181 replies to this topic

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 056 - Banjul International Airport (The Gambia) - Bissau, Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (Guinea-Bissau)
25-june-2008

[parked on the ramp]


[take off rwy 32]


[turning left to resume own navigation]


[passenger shot of engine no.2 with clouds jsut below us]


[cockpit view]


[gear down and spoilers deployed to make a steep descent]


[shut down and securing her for the night]


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Flight log:

Time out: 18.35Z
Time in: 119.12Z

Block time: 0.6 hours
Flight time: 0.4 hours

Block fuel: 4046 lbs

Flightlevel: FL130
Arriving IAS: 137 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -427 ft/min

Distance: 105 nm

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World Tour Totals:

Total Distance: 16943 nm
Total Block Time: 73,4 hours
Total Block Fuel: 361255 lbs

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 057 - Bissau, Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (Guinea-Bissau) - Conakry (Republic of Guinea)
25-june-2008

[parked in the rain waiting for the passengers]


[taxi to rwy with lightning in the background]


[climbing away through the bad weather]


[big clouds surround us]


[leaving the clouds below us]


[getting vectors to ILS]


[parked and cargo is being deboarded]


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Flight log:

Time out: 09.02Z
Time in: 09.51Z

Block time: 0.8 hours
Flight time: 0.7 hours

Block fuel: 4488 lbs

Flightlevel: FL210
Arriving IAS: 123 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -310 ft/min

Distance: 183 nm

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World Tour Totals:

Total Distance: 17126 nm
Total Block Time: 74,2 hours
Total Block Fuel: 365743 lbs

[Joseph T]

really really crystal clear pics

[yuku]

thanks Joseph, I try

[BA.PILOT]

Great Shots mate hope you enjoying your tour!

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 058 - Conakry (Republic of Guinea) - Bamako Senou International Airport (Mali)
26-june-2008

[waiting for the passengers]


[tracking back on the runway to take off from RWY 24]


[over the airport returning on course to Mali]


[climbing to cruise FL410]


[cruising along with sun starting to go down]


[sunset is evident]




[descending below FL100, landing lights turned on]


[passenger took this]


[dshut down in front of the terminal]


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Flight log:

Time out: 18.06Z
Time in: 19.34Z

Block time: 1.5 hours
Flight time: 1.2 hours

Block fuel: 7161 lbs

Flightlevel: FL410
Arriving IAS: 120 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -108 ft/min

Distance: 379 nm

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World Tour Totals:

Total Distance: 17505 nm
Total Block Time: 75,7 hours
Total Block Fuel: 372904 lbs

Edited by yuku, 30 September 2008 - 09:03 AM.

[Pro.Navigator]

Cool!

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 059 - Bamako Senou International Airport (Mali) - Freetown-Lungi International Airport (Sierra Leone)
20-july-2008

[waiting for the passengers]


[lined up RWY 24]


[climbing away through the clouds]


[above the clouds nothing but blue skies]


[on descent we again meet some big clouds]


[getting vectors to RWY 30]


[weather getting worse while we approach Lungi]


[passengers have left the aircraft and are on their way to the city]


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Flight log:

Time out: 15.54Z
Time in: 17.14Z

Block time: 1.3 hours
Flight time: 1.2 hours

Block fuel: 6875 lbs

Flightlevel: FL900
Arriving IAS: 116 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -155 ft/min

Distance: 455 nm

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World Tour Totals:

Total Distance: 17960 nm
Total Block Time: 77,0 hours
Total Block Fuel: 379779 lbs

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 060 - Freetown-Lungi International Airport (Sierra Leone) - Roberts International Airport (Republic of Liberia)
13-August-2008

[boarding with heavy thunderstorms around us]


[leaving RWY 12 behind]


[big clouds all the way to cruising altitude]





[engines pushing us onwards and onwards]


[captain took this shot of the office]


[getting vectors to RWY 04]


[safely back on the ground]


[cargo doors opening to unload]


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Flight log:

Time out: 13.54Z
Time in: 14.56Z

Block time: 1.0 hours
Flight time: 0.9 hours

Block fuel: 6020 lbs

Flightlevel: FL250
Arriving IAS: 142 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -68 ft/min

Distance: 307 nm

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World Tour Totals:

