Flight 38 : Turkmenbashi to Baku, Azerbajan

Date: Friday December 12, 2008

Departure: 06:40

(Love that photo !!!)

Routing: Around the southern end of the Caspian Sea - over northern Iran

Aircraft: One last flight for the Widereo Dash-8

Altitude: 7,000 feet

Miles: 502 today

Arrival Stats: Morning arrival, 2.2 hours which works to 228 mph

Notes: After a couple pleasant days in Turkmenistan I headed around the south end of the Caspian Sea over Noshar and Rasht, Iran, then back north into Baku, Azerbajan. Uneventful but pretty scenic flight between the sea and the Iranian mountains - a bit hazy today though...

Flight 37 : Urgench, Uzbek to Turkmenbashi

Date: Wednesday December 10, 2008

Departure: 13:00 local time

Routing: Further West

Aircraft: Widereo Dash-8

Altitude: 7,000 feet

Miles: 357

Arrival Stats: Just a quick after-lunch jaunt across Turkmenistan, 1.75 hours or 204 mph

Notes: Staying in this same aircraft I took a short day on Wednesday just hopping over to Turkmenbashi for the night.