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== Suggested flights == | == Suggested flights == | ||
===Kisimayu to Kilimanjaro=== | |||
We have to take a big airliner for this trip. The runways are long enough but for this trip we need some altitude and a slow descend. | |||
We park our Big Bird at HCMK, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kismayo_Airport Kisimayu], Somalia, near the East coast of Africa. It's unsure what this airfield is used for but it's a long piece of tarmac. I could not find regular flights to and from this airfield, not so strange, there is no lighting, no radio beacons and... no fuel. What you can find is Global Air Rescue that has an air ambulance service based here (with a [http://www.globalairrescue.com/learjet-35.php Learjet 35]). | |||
Our route will be around 425 nm in length. You know your aircraft and know what altitude you will need to fly. | |||
Our destination, HTKJ, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilimanjaro_International_Airport Kilimanjaro], Tanzania, has only one ILS and I have learned, if an airfield has only one ILS there is probably a reason. | |||
Flight Plan (short version): | |||
#HCMK Kisimayu, length 12,177 ft, no navaids near. | |||
#GAR Garissa [[VOR-DME]] freq 115.7 heading 268° dist 169 nm. | |||
#KB Kilimanjaro [[NDB]] freq 393.0 heading 224° dist 258 nm, here is the holding pattern for the Kilimanjaro runway (and there is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kilimanjaro 19,000 ft] reason for this detour). | |||
#KV Kilimanjaro VOR-DME freq 115.3 heading 70° dist 26 nm. | |||
#HTKJ Kilimanjaro [[ILS]] freq 110.9 runway heading 88° elev 2,900 ft [[AMSL]] length 11,807 ft. | |||
Prepare your flight well to receive amazing views of the landscape during the final steps of the route, if you don't you will discover why some pilots call Kilimanjaro Kill-You-Manjaro. | |||
{{#ev:youtube | KCJi_ZaR8ec}} | |||
Youtube video: Kilimanjaro approach in real, in FG not much different. | |||
More amazing flights can be found at [[Suggested Flights]]. | |||
== Hardware reviews== | == Hardware reviews== | ||