Total Distance: 18267 nm
Total Block Time: 78,0 hours
Total Block Fuel: 385799 lbs

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 061 - Roberts International Airport (Republic of Liberia) - Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
15-August-2008

[early morning departure, boarding still during the dark hours]


[taking of from RWY 04 the first signs of the sun are visible]


[climbing out in the dark and turning north west towards ubutu]


[spectacular colors from the sun and the clouds]


[above the cloud layer heading straight towards the sun]


[cruising at FL410]


[approaching Abidjan visibility gradually degrades]


[on final for RWY 21]


[all empty for today]


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Flight log:

Time out: 06.27Z
Time in: 07.42Z

Block time: 1.3 hours
Flight time: 1.2 hours

Block fuel: 6759 lbs

Flightlevel: FL410
Arriving IAS: 124 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -211 ft/min

Distance: 435 nm

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World Tour Totals:

Total Distance: 18702 nm
Total Block Time: 79,3 hours
Total Block Fuel: 392558 lbs

[.Kevin]

WOw!!! When will you be back in AMS

[yuku]

it'll be a while I guess
I just finished leg 69 into FTTJ, so only about 150 legs to go
I'm trying to fly the legs and update on them here a bit more frequent then I've done until now.

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 062 - Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) - Ouagadougou Airport (Burkina Faso)
18-August-2008

[wating at the ramp with Ethiopian colleagues]


[taxi to RWY 21 for immediate take-off]


[after backtracking the runway we turn around to line up]


[climbing out of the water]


[turning on course]


[climbing to FL410]


[clouds below us all the way to Burkina Faso]


[established for ILS approach to RWY 04]


[slowing down on the runway]


[passengers just went out]


[our route the past couple legs]


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Flight log:

Time out: 13.17Z
Time in: 14.46Z

Block time: 1.5 hours
Flight time: 1.3 hours

Block fuel: 7509 lbs

Flightlevel: FL410
Arriving IAS: 130 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -677 ft/min

Distance: 510 nm

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World Tour Totals:

Total Distance: 19212 nm
Total Block Time: 80,8 hours
Total Block Fuel: 400067 lbs

Edited by yuku, 27 October 2008 - 07:20 AM.

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 063 - Ouagadougou Airport (Burkina Faso) - Kotoka International Airport (Accra, Ghana)
25-August-2008

[setting sun casting shadows as we prepare for departure]


[push back complete]


[line up and hold RWY 4]


[climbing out with the setting sun]


[blue skies]


[skies turning purple]


[night time]


[parking besides some big European heavies]


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Flight log:

Time out: 17.50Z
Time in: 19.06Z

Block time: 1.3 hours
Flight time: 1.1 hours

Block fuel: 6731 lbs

Flightlevel: FL410
Arriving IAS: 146 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -54 ft/min

Distance: 436 nm

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World Tour Totals:

Total Distance: 19648 nm
Total Block Time: 82,1 hours
Total Block Fuel: 406798 lbs

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 064 - Kotoka International Airport (Accra, Ghana) - Lomé-Tokoin Airport (Lomé, Togo)
15-September-2008

[waiting for the passengers to arrive]


[holding short RWY 21]


[turning north-east on course to Togo]


[lots of clouds today]


[approaching DXXX]


[shut down and empty]


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Flight log:

Time out: 12.50Z
Time in: 13.27Z

Block time: 0.6 hours
Flight time: 0.4 hours

Block fuel: 3188 lbs

Flightlevel: FL130
Arriving IAS: 120 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -688 ft/min

Distance: 126 nm

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World Tour Totals:

Total Distance: 19774 nm
Total Block Time: 82,7 hours
Total Block Fuel: 409986 lbs

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 065 - Lomé-Tokoin Airport (Lomé, Togo) - Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport (Cotonou, Benin)
16-September-2008

[boarding has begun]


[Ethiopian Boeing landing on RWY 22 as we approach the threshold]


[making a left-hand-turn to get back on the eastern course, hugging the coastline all the way to Cotonou]


[a very nice day for flying and the passengers are enjoying a great view of the ocean]


[nice looking clouds scattered all around us]


[empty and waiting for the cleaners]


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Flight log:

Time out: 12.47Z
Time in: 13.23Z

Block time: 0.6 hours
Flight time: 0.4 hours

Block fuel: 2983 lbs

Flightlevel: FL130
Arriving IAS: 115 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -191 ft/min

Distance: 101 nm

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World Tour Totals:

Total Distance: 19875 nm
Total Block Time: 83,3 hours
Total Block Fuel: 412969 lbs

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 066 - Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport (Cotonou, Benin) - Diori Hamani International Airport (Niamey, Niger)
15-October-2008

After a month staying in Benin and seeing the country it was time again to move on.
Today we leave for Niger and with this trip we've covered over 20.000 nm.

