Short flight in a big jet (Carlos will also like! lol)

[KDX]

Just did short hop from Maiquetia, Venezuela to Aruba in the dutch Caribbean in a Santa Barbara DC-10 Enjoy the shots!

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Pushback from the terminal where a Lufthansa A340 awaited clearance to Frankfurt

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Okay so I haven't flown the DC-10 in a long time, but at least thanks to this drop off I didn't get off the rnwy... (Ok so I did, but the drop off was really cool! :-cool)

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Climbing out of Simon Bolivar Int'l. It is curious that the airport in Quito is named the same, and so is the one in Santa Marta, Colombia, although it is not an international airport

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Ugly weather with Simon Bolivar Int'l in the background... heading for sunny Aruba (I hope)

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Climbing to our cruising altitude... looks like we're in for thick clouds

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Finally some sunshine!

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Still climbing to our "comfortable" cruising altitude

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A shot of one of the engines as we are told to begin our initial descend and are vectored to ILS Rnwy 11 at Beatrix Int'l

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Descending over the beautiful Caribbean sky

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The island of Aruba is in sight

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On finals rnwy 11 with the city of Oranjestad in the background

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Short finals... not how the water runs "uphill" :-(

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I loved this shot, although the ATC messed it up! :-(

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Same shot with some editing

I hope you guys liked the shots and please leave a comment!

Stefano :-wave

[Peer]

Hey Stefano, very nice again. I like the lighting in your take off shots (perfect clouds also). The last two edits are amazing!

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[macchris]

Hi Stefano,

outstanding shots, must have been quite a funny take off :-).
The atmosphere and lightning in shot number five look pretty nice.

happy take offs ;-),

Christian
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[populousste]

Very nice work.

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Stephen

[KDX]

Hey guys! thanks for your rapid and kind responses. It was weird flying this big bird after such a long time. The takeoff felt just like it feels taking off a Carrier with a Tomcat... :-lol

Stefano :-wave

[yv35p]

Awesome!! loved the pictures:D thanks my friend...those airports are called after "El Libertador"..Simón Bolívar liberator of Colombia, Ecuador besides Venezuela..and Bolivia is named in his honor...by the way, the airport in Quito is Mariscal Sucre..also a Venezuelan military, member of the Liberator's army..but you are in the right direction, because Guayaquil airport in Ecuador, is named Simón Bolívar..thanks again Stefano...my email is pelon95@cantv.net if you wanna write sometime¨:-)

:-wave

Carlos

[doering1]

Fourth shot is DYNAMITE!!!
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[KDX]

Thanks again for your comments guys.

-Carlos, yes I mistook Quito with Guayaquil, my bad! And of course, I know Mariscal Sucre, Antonio Nariño, Fransico Santander... great men! Do you know if there is an airport named after Antonio Nariño?

I'll drop you a line sometime. Do you have msn? My email is komododragonx@hotmail.com

Saludos!

Stefano :-wave

[yv35p]

Good day Stefano...

I know that the airport at Pasto, Colombia is named Antonio Nariño...thanks for the email, will add you to my list:-)

:-wave

Carlos

[KDX]

True... the province is named Nariño! I saw you added me, I'll see you sometime online! Adios!

Stefano :-wave