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A huge delivery of solar panels and fresh water pumps needed to be transported from Gran Canaria to Takhamalt, Algeria. After careful preparation my FO and me entered the plane in true Mule Service style...

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Nevertheless we managed to get the 777 into the air.

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Turning eastwards ...

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... and passing Fuerteventura ...

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... we quickly reached Western Sahara.

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An interesting "hill" came up over the Adrar desert.

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The mountain ridge of Erg Tiffernine - flying too high to see details.

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I always love it when you lose visibility during the approach. But to my experience AS16 shows conditions quite realistic... this may be a sandstorm.

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No ILS, no instrument advise... but at least the runway came into view at 1100 ft AGL...

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... so that I could land at DAAP Takhamalt. You can see the complete airport with all bars and restaurants in this shot - we were lucky enough having loaded one or the other refreshment.

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6 hours ago, Iain Emms said:

Great set these Gerold.

cheers

Iain

Thank you Iain!

 

6 hours ago, Hauer said:

Very nice, Gerold!

Herman :rolleyes:

Lots of sand here, Herman. But I have a destination...

 

6 hours ago, Caluma65 said:

Very nice shots and journey Gerold.  Cheers,

Calum

My pleasure, Calum. And the 777 is always fun to fly.

 

5 hours ago, BradB said:

Mighty fine shots Gerold !! .

... with a fine mighty bird, John. One of my favourite, especially when there is enough space to store drinks...

 

3 hours ago, VH-KDK said:

A terrific set of images Gerold, no room for a few wind turbines on your flight.:lol:

There are two on board, but they might be Kerosine powered. The better wind generation is T-Bone on the other great supply airline.

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1 hour ago, Stillwater said:

There are two on board, but they might be Kerosine powered. The better wind generation is T-Bone on the other great supply airline.

There would be plenty of wind with all of The Mule Team's beer and mooseburgers!:o

We can give you an endless supply of coal fired wind turbines.;)

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10 hours ago, Eberhard Haberkorn said:

Another fine set, Gerold.

Thank you Ebo!

 

8 hours ago, adambar said:

Splendid shots Gerold. :)

My pleasure, Adam.

 

7 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said:

Terrific shots Gerold, and nice use of the autopilot.

Thanks a lot Jack - and you have seen how I solved the misery of the missing vertical guidance. I mean any guidance, instrumental and visual...

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