East Africa – Nairobi to Dar-Es-Salaam

This tour of East Africa start in the capital city of Kenya – Nairobi and finishes in the largest city in Tanzania – Dar-Es-Salaam.  The route proceeds south to Amboseli (HKAM) with views of Mt Kilimanjaro dominating the scene. From Amboseli It is a short hop to Loitokitok (HKLT).  A steep climb is required to reach the summit of Mawenzi  before turning west over the saddle towards the summit of Kilimanjaro off of your right wing.  Descending rapidly we land at Kilimanjaro International Airport (HTKJ).  Continuing east 87 miles across an arid landscape we land at a dirt strip at Voi (HKVO).  Heading east we land at Mombassa – Moi (HKMO) on the Indian Ocean. The next stop is 72 miles to the south at Tanga (HTTG).  Then it is over water to the island city of Zanzibar and a landing at Kisauni (HTZA).   The final leg is back to the mainland for our finish at Dar-Es-Salaam International (HTDA).

Flight plans and Pilots Guide are available here.

 

 Aircraft: The route is 500 miles with 7 landings. A cruise speed of about 250 knots ground speed will be needed.  I will be in the TBM930 in Jan Kees  D-FMCP livery.  As always you are free to fly what you like.

 Time and Weather

For takeoff on Saturday, set the simulator at 3:40pm local.  We are targeting a golden hour arrival in Zanzibar and dusk (6:40pm) arrival at Dar-Es-Salaam.  Real weather.

  Multiplayer Particulars

• Date and time: Saturday, February 6, 2021. 1900 UTC
• Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel
• Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com
• Cross-Platform Multiplayer: JoinFS. Latest version is here. (FSX, FSX-SE, and P3D and MSFS2020)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator Multiplayer: North America East server.

If you want to help others enjoy the multiplayer experience, don't forget to enter your aircraft details on the multiplayer spreadsheet (linked here). Your courtesy will save others a lot of time and effort. Thanks!

 

Looks to be a terrific flight over country that is relatively new to our group. Here is a bit of local color about an event that occurred near our route.

About 20 miles north of our stop at HKVO, the main Mombasa-Nairobi railroad crosses the Tsavo River. (Very near HKUC.) It was in the 1898 construction of the Tsavo bridge that the British encountered a spot of bother from the local fauna. As reported to the House of Lords by Lord Salisbury, the PM:

"The whole of the works were put to a stop because a pair of man-eating lions appeared in the locality and conceived a most unfortunate taste for our workmen. ..."

You might enjoy the story and its details as told in the Wikipedia entry here. Some slightly gruesome parts, but on the whole a tale of how the Empire was won by an enthusiastic sportsman.

Just a heads-up.  Setting up for today's flight I found that real weather wise they're not having a very nice day in Nairobi.  I wound the weather back to 1st Feb 2021 (1600UTC) and got something much better.

 

Sorry can't attend.  I have an appointment and another commitment to attend to.