Stillwater Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 After flying down the East African Rift I could not resist to follow @jean marc´s video link and his flight suggestion. So I got a slightly quicker plane and took off from Djibouti. I love the precise depiction of these instruments. Lake Afrera, Ethiopia. The nearest road and civilisation to where we are heading today. And here we reach the Erta Ale lava lake, just in front of the P-38. Unfortunately we do not have LavaFlow (yet?). We got to climb significantly from the depression zone towards Mekele! We managed to, but I am not sure if a Tiger Moth could do it as well. The price to pay is the reduced view out of this cockpit. Ezdok helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Great post Gerold. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Smashing set of shots Gerold . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauer Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Wow! Excellent series, Gerold! Would hate to have an engine failure above that boiling pot... Herman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Iain Emms said: Great post Gerold. cheers Iain Thank you Iain! 4 hours ago, BradB said: Smashing set of shots Gerold . My pleasure, John. 1 hour ago, Hauer said: Wow! Excellent series, Gerold! Would hate to have an engine failure above that boiling pot... Herman An, there is enough energy in it to blow you back into the air. Would you walk to the rim as those guys in the video did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauer Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 49 minutes ago, Stillwater said: Thank you Iain! My pleasure, John. An, there is enough energy in it to blow you back into the air. Would you walk to the rim as those guys in the video did? Well, with what recently happened in NZ in the back of my mind... I really don't know, Gerold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Another excellent tour Gerold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Terrific series of shots Gerold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 9 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: Another excellent tour Gerold. 7 hours ago, adambar said: Terrific series of shots Gerold! Thank you, Jack and Adam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean marc Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 beautiful shots and great plane choice thanks Gerold <- - yes it is an Afar's head which suits well here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 10 hours ago, jean marc said: beautiful shots and great plane choice thanks Gerold <- - yes it is an Afar's head which suits well here A very special thanks to you, Jean Marc - for commenting here, but much more for your inspiration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerribleT Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Lovely set, great aircraft - two engines always better than one - I'm doing my tour in my favourite "fast" piston twin the PA31-310 - but I think your P38 might be a little faster than my Piper cruise of 180-200 Knots TAS depending on wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberhard Haberkorn Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Another great looking and interesting post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 27 minutes ago, Eberhard Haberkorn said: Another great looking and interesting post. Thank you Ebo. You are currently enjoying this forum a lot, as far as I see... 9 hours ago, TerribleT said: Lovely set, great aircraft - two engines always better than one - I'm doing my tour in my favourite "fast" piston twin the PA31-310 - but I think your P38 might be a little faster than my Piper cruise of 180-200 Knots TAS depending on wind Thanks TT. As you can see the P-38 goes just over 250 kts, which is nearly the maximum of non-jetplanes in my hangar. But the 200 kts of your Piper should also move you quite fast from one interesting place to the next... The continent is just so big! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberhard Haberkorn Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Stillwater said: 2 hours ago, Eberhard Haberkorn said: Another great looking and interesting post. Thank you Ebo. You are currently enjoying this forum a lot, as far as I see... Actually I do. Been absent from most forums for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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