Leg 4: LPPT (Lisboa - Portugal) to GMME (Rabat - Morocco)

  
It was a cold, bleak Christmas night... No no that´s another story.           But a cold morning in Portugal. Be good to get to warm Africa                          Hey lots of traffic in Lisboa. We wait patiantly.

  
Wauu very scenic picture there. Good work Smith.                                  We are on our way out of Europe.                              What is that bridge Smith? Could you look it up in the dictonary?

  
Never saw Portugal in that light, on the way in. Beautyful man.                     Maybe the hangover really was too much for flying - Naaaa!                    back in over Spain to get to Morocco.

  
Adios Europe.                                                         Just think Smith. So close together  - and a world apart!             If I had a lasso I would pull Africa up north to Spain.

  
Gotta get every look of the "new" continent.                       I got so excited that suddenly I discovered that I was 6 miles from the runway, and at 18.000 feet.         Major go-around and got lined up again. and enough fuel. Great.

  
Get lined up with the runway - Yessiree!                                              Flaps down in time. Looking good.                                                    Rabat is my kind of town.

Rabat actually means discount in Danish, so I thougt that I would get a discount on the Airport fee, but the attendant not as much as curled a lip when I proposed it. What an uptight man! I thought I was hilarious.

And Smith - Your´e next.

Landing Score:85,39 (Spendid? - my bald spot!  )


A splendid landing!


Flight Score:112,46 (No comments needed on this one at all!)

Flight included the following problems:

• Airspeed too low - you are risking stalls.
• Nose held too high - spilt drinks and worried expressions.
• Nose held too low - we're not in combat.

Definite room for improvement...

Regards
Ole Andreasen, Denmark

We missed the Dakar rally. Not the season, and last year it was cancelled, but hopefully it will be there again in January 2009, Maybe we could do a detuor back here Smith - from India or somewhere. Don´t remember where we are supposed to be in January.

  
Seems like Rabat is deserted.                                                         got some chairs in the departure lounge, and saved a buck on hotelrooms.                          Either a blizzard just hit Morocco or it clouded over.

  
Hey a runway. Get the camera Smith.                                                                          Bad turbolence ahead. Hold on tight Smith.                               OK we are in the clear. Cloudy though.

  
Denmark is flat - less than 500 feet at highest.                                    So mountains are hypnotic to me.                                               As are runways to you, right Smith? another one.

  
So we follow the coastline to Algiers. Got that? Okay!                              Not so far out at sea. Fuel is getting low, and we should be prepared for an emergency landing.                    No no not yet. I still think we are going to make it.

  
Getting close - 4% fuel. We are going to fly on fumes but we will make it.           Remember the ILS is not good here, so we do this visually.                                          YEEEEES! 2% fuel, and the wheels are alomost on the ground.   
Thank you.... someone, anyone, Thank you.                                A little more fuel next time Smith, okay? Hey look a helicopter.                       And an Algierien airliner. Well take a shower and a break Smith. See you tomorrow.

But not until you rate me.

Landing Score:89,09 (on a visual - thank you, I guess... gotta practise more on those)

Landing was successful in the following areas:

• Good glideslope on visual approach.
• Good alignment with runway on visual approach.
• Good landing speed - not too fast.
• Wings were level.
• Distance from runway numbers (visual approach): 252 feet
• Glideslope held until flare.
• Good pitch control after touchdown.
• Good pitch at landing.
• With flaps - good job.
• With spoilers armed.
• Heading aligned with runway.
• Throttle(s) idle.
• Good controlled final descent to touchdown.
• Good steering after landing.
  

Landing included the following problems:

• Too hard - may have damaged your landing gear.
  

Definite room for improvement...




Flight Score:111,99 (and nothing new here. steady as a rock from Kilimanjaro)

Flight included the following problems:

• Exceeding flap speeds - your flaps may be damaged: have them checked.
• Poor steering during takeoff - stay in the centre of the runway.
• Wings not level near ground - danger of clipping a wing.
  

Definite room for improvement...

Regards
Ole Andreasen, Denmark

But it has become quite some legs flown here, and having gotten through them with all this trouble, I cannot remember some of them from one another, so I will take these flights in one single post, with just a few pics to go with them. I shall be back in my usual form for the next flights - I hope

So here it is:

Leg 6: DAAG (Hourai - Algiers) to HLLT (Tripoli - Libya)

Landing Score:48,00

Landing included the following problems:

• Too hard - may have damaged your landing gear.

