Stillwater Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 After some days of adventure travel we found a plane to take us out of C: Cartagena, Colombia. Not so lovely weather over Barranquilla reduced the onboard services even further. Quite a bumpy ride... We had to climb surprisingly high over this Sierra Nevada, and the pistons were not amused by that. But finally we made it safely. With a view to something looking like green colombian MacDonnell ranges. Here we go for a stopover in Maracaibo. Here we go again after the slight plane change. Some nice coastal mountains seen from the office. The caribbean coast... This is Punto Pijo, located on the strangely shaped Peninsula de Paraguana. Much smaller than this peninsula, but far better known is our todays destination: A like Aruba. Oranjestad airport in "default" FTX Global. As being part of the Netherlands I expected the island to be in TrueEarth, by chance it is not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Quite a variety of good looking shots Gerold, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lars Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Some really good shots you got there, Gerold. Aruba is not in NLTE because it's already in the song, of course... or because they meant the Netherlands, not the Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which the Netherlands are a part... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Wonderful images Gerold, you should have had the turboprop for climbing over the mountains and the DC-3 for the flatter flight. Or was it that the Aruban authorities wouldn't let you in with that old bone shaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Fine set of shots. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Great shots and flight Gerold! I enjoyed your narrative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Wonderful as usual Gerold, thanks for all these SA posts as it'll be a while before I can explore this huge continent. They're always so interesting with your narrative like Martyn does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted May 19, 2018 Author Share Posted May 19, 2018 15 hours ago, Sniper31 said: Quite a variety of good looking shots Gerold, well done! Thank you Landon. I wish there would be more POIs depicted in the sceneries down here. 15 hours ago, Captain Lars said: Some really good shots you got there, Gerold. Aruba is not in NLTE because it's already in the song, of course... or because they meant the Netherlands, not the Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which the Netherlands are a part... Thanks, Lars. Totally surprising Aruba is not part of NLTE, yet . 8 hours ago, VH-KDK said: Wonderful images Gerold, you should have had the turboprop for climbing over the mountains and the DC-3 for the flatter flight. Or was it that the Aruban authorities wouldn't let you in with that old bone shaker. You nail it, Martyn. The dutch authorities already had a problem to let a non-KLM bird landing in Aruba, not to mention the DC-3... 7 hours ago, Iain Emms said: Fine set of shots. cheers Iain Thank you Iain. 7 hours ago, paulb said: Great shots and flight Gerold! I enjoyed your narrative You´re welcome, Paul. I am hoping for some sunshine on my next flights, and I will most probably not have to climb over hills then. 2 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: Wonderful as usual Gerold, thanks for all these SA posts as it'll be a while before I can explore this huge continent. They're always so interesting with your narrative like Martyn does. Thanks for these words, Jack - Martyns geo-info is unbeatable, but I try to give some hints for other pilots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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