Leg 9 Dakar - Recife
GOOY SBRF
Dakar - Recife
Now for the big one.
It's just a simulator, and nobody gets hurt (except the ego) if you drown in the atlantic, or turn up in Florida. Nevertheless, I was kind of apprehensive about this one. And did a lot of reading on my vacation.
The first ocean crossing legs were also a good training, and in fact the flight turned out without any problem.
Taking off at 11:40Z allowed for two sextant fixes, the first one to determine speed pretty well (good tail wind!) with the sun straight behind, and the second one, about 400 nm short of San Fernando de Noronha, to determine lateral drift with the sun at right angles.
Again, spot on, with 10 nm lateral drift after >1000 nm flight.
However, I thought it was sunny in south america, no? Recife was with limit visibility - low ceiling and foggy.
So a nice, but long flight. Good to be in south america. Where's the Caipirinhas?
And I need a LOT of Caipirinhas!
Did I say, that there was a Duenna error (error window popup that prevented Duenna from starting), and that Duenna didn't auto pickup the baton, and that I realised that only after landing in SBRF, and that I was p***ed...!
Lined up in Dakar
Cruising ...
... and cruising ...
... a sextant shot confirms that lateral drift is just 10nm
Land! Fernando de Noronha Island. Wohoooo!!! Made it!
Not exactly bad weather at Recife, but I don'tneed no haze...
Landing in Recife
GOOY SBRF
Dakar - Recife
Now for the big one.
It's just a simulator, and nobody gets hurt (except the ego) if you drown in the atlantic, or turn up in Florida. Nevertheless, I was kind of apprehensive about this one. And did a lot of reading on my vacation.
The first ocean crossing legs were also a good training, and in fact the flight turned out without any problem.
Taking off at 11:40Z allowed for two sextant fixes, the first one to determine speed pretty well (good tail wind!) with the sun straight behind, and the second one, about 400 nm short of San Fernando de Noronha, to determine lateral drift with the sun at right angles.
Again, spot on, with 10 nm lateral drift after >1000 nm flight.
However, I thought it was sunny in south america, no? Recife was with limit visibility - low ceiling and foggy.
So a nice, but long flight. Good to be in south america. Where's the Caipirinhas?
And I need a LOT of Caipirinhas!
Did I say, that there was a Duenna error (error window popup that prevented Duenna from starting), and that Duenna didn't auto pickup the baton, and that I realised that only after landing in SBRF, and that I was p***ed...!
Lined up in Dakar
Cruising ...
... and cruising ...
... a sextant shot confirms that lateral drift is just 10nm
Land! Fernando de Noronha Island. Wohoooo!!! Made it!
Not exactly bad weather at Recife, but I don'tneed no haze...
Landing in Recife
