Post by Stromer on Mar 17, 2018 6:01:26 GMT -5
I had long planned to fly to Antarctica.
Many times I made plans for a flight.
I looked in my "Pilot Book" and realized - it was time to fly ...
Developed the final flight plan:
San Francisco - Hawaii (Honolulu) - American Samoa Islands (Pago-Pago) - New Zealand (Christchurch)
and the final point of the route is the McMurdo Station.
The total length of the route is more than 8,000 miles.
From San Francisco flew out at midnight, at dawn to be in Honolulu.
Landing in Honolulu.
Honolulu - the ocean, palms, bars, girls ...
But I looked at my watch, it's time to go.
Fly to the American Samoa Islands.
After more than ten hours of flight I saw Samoa Islands.
Pago-Pago is on the island of Tutuila, the one to the left.
Landing in Pago-Pago.
Heavenly place! But we must fly further ...
At dawn we leave Pago-Pago ...
... and take the course to New Zealand.
After eight hours of flight, the coast of New Zealand appeared through the clouds.
The strait dividing New Zealand into the North and South.
Landing at Christchurch airport.
Well, it remains to fly the last stage.
A couple of hours to prepare and go on a flight.
I study the landmarks, since on the way to the Antarctic radio beacons will not be.
After seven hours of flight, icebergs began to appear.
So Antarctica is already close.
Another hour of flight, and on the horizon Antarctica appeared in all its greatness.
Above the ice silence ...
So, enough to admire the boundless expanses. It's time to determine our location, since there is still no signal from the radio beacon.
What is this island ahead of us !?
We look at the map ...
Yes! We fly right!
Only this islet should be on the right, and not on the left. But this is not critical ...
There, to the left, there should be our McMurdo Station and air base.
And here is the station!
Before landing, I decided to inspect the air base, since the VOR-beacon is not here.
Well, let's prepare for the landing.
Turning to the landing course
Gear down
And...
... good landing!
Engines stop!
The flight is over...
P.S. Behind about forty hours of flight. Even a little tired. But I got a lot of fun! ...
P.P.S. I apologize for errors in the text (comments were written using a Google translator).