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Friday, January 23, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Flight 50 : Banjul, Gambia to Tenerife, Canarias
Date: Monday January 9, 2009 
Departure: 14:27 local
Routing: Up the coast to Tarfaya, Morocco, then west
Aircraft: Air Catalonia Q-400
Altitude: 12,000 feet
Miles: 986
Arrival Stats: Nearly 4 hours or nearly 260 mph
Notes: This was a scenic afternoon and evening flight up the western coast of Africa.
Off the left wing was noting but open water,
off the right wing was nothing but open desert
but below were palm-lined beaches ...
Off the left wing was noting but open water, off the right wing was nothing but open desert but below were palm-lined beaches ...After a Moroccan sunset ...
I turned west and dialed in the Tenerife South VOR and ILS beam.
Weather was, as usual, clear and breezy.
I turned west and dialed in the Tenerife South VOR and ILS beam. Weather was, as usual, clear and breezy.Flight 49 : Tamale, Ghana to Banjul, Gambia
Date: Monday January 12, 2009
Departure: 09:50 AM
Routing: West-Northwest across Southern Mali and Guinea
Aircraft: Air Catalonia Q-400
Altitude: 24,000 feet
Miles: 1,072
Arrival Stats: 3.7 hours is nearly 290 mph!
Notes: Flat, Tan, Open Desert ... Okay, so the first 2.5 hours was really pretty dull (other than a surprising number of little no-name airstrips scattered about the desert). Then I started seeing little tributaries of the river Gambia and that was much more to my eye's liking.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Flight 48 : Yamoussoukro, Ivory to Tamale, Ghana
Date: Friday January 9th, 2009
Departure: 06:45 AM local
Routing: Southeast to Accra, then north to Tamale
Aircraft: Air Canada Jazz
Altitude: 5,500 feet
Miles: 567
Arrival Stats: 08:30 local time but there must be a time change 'cause I was airborne at least 120 minutes. I figure 2.75 hours or 206 mph.
Notes: After a pretty quiet day in Ivory Coast I turned in early so that I could get up early Friday. It was still dark as I made my way back to the airport and an out-of-place livery. I may not get a better excuse to fly the JAZZ colors so why not here, on the sub-saharan savannah-lands of Ghana? The sun was just peaking over the horizon as I departed to the east and turned towards Accra. 
As the light grew I noted that there really wasn't much to see 
- until I reached the Atlantic Ocean 
at Accra. 
Then I turned north and flew over the giant lakes 
into the Capital of the Northern Provinces, Tamale.
Not the most modern of African cities 
but with over 300,000 residents there certainly was enough to keep me here over the weekend!
As the light grew I noted that there really wasn't much to see - until I reached the Atlantic Ocean at Accra. Then I turned north and flew over the giant lakes into the Capital of the Northern Provinces, Tamale. Not the most modern of African cities but with over 300,000 residents there certainly was enough to keep me here over the weekend!Thursday, January 8, 2009
Flights 46 & 47 : Livingstone to Yamoussoukro via Gabon
Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009
Departure: 04:45
Routing: northwest across Angola
Aircraft: Flight Club Congo Q-400
Altitude: 21,000 feet
Miles: 1,303
Arrival Stats: 07:34 AM local time in Mayumba, Gabon.
That's 4.75 long hours or 274 mph.
That's 4.75 long hours or 274 mph.Notes: Really, nothing to see across Angola, nice flight up the coastline but needed to stop for gas and about a 4.5-hour stretch.
Departure: Noon
Routing: Northwest across the Gulf of Guinea
to Ivory Coast.
to Ivory Coast.Altitude: 23,000 feet for this leg
Miles: 986 miles
Arrival Stats: Another 3.6 hours or 274 mph.
Notes: Not a very scenic day today. I thought about landing in Luanda Angola
but wanted to drive on quickly over this area that seems pretty bare on things to see. The only real High-Light today was flying over where the might Congo River comes into the Atlantic Ocean.
but wanted to drive on quickly over this area that seems pretty bare on things to see. The only real High-Light today was flying over where the might Congo River comes into the Atlantic Ocean.My plan was to land in Libreville, Gabon but with timing and fuel that didn't work out. I also have some simming contacts in Ghana and wanted to tour that nation but then I'd be looking at a LONG flight across Mali and Eastern Mauritania and that doesn't sound fun! However, there is NOTHING in Yamoussoukro
either so a little Ghana tour and then around the coast may be acceptable. We'll see ..................
either so a little Ghana tour and then around the coast may be acceptable. We'll see ..................Friday, January 2, 2009
Flight 45 : Kasompe to Livingstone, Zambia
Date: Thursday January 1, 2009
Departure: 10 AM
Routing: Random routes across Zambia: 
N'dola, 
Lusaka, and 
Mongu
N'dola, Lusaka, and MonguAircaft: South African Q-400
Altitude: 19,000 feet
Miles: 720
Arrival: 12:28 PM - That's 2.5 hours or 288 mph
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Flight 44 : Kasaba Bay to Kasompe, Zambia
Continueing my New Year's Eve touch-and-go tour through central Africa.
I know, I'm in Africa, why am I flying in US Air Express livery? Because I know I won't be using this when I get back to North America.
Anyway ... I left Kasaba Bay at 15:00
and flew to Samfya, Zambia - Touch-and-go runway 12 at 14:50,
then to Kolwezi, DRC runway 29 at 15:45
and finally Kasompe, Zambia runway 11 at 16:32
and flew to Samfya, Zambia - Touch-and-go runway 12 at 14:50,then to Kolwezi, DRC runway 29 at 15:45 and finally Kasompe, Zambia runway 11 at 16:32602 miles this afternoon.
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