Departure: 7:40 AM - a little hazy
Aircraft: Flight Club Mediterranean Q-400
Altitude: Sea Level over the dead sea (Yep, autopilot set at 0000),
8,000 feet getting out of the Turkish mountains
and 3,000 along the Jordan River Valley.
8,000 feet getting out of the Turkish mountains and 3,000 along the Jordan River Valley.Arrival Stats: We were cooking today, 287 mph!
Notes: A beautiful area of Turkey ... then we flew south, along the west coast
of Syria and Lebanon,
then east over the southern Baka'a Valley,
over the Sea of Galilee, then the Dead Sea,
then along the Jordan River to the eastern finger of the Red Sea. Very scenic Flight Today.
597 miles total.
of Syria and Lebanon, then east over the southern Baka'a Valley, over the Sea of Galilee, then the Dead Sea, then along the Jordan River to the eastern finger of the Red Sea. Very scenic Flight Today. 597 miles total.
(This will be the location of our feature Flight of the Month in April 2009 at: 
Aircraft: Q-400 Firefighter
189 miles to Elazig
