Leg 5 From Oban EGEO to City of Derry Airport EGAE
This time I’m flying the leg in this Diamond DA40NG
Shortly after take-off, flying above Dunbeg. Just over the right wing there should be a castle called Dunstaffnage Castle build in the 13th century by Clan MacDougall. Today it is partially ruined and open to the public. Like any proper castle it is said to be haunted!
It’s a pretty spectacular landscape with lots of fjords.
That island out there is called Colonsay and is the ancestral home of Clan Macfie. Today only 124 people live on the island.
These 3 mountains are known as the Paps of Jura, pap is a old norse word meaning breast, so in modern english it would be the breasts of Jura
Even though they are some 75 km away from the nearest Irish coast they can be seen from Ireland on a sunny day.
Flying over the island of Islay, if you are a whisky drinker you no doubt know of the island or at least the name Islay. There are about 3200 people living on the island but a mighty 8 whisky active distilleries on the island, so there is probably enough whisky for everybody on the island
You can just about spot Islay Airport in this screenshot. It is, as so many other airports, also a former WWII RAF airfield constructed in 1940 to protect the scottish mainland from German assaults and as a base for reconnaissance planes flying out into the Atlantic ocean.
The representation of the weather in MSFS never ceases to amaze me, even with my settings mostly on medium it looks absolutely stunning! Also that is the island of Ireland out there in the distance.
Just beautiful!
That’s a lot of fog, hopefully I’ll be able to find my way through it.
Nearing the airport.
I was quite surprised that I was suddenly above the airport, but quickly spotted some big fat yellow crosses, so it wasn’t the correct airport… And here I was cutting the throttle and putting down full flaps to make a late landing, oh well. In reality it was a former RAF base called Ballykelly.
This time I was 100% sure I had the correct airport ahead of me.
It’s a very nice approach over the water with the hills to the left slowly rising above the aircraft as you descend.
Safely down with only just a slight jump on the runway
And parked, for some reason the air marshaller wanted me to park in the middle of the taxiway, and who am I to discuss with somebody who know the airport better than me
That’s it for this leg, hope you enjoyed it! Comments and feedback is more than welcome 
Next time we are flying to Galway EICM!