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Archive => Other Topics => Old Forum => Screenshots Forum => Topic started by: EHM-1752 Luciano on January 10, 2006, 10:14:33 am
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Ok, let's go... our planned FL is 150, nasty fog while climbing... any failure today?
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/959/18se2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
passing 8000ft the vis is good...
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6302/24ta.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
reaching FL 120 the flight seems nice...
(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7/34vl.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
but... passing FL125 we encounter a bad turbulence!
(http://img2.imgspot.com/u/06/9/05/4.jpg)
Hoping to overfly it, we continue climbing to Fl 150...
(http://img2.imgspot.com/u/06/9/05/5.jpg)
still turbulence, we must redescend to FL 120... now we start seeing the Senegal river which will lead us to Kayes.
I got some info about the Senegal river, if you are interested:
1,610 km long, formed in SW Mali, W Africa, by the confluence of the Bafing and Bakoy rivers, both of which rise in the Fouta Djallon, N Guinea. The river flows north, then generally west to form the Mauritania-Senegal border before entering the Atlantic Ocean at St. Louis. The Falémé River, which forms the Senegal-Mali border, is its chief tributary. Entrance to the river from the sea is impeded by sandbars and a complex delta region. The river is tidal c.300 mi (480 km) upstream, and during the rainy season it is navigable to Kayes, Mali. The river is an important source of irrigation water; rice is grown on the floodplain
(http://img2.imgspot.com/u/06/9/05/6.jpg)
below 8000ft the fog comes again...
(http://img2.imgspot.com/u/06/9/05/7.jpg)
over the Senegal river, turning from base to final, rwy 09...
(http://img2.imgspot.com/u/06/9/05/9.jpg)
Houses, roads, river, this is Kayes! I have some info on Kayes, too:
Kayes is the town built by the French at the highest point of rainy season navigation on Senegal River. It was "founded" in 1881 when French military engineers started building a railroad from there to the Niger River at Bamako. It served as the capital of the French colony of Haut-Sénégal et Niger until 1904 and as the center of the Cercle de Kayes until independence. Since independence, Kayes serves as a regional administrative and transportation center with rail and air connections to Dakar, Senegal and Bamako, Mali. It is also one of the hottest places in Mali, since it is located nearly as far north as Timbuktu.
Interesting, isn't it?
approaching Dag Dag, on final...
(http://img2.imgspot.com/u/06/9/05/1181664.jpg)
On ground. Please remain seated... ;D
(http://img2.imgspot.com/u/06/9/06/12.jpg)
runway 09 vacated
(http://img2.imgspot.com/u/06/9/06/13.jpg)
at parking, thank you for flying with us.
(http://img2.imgspot.com/u/06/9/06/1464977.jpg)
ok passengers, now leave me alone.
(http://img2.imgspot.com/u/06/9/06/1575979.jpg)
Bye everybody, have nice flights and ... safe landings!
Luciano
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Great shots + info there !!