Lisbao-Dakar - Leg 14 - S014 Tambacounda-Dakar

[EHM-1358 Tim]

Well I've finally done it!













Just wondering, do we get an award for this?

[EHM-1657 Jay]

Great stuff Tim ... I am gonna do mine later this evening and yes we should get an award... well you should.. I have not flown my last leg yet lol I could still go down in flames

[EHM-0962 Zhen Yi]

Yup, on the events page it is stated that a special award will be given for the completion of this event

[EHM-1752 Luciano]

Boarding at Tambacounda



Engines on...



Rotating...



Foggy at 3000ft



Clear at 8000ft



Gambia river in sight



Gambia, river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, rising on the Fouta Djallon, N Guinea, W Africa, and flowing generally northwest through SE Senegal then west, bisecting The Gambia, to the Atlantic Ocean at Banjul. It is navigable for the entire length of The Gambia; oceangoing vessels can reach Georgetown, c.175 mi (280 km) upstream. The river is the chief transport artery of The Gambia and provides access to interior sections of Senegal and Guinea. In 1978, Senegal and The Gambia formed the Gambia River Development Organization (which was joined by Guinea in 1980) for the purpose of developing the river's natural resources.



Maps...



The Atlantic Ocean in sight



Start seeing the Dakar peninsula, beginning of descent





Dakar , city (1988 pop. 672,991), capital of Senegal, W Senegal, on Cape Verde Peninsula, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Situated in a market-gardening region, Dakar is Senegal's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center. Manufactures include refined sugar, peanut oil, fertilizers, cement, and textiles. Flour milling, oil refining, and fish canning are other important industries. The city is the busiest port in W Africa, serving Mali and Mauritania as well as Senegal, and has modern facilities for handling and storing goods. Dakar grew up around a French fort built in 1857. The first major pier was completed in 1866. Dakar's importance increased significantly after 1855, when a railroad linked it with the Senegal River.



Map and NURAS 3A standard arrival procedure



Madeleins Island facing Dakar



The Madeleines island is a zoological reserve and the access is normally restricted. The sea is often rough here.The island is uninhabited.

rwy 36 in sight



Quite a populated town



Short final at Yoff



Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is an international air facility in Dakar, Senegal and the main stopping point for flights from Europe to South America. Its IATA Airport Code is DKR. The unusually long named airport, the most significant airport in Senegal, can handle airplanes up to the size of the Boeing 747 jets. It used to be one of the five main hubs of the now defunct multi-national airline, Air Afrique. The airport was named after Léopold Sédar Senghor, a well-known poet who served as president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980.



Vacating



Unboarding




Plenty airport



Some Dakar images to complete this tour







Nice tour! Congratulations to the organizers. Hope in other tours like this one. I enjoyed it. Thank you all.

Bye

Luciano

[EHM-1417 Tamas]

Availabled all and other pictures my new webpages
http://www.ehm1417.tvn.hu/14/index.html

Final video on the Dakar:
http://users.mailpont.hu/adminheaven.hu/e/eh/ehm1417/video/14-dakar_traffic.avi

Ready for take off: rwy 6.
- Captain please steering near center line!!


Good Bye Tambacounda next Year back.


Great Salt River on Gambie. - Satmap compared:
http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=14.132581,-16.417694&spn=0.512711,0.920105&t=k



Dear passengers. looks right (pictures upper right) legendary lake Lac Rose: at the Dakar Rally finish line.



Turning downwind legs.


Ladies and Gentleman:.....  :-)


Direct overturning Localiser.... follow island coastal.


Captain!!! Please Surrounding landing!!!


Don't panic, fully i'm not nervous!


CoPilot: Realy??


Captain: Khmm... possibled hard landing? (Landing analyze: 457,3 feet/mins)


Folks! Now safety delivery Dakar... (Panel under reworking realistic position)


...and looks to right opened hangar. (After shut down, goto "virtual" hangar Party!)


Doors open... Bye bye all passengers. Thank You for flyight Euroharmony VA...


Departing Sabena Airbus A340-300.


Wonderfull and legendary lac Rose:
http://www.salysenegal.net/activites/excursions/excursionslacrose.htm

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Finished Hungarian Rally Groups reported:
Cars (59 delivery) :
..26. Balazs Szalay,Laszlo Bunkoczi (OPEL Frontera) 39:16 h.
Summa:
..28. Szalay, Bunkoczi 30:44:16 h
Bikes (93 delivery) :
..8. Akos Varga (KTM) 27:09 p h.
Summa:
...60. Akos Varga 28:50:26 ó h.

Kamionok (32 delivery) :
...28. Balazs Szobi, Akos Jobbagy,Attila Éder(MAN) 1:41:33 ó h.
...32. Zsolt Darazsi, Norbert Szalai, György Rack(MAN) 3:03:43 ó h.
Summa:
..16. Darázsi, Szalai, Rack 30:08:46 ó h.
...22. Szobi, Jobbágy, Éder 49:00:14 ó h

Nice tour! Congratulations al organizers, and al pilots. Hope in other tours like this one, and back next year to the Dakar.
Goto "virtual hangar party" :-D and next day goto two route to  Lisboa.
Thank you all.