Shalom and greetings all my pals,

 

Here is a nice flight by rare Israir 757 from LIRF Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport located in Fiumicino 18.9 nautical miles southwest of Rome's historic city center to LLBG Ben Gurion Airport located near the suburb of Lod 12 miles from Tel Aviv's city center

 

Starting engines off the gate of terminal 5 on very very early morning

 

 

Taxiing to short of runway 16C

 

 

Entering into taxiway C to continue long taxi to short of runway 16C

 

 

Taxiing on very early morning can be pretty with all taxiway and runway lights!!

 

 

More taxiing yes LIRF airport is big airport!!

 

 

Entering into runway 16C for more taxiing and backtracking

 

 

Backtracking on runway 16C

 

 

Airborne on climb to FL350 heading to PEPIX

 

 

Intercepting PEPIX and turning left toward Israel

 

 

Now heading to Israel climbing to FL350

 

 

Climbing climbing

 

 

 

Now cruising at FL350 across Mediterranean sea

 

 

 

Descending from FL350 to 10,000 ft

 

 

At 10,000 ft through heavy clouds accompanied by rain

 

 

At 7,000 ft

 

 

 

Because of regulations of the forums not allowing more than 20 screenshots per post, please be kind enough to go to this hyperlink to view rest of the flight including landing.

 

Here is the hyperlink: http://vatil.org.il/forum/index.php/topic/40928-italian-adventure-by-israir/

 

Thank you for viewing. Stay tuned for next exciting flight!!

 

Regards,

 

Aharon

Although I am not a  fan of big birds,these pictures are outstanding.Thanks for sharing.

 

Scott

Great morning light and transition to daytime.  Nice!

Thanks Captain Scott and IFR7700 for kind words.

 

Regards,

 

Aharon