Leg 69, Rabil, Cape Verde via The Gambia to Kolda, Senegal
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Couple technical issues today due to the patch. The G1000 buttons keep turning on their own, it seems the button up event from the mouse is not always recognized anymore. Work around, remap cockpit zoom to button plus scroll wheel and use the scroll wheel to operate the G1000 knob.
Also TAA has changed, picture quality seems to have degraded some what even though I take screenshots at render scale 200. It could also be the terrain at Cape Verde, a lot of washed out pictures needing a bit of brightness and contrast adjustments.
The plane seems to be harder to control as well with wind or maybe the effect of wind is now better implemented. It was windy today in Cape Verde, up to 36 knots, making it very hard to land.
10-30 Rabil GVBA 5:02 AM
10-30 Amilcar Cabral GVAC 5:40 AM
10-30 Preguica GVSN 6:13 AM
10-30 Agostinho Neto GVAN 6:42 AM Took 3 attempts to land, 26 knot cross wind
10-30 Sao Pedro GVSV 7:10 AM
10-30 Esperadinha BVR 8:03 AM
10-30 Sao Filipe GVSF 8:18 AM Crazy wind, full steering lock to stay on the runway
10-30 Mosteiros GVMT 9:01 AM Awesome volcano
10-30 Mandela Intl GVNP 9:32 AM
10-30 Maio GVMA 9:50 AM 385nm next, 35 knot head wind ugh, climb!
10-30 Diofior GODI 12:50 AM
Restart, not sure if streaming is actually working or poor quality
10-30 Diofior GODI 12:50 AM poor quality
10-30 Banjul GBYD East through The Gambia 1:24 PM
10-30 Kolda GOGK 2:18 PM
Flight time 9:04 12 stops
First up Boa Vista, sadly very little detail
What the coast really looks like
There is an old freighter ran aground at the beach in 1968, Praia da Atalanta, but detail is too low to see it
Rabil, cute town next to the airport
Ribeira Brava, the airport is just to the left
Parque Natural Monte Gordo in the mountains, quite green in reality
Awesome coast line here as well
Vale do PaúlIlha de Santo Antão, or simply Paul Valley
Ponta do Sol, actually this landing was easier than it looks
Esgamaleiro tucked into that valley
the real thing, those vertical cliffs on the water!
A little bit to the South-West, São Vicente
In the middle of the bay on the left is this rock, turned into tourist attraction
A long way to the South, Esperadinha Brava, another ‘interesting’ landing experience
Just East of Brava is Ilha do Fogo with a massive volcano, Pico do Fogo
Active 9,281 ft. stratovolcano
With a huge caldera, Fogo National Park
People live there, Bangera and Portela
The lava field at the base of the volcano
Looking down into the caldera from the peak
And one more goodbye shot for the overview
On to Santiago a little bit to the East, Porto Mosquito to the right, sounds inviting…
Praia, the capital of Cape Verde
View from Lighthouse Dona Maria Pia at the end of that small peninsula
Last island for today, Porto Inglês on Maio
Nice Beach. It’s still 27 degrees there at 11 PM, looks inviting
Back to the mainland, back to Senegal. Flying over Moundé
This area is part of the Saloum river delta
Bakau in The Gambia, a small country around the river Gambia
Kachikally Crocodile Pool in the middle of town where you can pet the crocodiles
Hmm, not sure if you can trust that one
Banjul, the capital of The Gambia
Arch 22, decorative gate commemorating 1994’s military coup d’état
I followed the river Gambia to the East until the sun went down
About time to turn South to my final destination of the day
Arriving in Kolda, Senegal, night lighting has changed
No lights at the airport, no problem, runway data was in the G1000
Tomorrow back to the coast and follow it Eastwards.