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[Aharon]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Presenting a Middle East cargo hauling flight from OTBD Doha International Airport in Doha, Qatar to LLBG Ben Gurion Airport located 12 miles to the southeast of Tel Aviv.

Taxiing to short of runway 33.  Yep  desert wind blowing!!!





Holding short of runway 33 while monster GE90 engines were still blowing desert sand



Airborne on climb to FL380 with background view of city of Doha



Still climbing to FL380 passing background view of city of Al Khor in northern Qatar



Passing desert of Qatar while still on climb to FL380



Crossing waters of Persian Gulf between Qatar and Bahrain





Passing OBBI Bahrain International Airport located in island of Muharraq about 4.3 miles northeast of the capital Manama.



Entering Saudi Arabian airspace above desert of Saudi Arabia



Passing OEDF King Fahd International Airport located 12 miles northwest of Dammam, Saudi Arabia



Nice view of Persian Gulf





View of Saudi Arabian desert



Nice tail view



I would not want to drive car on this highway in middle of Saudi Arabian desert







You can tell that Israel is getting closer when you can see Dead Sea looming ahead!!



Crossing Dead Sea at 11,000 ft



Descending from 11,000 ft to 5,000 ft through clouds



View of LLBG ahead while at 5,000 ft



View of northern section of city of Tel Aviv where you can see Ramat Gan Stadium below the plane's nose



On final runway approach to runway 12



Seconds before touchdown



TOUCHDOWN!!!



Front landing gear gliding down slowly in graceful manner



Braking down



TO BE CONTINUED BELOW..............................

[Aharon]

Exiting from runway 12 toward cargo apron







Arriving at cargo apron to unload cargo



Loading cargo for long haul flight to New York!!!



Thank you for viewing. Stay tuned for next exciting flight.  I have 10,000 screenshots more waiting for me to edit and publish in the coming new year 2016!!

Regards,

Aharon