68th RTW Flight -- Bordeaux, France to Paris, France

[philliptan]

Hi guys,

My latest flight from the vineyards of Bordeaux to the cafés of Paris...

Enjoy the early morning flight...

Date: 15 May 03
Dep: LFBD Merignac Airport (Rwy 23) -- 06:16
Arr: LFPG Charles De Gauille Int'l (Rwy 08L) -- 07:29
Dur: 1.2 hrs
Cruising: FL210
Route: LFBD-BDX-CDC-UVSON-MORIK-AMB-CDN-LFPG
Dist: 288.8 nm
Weather: Clear
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Early morning departure
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What? Someone's already up in the air?
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Holding short Runway 23
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Bordeaux Tower, 25PW Ready for takeoff...
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Wheee....
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Slight crosswind
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Bye, bye, Bordeaux
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Cruising at FL210
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Beautiful morning
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Arrival over Paris airspace... note the famous landmark
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The city of Paris
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Gears down
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Coming in...
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Looking good... minor adjustments...
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A perfect landing!... OK, ok, it's off by 1.4353829 inch...
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"Ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated while we taxi to the gate. Welcome to Charles De Gaulle International..."
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Taxiing
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Parked and secured.
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The route maps
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The route so far...
01. (WSSS) Changi Int'l, Singapore
02. (WMKL) Langkawi Int'l, Langkawi, Malaysia
03. (VTBD) Bangkok Int'l, Bangkok, Thailand
04. (Z28Q) Korat Air Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
05. (VVTS) Tansonnhat Int'l, Ho Chin Minh City, Vietnam
06. (VVNB) Noibai Int'l, Hanoi, Vietnam
07. (ZGHK) Meilan Airport, Haikou, Hainan Island, China
08. (VHHK) Kai Tak Int'l, Hong Kong, China
09. (RCKH) Kaohsiung Int'l, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
10. (RCTP) Chiang Kai Shek Int'l, Taipei, Taiwan
11. (ZSFZ) Changle Int'l, Fuzhou City, China
12. (ZSPD) Pudong Int'l, Shanghai, China
13. (ZBAA) Beijing Capital Airport, Beijing City, China
14. (RKSS) Kimpo Int'l, Seoul, South Korea
15. (RJOO) Osaka Int'l, Osaka, Japan
16. (RJAA) Tokyo Narita Int'l, Tokyo, Japan
17. (RJCC) New Chitose Int'l, Sapporo, Japan
18. (UHWW) Knevichi Airport, Vladivostok, Russia
19. (ZYHB) Taiping Airport, Harbin, Manchuria, China
20. (ZMUB) Buyant-Ukhaa Airport, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
21. (ZLXY) Xianyang Airport, Xi'An, China
22. (ZUUU) Shuangliu Airport, Chengdu, China
23. (ZPPP) Wujiaba Airport, Kunming, China
24. (VYMD) Mandalay Int'l, Mandalay, Myanmar
25. (VGZR) Zia Int'l, Dhaka, Bangladesh
26. (VNKT) Tribhuvan Int'l, Kathmandu, Nepal
27. (VOHY) Hyderabad Airport, Hyderabad, India
28. (VOMM) Chennai Int'l, Chennai, India
29. (VCBI) Bandaranaike Int'l, Colombo, Sri Lanka
30. (VOBG) Bangalore Airport, Bangalore, India
31. (VABB) Chhatrapati Shivaji Int'l, Mumbai, India
32. (OPKD) Hyderabad Airport, Hyderabad, Pakistan
33. (OAKN) Kandahar Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan
34. (OAKB) Kabul Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan
35. (OMDB) Dubai Int'l, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
36. (OERY) Riyadh Air Base, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
37. (ORBS) Saddam Int'l, Baghdad, Iraq
38. (OSAP) Aleppo Int'l, Aleppo, Syria
39. (LLJR) Jerusalem Int'l, Jerusalem, Israel
40. (HECA) Cairo Int'l, Cairo, Egypt
41. (HSSS) Khartoum Airport, Khartoum, Sudan
42. (HHAS) Asmara Int'l, Asmara, Eritrea
43. (HDAM) Ambouli Airport, Djibouti, Djibouti
44. (HCMM) Mogadishu Airport, Mogadishu, Somalia
45. (HKJK) Jomo Kenyatta Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
46. (HRJR) Gregoire Kayibanda Airport, Kigali, Rwanda
47. (HTKJ) Kilimanjaro Int'l, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
48. (FMCH) Prince Said Ibrahim Airport, Moroni, Comoros
49. (FMNN) Fascene Airport, Nosy-Be, Madagascar
50. (FMMI) Ivato Airport, Antananarivo, Madagascar
51. (FQBR) Beira Airport, Beira, Mozambique
52. (FAJS) Johannesburg Int'l, Johannesburg, South Africa
53. (FACT) ape Town Int'l, Cape Town, South Africa
54. (FYLZ) Luderitz Airfield, Luderitz, Namibia
55. (FNHU) Albano Machado Airfield, Huambo, Angola
56. (FNLU) 4th of February Airport, Luanda, Angola
57. (FPST) Sao Tomé Int'l, Sao Tomé, Sao Tomé and Principé
58. (FKKD) Douala Airport, Douala, Cameroon
59. (DNMM) Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Nigeria
60. (DFFD) Ouagadougou Airport, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
61. (GABS) Senou Airport, Bamako, Mali
62. (GOOY) Leopold Sedar Senghor Airport, Dakar, Senegal
63. (GCXO) Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
64. (LPPT) Lisbon Int'l, Lisbon, Portugal
65. (LEMD) Barajas Int'l, Madrid, Spain
66. (LEIB) Ibiza Airport, Ibiza, Spain
67. (LEBL) El Prat Int'l, Barcelona, Spain
68. (LFBD) Merignac Airport, Bordeaux, France
69. (LFPG) Charles De Gauille Int'l, Paris, France

Cheers,
Phillip
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[Peer]

:-jumpy Nice!!!!!!!
Still amazed by your rw lights, great take off shots!
I love the sunrise and I think you'll love your visit to Paris!
Bye

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[PHCO]

Hi Phillip,

GREAT LEG !


greetings

FLO the 2nd (Forumname: PHCO) :-lol :-wave

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[philliptan]

LOL! Thanks, guys!

Cheers,
Phillip
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[populousste]

I like the first few.

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Stephen

[philliptan]

Thanks, Stephen!

Cheers,
Phillip Tan
Head of Orlando Operations,
Atlantic Sun Airways
www.atlanticsunairways.com
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[MIKEYORCHIE]

nice pics philip :-)

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[philliptan]

Thanks, Mike! :D

Cheers,
Phillip Tan
Head of Orlando Operations,
Atlantic Sun Airways
www.atlanticsunairways.com
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