[all the passengers are aboard and doors are closed captain]


[taxi to rwy 24]


[nice shot from a passenger during climb out]


[a shot of our trusty nr2 engine]


[just leaving the active after a bit hard touchdown]


[ok people enjoy your stay]


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Flight log:

Time out: 13.48Z
Time in: 15.08Z

Block time: 1.3 hours
Flight time: 1.1 hours

Block fuel: 6944 lbs

Flightlevel: FL390
Arriving IAS: 136 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -358 ft/min

Distance: 465 nm

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World Tour Totals and averages:

Total Distance: 20340 nm
Total Block Time: 84,6 hours
Total Block Fuel: 419913 lbs

Total flights: 66 flights
Total timeframe: 374 days (I started at oct. 7, 2007)

Average Flights/Day: 0.18 flights/day
Average Distance/Flight: 308.18 nm/flight
Average Block Time/Flight: 1.28 h/flight
Average Block Fuel/Flight: 6362,32 lbs/flight

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 067 - Diori Hamani International Airport (Niamey, Niger) - Murtala Muhammed International Airport (Lagos, Nigeria)
20-October-2008

Time to leave Benin again and head for Nigeria.
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Please tell me what you think...

[our aircraft bathing in the early morning sun, waiting for it's cargo]


[taxi to rwy 27]


[FA took this after bringing us some coffee]


[nice blue skies for the passengers to see]


[some clouds on arrival but nothing serious]


[on the ground, going past the military part of the airport with a few hercs standing there]


[almost at the gate]


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Flight log:

Time out: 06.07Z
Time in: 07.41Z

Block time: 1.6 hours
Flight time: 1.3 hours

Block fuel: 7578 lbs

Flightlevel: FL410
Arriving IAS: 134 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -144 ft/min

Distance: 478 nm

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World Tour Totals and averages:

Total Distance: 20818 nm
Total Block Time: 86,2 hours
Total Block Fuel: 427491 lbs

Total flights: 67 flights
Total timeframe: 379 days (I started at oct. 7, 2007)

Average Flights/Day: 0.18 flights/day
Average Distance/Flight: 310.72 nm/flight
Average Block Time/Flight: 1.29 h/flight
Average Block Fuel/Flight: 6380,46 lbs/flight

Edited by yuku, 03 December 2008 - 07:47 AM.

[jakepope]

nice story, looking forward to next pic

JAP

[yuku]

Around the World 07/08 - leg 068 - Murtala Muhammed International Airport (Lagos, Nigeria) - N'Djamena International Airport (N'Djamena, Chad)
20-October-2008

Only a short stay here in Nigeria with all the unrests going on, so we quickly head to Chad.
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Please tell me what you think...

[waiting for final pax to board]


[big Lufthansa brother just before us in line to 18L]


[blazing past the tower and the terminal]


[nice weahter on the way to Chad]


[sun slowly going down]


[getting all the stuff from the belly]


[the route]


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Flight log:

Time out: 16.41Z
Time in: 19.03Z

Block time: 2.4 hours
Flight time: 2.2 hours

Block fuel: 10939 lbs

Flightlevel: FL410
Arriving IAS: 117 kts
Landing Vertical Speed: -425 ft/min

Distance: 864 nm

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World Tour Totals and averages:

Total Distance: 21682 nm
Total Block Time: 88,6 hours
Total Block Fuel: 438430 lbs

Total flights: 68 flights
Total timeframe: 379 days (I started at oct. 7, 2007)

Average Flights/Day: 0.18 flights/day
Average Distance/Flight: 318.85 nm/flight
Average Block Time/Flight: 1.30 h/flight
Average Block Fuel/Flight: 6447.50 lbs/flight