It was a bit of a last minute call late May to replace a copilot on that same Twin Otter, just like last year. Weather in Europe was still awful so I didn’t really enjoy the lake of Constance possibilties, Switzerland side, while the plane was being readied for the 3 day flight. Anyway here are a few pictures over the 3 days.
St Gallen-Altenrhein airport is located in some stunning area, between the lake and the Alps. Not a busy airport but various planes come in like these 2.
We flew eastbound first to go Athens, again a longer trip than necessary, a flightplan due to Eurocontrol conspiracies? I don't know but we came close to Bratislava before finally taking a more south east heading. Here looking towards Austria.
Central Europe was again mostly cloudy this year for us. Pretty soon after we had taken off, we lost sight of ground and flew over a white sea of cloud with an occasional storm which gets boring after a while… the icing conditions we met were mild.
things got a bit better from Greece onwards, we stayed one night in the Athens airport Sofitel (!). I like companies that take care of their pilots….
Cairo looks like a giant slum… the limit between the green Nile delta and the desert looks artificially drawn.
Egypt was clear this year, finally! Leaving Cairo, the Nile on the right, a wet dark wet strip across the desert just before it spreads out.
the Canal of Suez flowing in the Gulf of Suez.
a bit of the Sinai where we stayed again for one night at the Hilton. Again some companies are really great….
then a huge dust cloud seemed to cover most of Saudi Arabia, we had a brief glimpse of those circular cultures in Saudi Arabia. I wonder how deep the farmershave to dig for the water table. How much did the water level drop over the years…
and things looked a bit better over the Persian Gulf but not that good in terms of visibility.
Dubai…nice weather so to speak, 38C but humid with an atmospheric veil. Not great for pictures and scenery….
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