Where is my Caravan now?

[Ianrivaldosmith]

Wow, this is stunning!

[uwespeed]

Finally I found the time for the next flight - planned duration was around 4h, but ... wait and see. Starting in Tel Aviv.

 

 

 

The landscape isn't very varied here ...

 

 

The Dead Sea and Jericho

 

 

"Behind" the wheels - Amman, the capital of Jordan

 

 

The border between Jordan and Saudi-Arabia - not very spectacular ...

 

 

 

A "lost" street in the desert - it connects Turaif and Arar (Saudi-Arabia).

 

 

Al Uwayqilah (the greenish spot) - an hicktown in the middle of nowhere in the desert

 

 

Some boredom arises, not much to see here

 

 

Still the same road as 3 pictures above, but the leg from Arar to ...

 

 

... Rafha (not to be mixed up with Rafah in Israel)

 

 

The border Iraq/Saudi Arabia - equal exciting to the one from Jordan to Saudi Arabia

 

 

 

Again a border - from Iraq to Kuwait - great

 

 

 

Some signs of a (bigger) civilization - Al Jahra, northwest of Kuwait city

 

 

Kuwait city

 

 

Almost over ... this long flight

 

 

Finally, after 5:20h - aircraft parked and time to relax. Why? The route was hand flown and not very thrilling for a long time (deserts simply look boring).

 

[777]

 

Love the topic title, reminds me of something, just cant think what it is . Some real cracking shots X-Plane is looking real tempting with the shots you took, marvelous shots I must admit, the autogen visible at high altitudes and some of your angles are amazing, honest it looks real. Please show us more of your Caravan..

[uwespeed]

Love the topic title, reminds me of something, just cant think what it is . Some real cracking shots X-Plane is looking real tempting with the shots you took, marvelous shots I must admit, the autogen visible at high altitudes and some of your angles are amazing, honest it looks real.

 

Thanks.

 

Please show us more of your Caravan..

 

Don't worry, I will ... B)

[zmak]

You might find this very helpful considering your doing a lot of hand flying

 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/451582-vfrflight-new-free-vfr-flight-planner/

 

Have a nice trip !

[uwespeed]

Looks quite nice, but ... does it work with X-Plane?

[Ianrivaldosmith]

Nice!!

[uwespeed]

Ok guys ... this is the next leg.

 

Starting in OKBK (Kuwait City)

 

 

We're leaving Kuwait city behind - heading 89° towards Iran

 

 

The Iranian island Kharg (and it really is "karg" = German for "meagre")

 

 

The Iranian coast with the Bay at Bushehr city

 

 

Many people may think that Iran consists mainly of sand and desert - far from it! These mountains are around 3,000 m (me flying at 12,000 ft)

 

 

The Bakhtegan lake - which can be desiccated at times. The mountains behind are around 2,800 m high

 

 

Again high mountains (3,000 m) standing in my way, but not high enough to not overfly them ...

 

 

... as can be seen here -_-

 

 

The road from Sirdjan to Kerman (2 of my waypoints). In reality it looks like this.

 

 

The plateau south of Kerman - 2,500 m high

 

 

The Hezar mountain. The visible peaks are around 3,000 m high, the ones more in the south even up to 4,500 m.

 

 

A mountain chain along the street from Karman to Bam - up to 2,800 m. Reality check ...

 

 

And again mountains ("low" mountains :rolleyes:) - "only" 2,000 m high. I knew beforehand that Iran is somewhat mountainous, but this much ... You learn a lot with such a world tour ...

 

 

The hills near the city of Zahedan, from here on turning to left (heading 18°) for the final leg to Zabol (still Iran, but only about 30 km from Afghanistan)

 

 

Descent towards Zabol

 

 

Airport of Zabol

 

 

 

End of a flight after 4:38 h, 1500 km and 673 kg of burned fuel