Flight Score:126,66

A smooth flight!

Leg 7: HLLT (Tripoli - Libya) to DRRN (Niamey - Niger)

Landing Score:83,39

A splendid landing!

Flight Score:123,04

Flight included the following problems:

• Airspeed too low - you are risking stalls.
• Rapid descent - dangerous and uncomfortable.

Leg 8: DRRN (Niamey - Niger) to GABS (Bameko - Mali)

Landing Score:102,09

Landing included the following problems:

• Too hard - may have damaged your landing gear.

Flight Score:118,34

Flight included the following problems:

• Exceeding flap speeds - your flaps may be damaged: have them checked.
• Nose held too high - spilt drinks and worried expressions. 

Leg 9: GABS (Bamako - Mali) to GOOY (Dakar - Senegal)

A splendid landing!

Flight Score:113,77

Flight included the following problems:

• Exceeding flap speeds - your flaps may be damaged: have them checked.
• Airspeed too low - you are risking stalls.
• Rapid descent - dangerous and uncomfortable.

Leg 10: GOOY (Dakar - Senegal) to GLRB (Monrovia - Liberia)

Landing Score:0,00 (Tried to land ILS - on a runway not placed as the ILS system thought - result: Zero)

Landing included the following problems:

• Poor glideslope on ILS approach - you can do better.
• Touch down not aligned with the runway - let's point down the runway.
• Poor steering after landing - stay on the centre line 

Flight Score:117,34

Flight included the following problems:

• Airspeed too low - you are risking stalls.
• Narrowly missed obstacles - plan your safety altitudes.

Leg 11: GLRB (Monrovia - Liberia) to DNAA (Abuja - Nigeria)

Regards
Ole Andreasen, Denmark

FYWH (Windhoek - Namibia) to FACT (Cape Town - South Africa)

An unsheduled flight - a flight not in the mandatory list, but I figured, you cannot go to the southern Africa and not visit Cape Town.

Landing Score:100,59

Landing included the following problems:

• Ballooning during landing - needs practice.
  

Flight Score:121,91

Flight included the following problems:

• Nose held too low - we're not in combat.
  

Regards
Ole Andreasen, Denmark

FACT (Cape town) to FAWB (Pretoria - South Africa)

Landing Score:37,00

Landing included the following problems:

• Too hard - may have damaged your landing gear.
• Nose down too low - you need to land on your main gear.
• Throttle(s) forward - should be idle.
  

Flight Score:111,81

Flight included the following problems:

• Poor elevator control during taxi in wind - danger of flipping.
• Poor aileron control during taxi in wind - danger of flipping.
• Airspeed too low - you are risking stalls.
• Rapid descent - dangerous and uncomfortable.
• Nose held too high - spilt drinks and worried expressions.
  

Regards
Ole Andreasen, Denmark

FAWB (Pretoria - South Africa) to FQMA (Maputo - Mosambique)

Landing Score:92,39

A splendid landing!

Flight Score:115,64

Flight included the following problems:

• Airspeed too low - you are risking stalls.
  
  

Regards
Ole Andreasen, Denmark

FQMA (Maputo - Mosambique) to FMMI (Antananarivo - Madagascar)

Landing Score:94,59

Landing included the following problems:

• Throttle(s) forward - should be idle.
• Ballooning during landing - needs practice.

Flight Score:121,32

Flight included the following problems:

• Airspeed too low - you are risking stalls.
  

Regards
Ole Andreasen, Denmark

FMMI (Antananarivo - Madagascar) to HTDA (Dar Es Salaam - Tanzania)

Landing Score:81,20

Landing included the following problems:

• Throttle(s) forward - should be idle.

Flight Score:117,49

Flight included the following problems:

• Poor elevator control during taxi in wind - danger of flipping.
• Poor aileron control during taxi in wind - danger of flipping.
• Airspeed too low - you are risking stalls.
  

Regards
Ole Andreasen, Denmark

HTDA (Dar Es Salaam - Tanzania) to HKJK (Nairobi - Kenya)

Landing Score:59,00

Landing included the following problems:

• Poor glideslope on ILS approach - you can do better.
• Throttle(s) forward - should be idle

Flight Score:111,56

Flight included the following problems:

• Airspeed too low - you are risking stalls.
• Rapid descent - dangerous and uncomfortable.
• Nose held too high - spilt drinks and worried expressions.
• Nose held too low - we're not in combat.
  

Regards
Ole Andreasen, Denmark