Leg 280, La Calera, Lavalleja Department, Uruguay to Curitiba, State of Paraná, Brazil
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Uruguay and southern Brazil. I’ll be in Brazil for the next few days, massive country. It’s a bit smaller than Canada (85%) but has well over 5 times the population, over 212 million people.
05-28 La Calera SUCL 7:03 AM Dam 32°49’51.8"S 56°25’15.5"W
05-28 Garcia Brum Airstrip SUPA 7:56 AM
05-28 San Gregorio SUSG 8:10 AM
05-28 SAMAN Vergara SUVE 8:42 AM
05-28 Pista PLA e Silva SJEN 8:58 AM Unclear runway (textures missing)
05-28 Rio Grande SJRG 9:25 AM
05-28 Sao Lourenco Do Sul SSRU 9:43 AM
05-28 Da Praia Velha SJGX 9:54 AM Narrow runway
05-28 Mostardas SSMT 10:07 AM
05-28 Solidao SNPV 10:19 AM
05-28 Aerolis SIQI 10:24 AM
05-28 Palmares do Sul SBRW 10:32 AM
05-28 Capivari SSCV 10:35 AM 27 knot headwind
05-28 Salgado Filho Intl SBPA 10:50 AM 32 knot wind
05-28 Montenegro SSNG 11:04 AM
05-28 Garibaldi SSGA 11:17 AM
05-28 Aeroclube de Bento Goncalves SSBG 11:24 AM
05-28 Veranopolis SSVN 11:31 AM
05-28 Nova Prata SSNP 11:35 AM
05-28 Vacaria Novo SNEE 11:51 AM
05-28 Bom ■■■■■ SSBJ 12:06 PM
05-28 Forquilhinha SBCM 12:27 PM
05-28 Regional Sul SBJA 12:35 PM
05-28 Tubarao SIEZ 12:41 PM
05-28 Hercilio Luz Intl SBFL 1:08 PM
05-28 Sonhar SJSH 1:20 PM
05-28 Costa Esmeralda SDEN 1:26 PM
05-28 Ministro Victor Konder International SBNF 1:38 PM
05-28 Clube de Aviacao Ceu Azul SWON 1:53 PM
05-28 Lauro Carneiro De Loyola SBJV 2:01 PM
05-28 Afonso Pena Intl SBCT 2:23 PM
Flight time 7:20 30 stops
Ready for departure from La Calera Airport
Setting out over Durazno Department
Lago De Rincon Del Bonete
Held back by Dr. Gabriel Terra dam, built from 1937 completed 1948
Dr. Gabriel Terra Leivas (1873-1942) was the President of Uruguay from 1931 to 1938
A controversial figure, known for the Terra Dictatorship
Out flows the Rio ■■■■■, making its way to Embalse de Rincon de Baygorria
I’m heading back towards the coast over Tacuarembó Department
San Gregorio Airport
Durazno Department
Those straight lines are not texture issues as I first assumed
They are created by tree farms
Tupambae, in Cerro Largo Department, eastern Uruguay
Making a stop in Vergara, a small city in Treinta y Tres Department
Lagoa Mirim, forming the border with Brazil
Leaving Uruguay behind, crossing the lake into Brazil
Santa Vitória do Palmar, the southernmost municipality in Brazil
Santa Celina, Picasso farming
Anselmi, between Lagoa Mirim and Lagoa Mangueira, ocean further to the right
Estação Ecológica do Taim
Careful Capybara friends, there are crocodiles (Yacare caiman) out here
South Atlantic Ocean near Olimpo
Cassino, Rio Grande - RS
Landing at Aeroporto Regional de Rio Grande
São Lourenço do Sul on Lagoa dos Patos (lagoon)
Praia das Ondinas on the lagoon
Mostardas
Lighthouse Cristóvão Pereira on Lagoa dos Patos
In between Lagoa dos Patos and the South Atlantic Ocean
Viamão
Lightning is intensifying, I’m getting closer to the storm
Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Located on the Guaíba River in southern Brazil
Usina do Gasômetro, the Public Market and Park Marinha do Brasil
Montenegro Airport, visibility nearly gone
Salvador do Sul
Barão, a little break from the rain
Carlos Barbosa
Garibaldi Airport
Aeroclube de Bento Goncalves
Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul
Das Antes River
Vacaria
Vacaria Novo Airport
Bom ■■■■■
All that rain makes pretty valleys and waterfalls
Canion Monte ■■■■■
Villa Maria
Nova Veneza
Aeroporto Regional Sul Humberto Ghizzo Bortoluzzi - Jaguaruna
Ponta das Laranjeiras on Lagoa Imaruí
Ibiraquera, State of Santa Catarina
Ibiraquera on the South Atlantic Ocean
Garopaba
Dunas Siriú Garopaba
Enseada da Pinheira
Hercilio Luz Intl
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
São José on the right
Ponte Hercílio Luz, Brazil’s longest suspension bridge, opened 1982
It’s under water in FS2020, maybe because it’s not far car traffic, foot/bicycle traffic only
Canto Grande
Itapema
Navegantes on the Itajaí-Açu river
Beto Carrero World, large scale theme park in Praia de Armação do Itapocorói
Guruva, climbing back up the ridge
Pedra Branca do Araraquara
Last stop this leg in Curitiba
Afonso Pena International Airport
Home to Museu Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture
Next leg, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.