Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Presenting an Israeli air force cargo 707 plane on scramble to escape from desert sandstorm by flying from Israeli Air Force Base Ofir located in Sharm el-Sheikh in Sinai desert to LLRD Ramat David Israeli Air Force Base located southeast of Haifa

Starting pushback from cargo hold are while the airbase is experiencing early harmless stage of sand storm





Disconnecting from pushback tractor



Starting engines blowing sand dust behind



Taxiing to runway







Engines roaring to full power blowing more sand dust while entering into runway for immediate take off



Airborne on climb to FL300



Still climbing passing background view of Sinai desert and its Sharm E Sheikh-Dahab road



Passing through clouds at 10,000 ft on way to FL300



Passing beach shores of Gulf of Aqaba



Still climbing now at FL200 on way to FL300



Cruising at FL300



Passing Israeli Etzion Air Force Base near Taba in Sinai desert



Passing LLOV Ovda Airport 37 miles north of the city of Eilat



Making little turn adjustment to head to famous Dead Sea



You can tell from green grass that you are leaving Negev desert and now approaching central Israel





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

 

Here is the link: http://vatil.org.il/forum/index.php/topic/43673-scrambling-to-escape-desert-sandstorm/

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

Regards,

Aharon

Great screenies of yet another classic jet!

Nice shots!

Nice shots.

 

nebojsa

Great shots, Aharon

Love the 707! Great pictures

Thanks all for kind words!!

Regards,

 

Aharon