BillD22 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 (edited) Easter Island is located in the Southeast Pacific 2000 miles or so off the coast of South America. It's famous for the large mysterious statues of standing heads carved out of volcanic rock. Easter has regular airline flights by Latam Airlines. Let's fly along and check it out on a Latam B787 from Santiago Chile. Here's our route of flight out to the island and an insert picture of the statues. En route time is 4+15. Ready for takeoff under the RW weather 3000-foot overcast skies from Santiago's Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (SCEL) Take off and climb out. The red on our ND terrain display shows the high terrain surrounding the airport that's above our current altitude. Very handy when departing in instrument conditions! On course and heading for the coast we get a great view of the snow-capped Andes Mountains. With the ocean segment behind us, we've got the island in sight and are setting up for our approach to Runway 28. The ND display shows the island's outline and hilly terrain. Edited September 1, 2022 by BillD22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 (edited) Lined up for the runway, touchdown, and turn off the active. Shut down on the ramp with a bird's eye island view. Our passengers deplaned and are headed for the bus to hotels followed by tours of the statues, trips to the beach, and other attractions. Welcome to Easter Island! Edited September 1, 2022 by BillD22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Another informative and beautiful Remote Islands flight Bill. My favorites are the Santiago departure and climb out shots. :cool: :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 Thanks Larry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downwind66 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Very nice Bill! Thanks for sharing! Rick :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenvox Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 awesome bill WJA221, BFL0200, ASA2703 http://www.darrensfs9site.weebly.com http://darrensflightsimblog.blogspot.com/ https://discord.gg/6d5V7Qu << <<<fs9 discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Fantastic flight and shots Bill. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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