ilgrillo 16 Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 Lucille through the monsoon. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 On route, again, crossing India. We broke the 5000 nm wall. Cheers! Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Simple flight, simple smile, today. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Calcutta! We approached at your Hoogly river, finally. Namasté. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 Starting a new intra-route: CALCUTTA - HONG KONG (13 days - Oct 26/ Nov 8) (1557.3nm) CALCUTTA (INDIA) - COX'S BAZAR (BANGLADESH) VECC - VGCB (238.4nm) COX'S BAZAR (BANGLADESH)- ANISAKAN (MYANMAR) VGCB - VYAS (257.9Nnm) CARICARE FLIGHTPLAN SALVATO ANISAKAN (MYANMAR) - XISHUANGBANNA (CHINA) VYAS - ZPJH (254.1nm) CARICARE FLIGHTPLAN SALVATO XISHUANGBANNA (CHINA) - NANNING (CHINA) ZPJH - ZGNN (469.8nm) CARICARE FLIGHTPLAN SALVATO NANNING (CHINA) - HONG KONG ZGNN - VHHH (337.1nm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 28/10/17 Leaving Calcutta. Maurice and Lucille seems a bit tired. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 No clouds. No emotions. No problem. I'm not saying that we hope in a hard life, but yes, it's pretty boring this part of the route. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 Today, we are going to cross the Chin Hills (10,000 feet) in Myanmar. We have actually marshmallowing clouds around us. Lucille lit up. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 November 2nd. Towards to China for the first time. In Myanmar, Lucille found time to paint roughly the flags of Bangladesh and Myanmar. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 Not the easiest approach to ZPJH. The airport is in a valley, and even the ILS was dangerous. GS weren't catch. Please login to display this image. We were low on fuel. Please login to display this image. Lucille preferred a safer manual landing on RWY 16. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Landed at Honk Kong. And near at 50hrs of flight. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 Leaving China for Taiwan, today. A simple flight. We broke 50 hrs goal of flight time, and we have almost burned 20.000 lbs of fuel... Pff! Lucille is thrilled. Tonight we'll celebrate. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 Japan my love. Here we are. Yesterday was a hard route. Over the ocean for hours. (with new flags on our airframe) Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. When we saw the nippon land was a liberation. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 At Tokyo Haneda. A smoothy flight. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 It seem snowing on Japan. ?! Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Maybe before airport RJCN. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 On 16/11 we flew in Russia at dusk. Lucille was furious about the flying hour choice by me and Maurice. Not the safety one. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Today, 21/11, we are facing the longest route of entire travel. 711,6 nm... On a Twin Otter... It's raining, and it's cold. But we have 52 knots wind at our back. And it's marvellous for fuel saving. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 21/11 Landed at the border between Russia and Alaska. 10.000 nm wall! Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 21/11 Today starts the toughest part of the big-trip. Alaska... Snow in Russia, in Kamchatka. A job for a Twin Otter. Please login to display this image. We are sorrounded by the giant Koryaksky volcano. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 On 22/11 this is what happened: low flat clouds below us and freezing air. Isles of Alaska are mesmerizing. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 24/11 Today, our Black Friday is a White Friday. It seems a lunar landscape. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Please login to display this image. On 24/11 the finish line was a conic ice cream. Please login to display this image. The skyline was similiar to a Stanislaw Lem panorama. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 On 27/11, the night was with us. And was so shining. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Today, 29/11, a blind day and a marvellous one. The blinding was mainly due at the alaskan clouds. The amazing at the PAJC airport. Wonderful location. And we broke 50 hrs of flying time! Lucille will paint a celebrating flag of Alaska. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilgrillo 16 Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 On 01/12 we continued over the Alaska and arrived at Homer... doh... in a beatiful Alaskan Night. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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