World Tour Legs 26 (Haiti), 27 (Grand Turk) & 28 (Sto. Domingo)

[jkvato]

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Leg 26
Date: 1/26/04
Dep: MKJP / Norman Manley Intl / Kingston, Jamaica
Arr: MTPP / Port-Au-Prince Intl / Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Route: MKJP-SASON-KOBEX-MESLI-MTPP
Distance: 288.8 nm
Time enroute: 1:11

In this flight we get to see two sunrises as we head to the Hispañola island, landing at Port-Au-Prince, capital of Haiti. Good thing I flew this leg back in January before the violence erupted! Anyway ... after completing one nice sunrise, I crossed a time zone boundary and stoopid FS set GMT back an hour, giving me a second sunrise. One of my pet peeves about FS ... why can't they get this right?!?!? :-mad

For info on Haiti:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ha.html

OK, I'm calm now. Let's fly! Crack o' dawn:
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Love those Air Jamaica birds:
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Cleared for takeoff:
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Ya know, we're gonna get a lot of cloudy weather as we tour the Caribbean :-(
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Goodbye, Jamaica!
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D'oh! :-mad Who turned the sun back an hour? Bill Gates has way too much power!
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Oh, well. We'll enjoy another sunrise. Maybe this is some kind of apocalyptic sign ...
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At least the water hasn't turned to blood!
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Approaching the coast of Haiti:
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Port-Au-Prince in the upper left corner:
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Our approach:
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Almost there:
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Grr ... centerline always swerves to miss me!
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Leg 27
Date: 1/26/04
Dep: MTPP / Port-Au-Prince Intl / Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Arr: MBGT / Grand Turk Intl / Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands &l;UK&r;
Route: MTPP-NOKEN-SEDET-HCN-TUMAR-BOTES-SAAKO-GTK-MBGT
Distance: 188.3 nm
Time enroute: 1:12

This leg takes us northeast to the British territory of Turks and Caicos Islands.
For info on the Turks and Caicos Islands:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tk.html

Loading up the Seneca V:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/406aa0e047388244.jpg

Climbing out of Port-Au-Prince:
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Our destination:
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Approach:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/406aa188479f0cbf.jpg

Nice, quaint airstrip:
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Leg 28
Date: 1/27/04
Dep: MBGT / Grand Turk Intl / Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands &l;UK&r;
Arr: MDSD / Las Américas Dr J F Peña Gomez Intl / Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Route: MBGT-TAANA-SEKAR-PTA-CDO-MDSD
Distance: 201.9 nm
Time enroute: 0:54

Now we turn back southeast to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Maybe we'll catch a baseball game while we're there ...
For info on the Dominican Republic:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/dr.html

Back in the trusty Cheyenne:
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Back over dry land:
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Approach:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/406aa34648aa80c0.jpg

On terra firma:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/406aa36048c5a6e7.jpg

Taxiing to parking:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/406aa38248df7236.jpg


That should do for one post ... so please drop a line and come back next time for a spectacular sunset flight into San Juan, Puerto Rico!

[Shamrock128]

Great post John!!!

I also have that problem with the centre line darting to the left or right just as I touch down :-lol :-lol

[PHCO]

Looks great John ! :)

[LeoAllan]

Great shots, shame about the 2 sunrises, i think theres a fix for it.

Look forward to the next leg

Leo

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[boxcar]

Excellent screenshots & story recollections, John! :D Never realized how beautiful the terrain shapes are in Haiti. Good ones!

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Dwayne

[philliptan]

Very nice! :D

[TrentD_11]

Nice pics John, glad you made it out of Haiti safely!

[Peer]

Some other masterpieces John, really nice!!

Jan Henk Peereboom

[jkvato]

Muchas gracias Al, Flo, Leo, Dwayne and Phillip! You are all 'preshiated!

[jkvato]

Thank you, Trent and Peer, for the kind words!

:-)

[ricka47]

Great shots!

[crashking]

Very nice!

I'm happy to see i'm not the only one with the "moving centerline" problem... :) :)

Crash

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[VFR_Steve]

Nice shots and report, I also appreciate the slightly smaller picture size .. alot quicker loading times for my poor old 56k! :)

Regards,