Leg 283, Salvador, State of Bahia to Cruz, State of Ceará, Brazil
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Following the coast today. Terrain quality is pretty poor in some areas, it must be cloudy a lot. There are lots of generic patches to cover up the clouds on the aerial data. However still plenty great sights along the way and a bit of a mix up with a very small airport.
05-31 Dep L E Magalheas Intl SBSV 5:14 AM
05-31 Jaua SBZZ 5:19 AM
05-31 Costa dos Coqueiros SNME 5:28 AM
05-31 Parque Manoelito Argolo SIZA 5:40 AM
05-31 Santa Maria SBAR 6:11 AM
05-31 Penedo SNPE 6:34 AM Bad terrain, hills in the river
05-31 Campo da Praia SNCY 6:41 AM
05-31 Usina Coruripe SNUZ 6:46 AM Patchy terrain
05-31 Zumi Dos Palmares Intl SBMO 7:04 AM
05-31 Caxias SNXS 7:14 AM Lot of generic terrain, poor data
05-31 Jose Mucio Monteiro SIRF 7:32 AM
05-31 Guararapes - Gilbeto Freyre SBRF 7:48 AM
05-31 Igarassu SIFC 7:57 AM
05-31 Itapessoca SIPE 8:05 AM Patchy terrain
05-31 Presidente Castro Pinto Intl SBJP 8:18 AM
05-31 Aeroclub Joao Pessoa SNJO 8:26 AM
05-31 Rio Tinto SNRN 8:37 AM
05-31 Severino Lopes SJBX 8:52 AM half a runway, texture issues
05-31 Augusto Severo Intl SBNT 8:58 AM
05-31 Gov Aluizio Alves Intl SBSG 9:04 AM Bad terrain quality
05-31 Ceara Mirim SNOG 9:07 AM
05-31 Maxaranguape SNXX 9:16 AM
05-31 Fazenda Bebida Velha SNZO 9:19 AM
05-31 Dix Sept Rosado SBMS 10:04 AM
05-31 Maisa SNOO 10:10 AM Bad stuttering, memory use increasing
05-31 Aracati SNAT 10:25 AM Beacon in the way
05-31 Sitio Vodo SNYX 10:41 AM Building at end of runway
05-31 Aquiraz SBON 10:47 AM
05-31 Eusebio SBOO 11:07 AM Very short, 4 attempts, model airport… 732ft
05-31 Pinto Martins Intl SBFZ 11:12 AM
05-31 Amontada SBOK 11:44 AM
05-31 Polo Turistico De Jericoacoara SBJE 12:03 PM
Flight time 6:49 31 stops
Well, isn’t that a nice way to start
São Cristóvã early morning
Itanagra
Parque Manoel Argolo EntreRios BA (memorial park) near the unnamed airstrip
Doesn’t look like it’s still in use, roof caved in on the hangers on street view, gated shut access road
Jandaíra
Rio Real and Rio Jacaré joining together just before flowing into the South Atlantic Occean
Praia do Saco
Caueira
Rio Vaza-Barris
Ponte Joel Silveira
Siqueira Campos on the Sergipe River
Pte João Alves
Penedo Airport
Usina Coruripe Airport
Jequiá da Praia
Santa Luzia do Norte
Zumi Dos Palmares Intl, serving Maceió, the capital city of the state of Alagoas
Officially Aeroporto Internacional Zumbi dos Palmares
Caxias Airport
Sirinhaém, State of Pernambuco
Approaching Cabo de Santo Agostinho
Guararapes - Gilbeto Freyre Airport in Boa Viagem
Officially Aeroporto Internacional do Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre
Rio Tijipió in Recife
Jockey Club of Pernambuco
Recife is the capital of Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco
Recife began as a collection of fishing shacks, inns and warehouses on the delta between the Capibaribe and Beberibe Rivers, now houses 3.7 million people in its greater metropolitan area
Itapissuma
Ponta do Funil (in front of me)
The beach at Ponta do Funil
Presidente Castro Pinto Intl serving João Pessoa, a coastal city near the mouth of the Paraíba River
Offically Aeroporto Internacional de João Pessoa/Presidente Castro Pinto (JPA)
Hotel Tambaú in Tambaú, odd wheel thing on the beach
Praia de Manaíra
Landing at Aeroclube da Paraíba
Augusto Severo Intl, nowadays called Aeroporto Internacional de Natal, serving Natal
Pedra Grande, must be windy a lot, judging by the sand and number of windmills
São Bento do Norte, lots of windmills around the coast
Macau in the State of Rio Grande do Norte
Wedged in between the salt ponds
Rio Piranhas
Mossoró on Rio do Carmo, oil fields
Aeroporto de Mossoró Dix Sept Rosado and Estádio Manoel Leonardo Nogueira in Nogueirão
Aracati ahead
Jaguaribe River
Aeroporto Regional Dragão do Mar Aracati-CE, mind the beacon at the end of the runway, on the runway
Pirangi River in Fortim, State of Ceará
Sucatinga
4th attempt landing here, very short runway and I was foolishly trying to land down wind
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11 knot headwind, much better than 11 knot tailwind, Eusebio Airport, 732ft runway
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Looking it up on Google explained a few things, Centro Integrado de Modelismo
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I am flying a model airplane as well…
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This is where I landed Piper in action Plane POV Jet plane, how do you not lose the thing in the sky! Now I still need to get out of here. First attempt, I went for a swim Since I’m terribly stubborn, reset and try again (11 knot tailwind) We have lift off sort of This time I let it sink to the water to use the ground effect to get up to a safer speed It worked, plnety to clear the trees and buildings on the other side of Lagoa da Precabura I loaded up the airport again before posting for some more fun practice runs. The wind had strengthened to 13 kots, easy to land and take off (against the wind). Without wind, still possible to take off without issues, landing is very tight. Touch down right at the start and brake hard. 11 knot wind has a much bigger impact than I previously thought. Respect the wind direction! Pinto Martins Intl, the real airport in Fortaleza Fortaleza, the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará Known for its beaches and Parque Estadual do Rio Cocó, conservation land in the middle of the city Also here Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura Amontada Jericoacoara National Park https://i.imgur.com/NbWbF0Z.png Final stop today at Aeroporto Pólo Turístico de Jericoacoara Empty field in game, there is an airport Next leg, continuing on to the Amazon delta.
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The latest sim update changed the stall dynamics, you can’t push the Bonanza as much anymore at low speeds, it rightfully flipped over and put me in the water. I was tying to take off down wind since that’s where I wanted to go (terrible pilot I know) which didn’t help at all.
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