To Antarctica (part 1)

[Stromer]

Developed the final flight plan:

San Francisco - Hawaii (Honolulu) - American Samoa Islands (Pago-Pago) - New Zealand (Christchurch)

and the final point of the route is the McMurdo Station.

 

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The total length of the route is more than 8,000 miles.

 

From San Francisco flew out at midnight, at dawn to be in Honolulu.

 

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[flightsimg]

Great flight, great views. On the other hand, they accept up to 12 pics per post :) and people usually link their multiposts beyond that number through a answer

[Stromer]

Thank you!

I understood this, but it was too late.

[peer01]

Great views indeed !!:cool: Like Gerard said, you can post 12 pics, after that in the reply another 12, etc. Everybody who posted before you will be banned to page 2 in no time this way.

[adamb]

Nice post Vladislav, just a little to many of them. ;)

 

Welcome to the forum by the way. :)

[Stromer]

Landing in Honolulu.

 

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[Stromer]

Honolulu - the ocean, palms, bars, girls ...

But I looked at my watch, it's time to go.

 

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[Stromer]

Fly to the American Samoa Islands.

 

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After more than ten hours of flight I saw Samoa Islands.

 

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Pago-Pago is on the island of Tutuila, the one to the left.

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[Stromer]

Landing in Pago-Pago.

 

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[Stromer]

Heavenly place! But we must fly further ...

 

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At dawn we leave Pago-Pago ...

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... and take the course to New Zealand.

[Stromer]

After eight hours of flight, the coast of New Zealand appeared through the clouds.

 

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The strait dividing New Zealand into the North and South.

 

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[Stromer]

Landing at Christchurch airport.

 

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Well, it remains to fly the last stage.

A couple of hours to prepare and go on a flight.

I study the landmarks, since on the way to the Antarctic radio beacons will not be.

[Stromer]

After seven hours of flight, icebergs began to appear.

 

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So Antarctica is already close.

 

Another hour of flight, and on the horizon Antarctica appeared in all its greatness.

 

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[Stromer]

Above the ice silence ...

 

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[Stromer]

So, enough to admire the boundless expanses. It's time to determine our location, since there is still no signal from the radio beacon.

 

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What is this island ahead of us !?

 

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We look at the map ...

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Yes! We fly right!

Only this islet should be on the right, and not on the left. But this is not critical ...

[Stromer]

There, to the left, there should be our McMurdo Station and air base.

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And here is the station!

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[Stromer]

Before landing, I decided to inspect the air base, since the VOR-beacon is not here.

 

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Well, let's prepare for the landing.

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[Stromer]

Turning to the landing course

 

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Gear down

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And...

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... good landing!

[Stromer]

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[Stromer]

Engines stop!

 

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The flight is over...

 

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P.S. Behind about forty hours of flight. Even a little tired. But I got a lot of fun! ...

 

P.P.S. I apologize for mistakes in the text (comments were written using a Google translator).

[Stromer]

I forgot to put interesting shots

 

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That is:

http://desertedplaces.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-remains-of-pegasus-plane-in.html

[flightsimg]

Fine views and atmosphere!

[peer01]

Amazing pics here!! :cool::cool::cool::cool:

[adamb]

Very nicely done Vladislav, everything looks great! :)