the way to Maryanovka
Maryanovka below
Approaching Omsk, the cloud cover thickens with more snow on the ground
It’s still a bit odd that all the roads get snow first / longest
Omsk on the Irtysh river
Back in Russia
Railway monument on the Trans Siberian railway
9,289 kilometers long, from Moscow to Vladivostok, the longest railway-line in the world.