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In the footsteps of giants


jwenting

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On to Siberia, land of blizzards and icy cold.

 

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And indeed we ran into a blizzard on arrival.

 

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Approach was hairy, almost lost it a few times, but we survived to Petropavlovsk.

 

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Predawn departure to ensure we arrive at Adak during daylight. 
Going to be a long over water leg up the Aleuthan chain.

 

Taking off into a blizzard, at night. Not everyone's idea of a fun way to start the day.

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Luckily the clouds didn't extend very far up and soon we broke through into beautiful quiet pre-dawn skies.

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Approaching Adak, strong winds and low clouds.

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Slight change of plan, going to Kodiak instead of Anchorage.

Our esteemed guest wanted to look at some Kodiak bears in their natural environment, wouldn't listen when we told him it's winter and the bears are all hibernating.

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OK, not a hibernating Kodiak bear, but it's a sleeping brown bear too. Closest I've ever come to a sleeping bear myself (yes, was in a zoo, everyone was perfectly safe).

 

So, off it is for another dawn departure from scenic Adak to even more scenic Kodiak.

 

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More to come as we approach our destination

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On 29-9-2017 at 7:39 AM, jwenting said:

Updated plan:

 

Dep Arr Dist          
Section 1              
EGKK LIML 511   London->Milan    
LIML LGAV 797   Milan->Athens    
LGAV HEPS 573   Athens->Port Said    
Section 2              
HEPS OERR 459   Port Said->Arar    
OERR OBBI 573   Arar->Bahrain    
OBBI OOMS 447   Bahrain->Muscat    
OOMS OPGD 637   Muscat->Gwadar    
OPGD VABB 692   Gwadar->Bombay    
Section 3              
VABB VANP 369   Bombay->Nagpur    
VANP VECC 533   Nagpur->Calcutta    
Section 4              
VECC VTCT 661   Calcutta->Chiang Rai  
VTCT VVCI 390   Chiang Rai->Hai Phong  
VVCI VHHH 412   Hai Phong->Hong Kong  
Section 5              
VHHH ZSPD 677   Hong Kong->Shanghai  
ZSPD RJFO 525   Shanghai->Oita    
RJFO RJTT 418   Oita->Tokyo    
Section 6              
RJTT RJCN 538   Tokyo->Nakashibetsu  
RJCN UHPP 787   Nakashibetsu->Petropavlovsk  
UHPP PASY 910   Petropavlovsk-Adak  
             
PADK PADQ 910   Adak->Kodiak  
PADC PAKT 674   Kodiak->Ketchikan  
PAKT KPDX 682   Ketchikan->Portland  
KPDX KSFO 479   Port Hardy->San Francisco  
Section 7              
KSFO KSLC 521   San Francisco->Salt Lake City  
KSLC KOMA 730   Salt Lake City->Omaha  
KOMA KTOL 546   Omaha->Toledo    
KTOL KEWR 441   Toledo->New York    
Section 8              
KEWR CYQM 520   New York->Moncton  
CYQM CYYT 500   Moncton->St John  
CYYT LPFL 1030   St. John->Flores  
LPFL LPPR 800   Flores->Porto  
LPPR EGKK 700   Porto->London  
         

 

 

 

Changes to get away from the worst winter weather in the high north.

 

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Approaching Kodiak at dusk, what a place,

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Time for a drink and something to eat, tomorrow take our passenger to the zoo to look at bears. Hope he doesn't notice the fences :)

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Hello,

fine night pictures...

it looks difficult to land in Kodiak.... I am not that far yet ...

I am flying to UHPP in the night hours (UHSS lcl time).

So I will arrive UHPP with early daylight.

Greets Heinz

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Another pre-dawn departure, so as to arrive at Ketchikan before sunset.

 

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Clouds down to 2600, terrain up to 2400, going to be an interesting approach.

 

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Next stop, Portland

 

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Off to Portland after a good night sleep.

Weather forecast is heavy headwind and low clouds.

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We had some hairy moments, the headwind was even stronger than expected and at times we hardly made progress at all, but we made it.

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Off to San Francisco, hope the weather clears up, getting tired of the snow and ice.

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Finally out of the muck over central California.

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  • 2 weeks later...

After a nice week or so in San Francisco, it's off to cross the continent to New York.

First stop, Salt Lake City.

 

Setting off into the clear southern California skies in early morning, it is looking like a great day to fly

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Approaching the great salt lake. Who knew deserts could look so hauntingly beautiful. Happy to be flying over them, rather than tracking a ox drawn cart across them like the settlers did.

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And there we are, Salt Lake City. Next stop, Omaha Nebraska.

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11 hours ago, jwenting said:

And there we are, Salt Lake City. Next stop, Omaha Nebraska.

 

Please wave as you fly over Jackson's... as we are still sitting here in the pub!

 

SeanG

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Departing Kansas City with clear skies and freezing cold. Wish winter were over...

 

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Getting a bit cloudy, hope it's not going to snow.

 

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We sure ain't in Kansas anymore, descending into Omaha

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Good night, tomorrow's another day. Next stop, Toledo, Ohio

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Thanks :)

 

Next stop, Newark.

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Pretty short hop, now into the Big Apple for a few days and then it's off to cross the Atlantic back to Europe.

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Decided to go direct to St. John, saves time and a possible bad weather landing as well.

Weather was good enough in New York.

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but approaching our destination the clouds closed in, winds got pretty strong and gusty, and turbulence set in with a vengeance.

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Strong gusty winds dictated landing on 16, rest of the forecast wasn't very pretty either. CYYT 131920Z 14020G27KT 3/8SM R11/4000V5500FT/U R16/4500FT/U -RA FG VV001 04/04 A2962 RMK FG8 SLP039

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Now where are those snow covers...

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Off we go to the Azores. Back into more pleasant weather.

A very early start was called for to arrive with daylight left.

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LOOOONG over water flight, luckily there were some interesting clouds to look at

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Getting close. Looks like a cozy little airport town

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Welcome to Flores, Azores. Next stop, Porto, Portugal.

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Last long leg of the journey, crossing from the Azores to the European mainland.

 

Day looks like great flying weather. Quite a change from the blizzards of the last weeks.

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Land ho!

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It's good to be back in Europe. Now where's that winery...

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Last leg, Porto to London Gatwick. 

Going to miss this adventure.

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Off to a good start. Good weather, promise of clear skies most of the flight for a nice look at France and the UK.

 

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Over the English Channel. Seems so long ago we left these shores.

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Turning final for the last time with our esteemed guest, he's bubbling with enthousiasm to tell of his adventures.

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Welcome home. Just over 20.200nm and 154 hours in the air.

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