A New KLM Flight! Down to the Tropics. Nairobi

**geguic** · 11-11-2007, 07:23 PM

Hi!

Keeping flying those long-hauls for KLM, from Amsterdam-Schiphol. Today, we're flying a long way down to Nairobi, over Germany, the Mediterranean, Egypt and Sudan! Believe me or not, we really got some tropical storm and weather just when reaching there! Towering clouds, lightning and the whole stuff (and the night, further, had fallen)! Impressive! That time, I opted for the 20-picture format :-)

Cheers, and welcome aboard (like crewmembers of course :) as, by this season, I do think no one has gotten some holidays :()

Here is our plane! The first officer had the preflight checklist and configuring the plane done

Beginning to taxi to runway 6

Taxiing along

A Boeing 737 is back-tracking the rway 6 ahead of us...

as it takes off now

Now taking off

Flying the departure...

Over Amsterdam

Keeping climbing

And now at our FL330 somewhere over Germany

(the following of the flight in the next post)

**geguic** · 11-11-2007, 07:28 PM

A view I like: the Alps about the German-Austrian border

South of Croatia, now

Creta

And crossing the Mediterranean, as we'll reach the coasts of Africa over Egypt!

After crisscrossing the Nile River all along Egypt, we have now reached the Sudanese border. Looks like the Nile ahead of the Aswan Dam

Just over Karthum by sunset!

Look how our might 747 is trapped among those tropical storms!

Moments from touchdown at Nairobi, wind coming from the right

Touchdown, and braking!

At the gate

**Peer** · 11-12-2007, 05:39 PM

Nice flight Gerard :9

**geguic** · 11-12-2007, 08:06 PM

Hi Peer!

Glad you like it. Cheers and see you soon!

**yv35p** · 11-13-2007, 07:39 AM

Hey amigo Gérard!

Woah, nice and long flight... Great destination!! I hope we have the time to go to a Safari...and take Peer to that amazing restaurant where they have meat from...ermmmm..lets say "interesting" animals...my personal favorite is the Zebra steak, highly recommended :7

Best Regards

**geguic** · 11-13-2007, 02:05 PM

Hi, senor Captain!

Glad to hear from you! Let's go for this restaurant. Do wonder what they drink with those steaks! LOL. Coming next now on your post! Thanks for the nice comment!

Cheers