Leg 6: LCPH - Paphos Intl (Cyprus) -> HECA - Cairo Intl (Egypt)

Paphos Intl -> Cairo Intl
Distance: 319 nm
Estimated fuel burn: 46.1 gal
Estimated time en route: 2:40



Very beautiful afternoon as we are heading towards Egypt. Quite boring start of the trip, with an hour and a half over water, but soon after that I had the first glimps of the African continent. Port Said was the first city we overflew. It is the starting point of the Suez Chanel, a waterway linking Mediterrana with the Red Sea. I folllowed the channel towards Ishmaila where I turned west towards Cairo. Quite a few ships in the Suez Channel this day.
Before landing in Cairo, I took a small detour to admire the pyramids, Sphinx and Cairo city. I didn't expected the city to be that big.
In the next flight I will follow the Nile to the south and hope to spot more of the Egyptian monuments and landscapes.

Flight Map

Long leg over the sea

Coast of Africa with Port Said in the distance

Over Port Said

Ships on Suez Chanel

Folowing the Chanel to the south

Ishmail city, time to leave Suez Chanel and turn towards Cairo

Circular cropfields in the desert

Nice  detail city



Old setlement markins in the desert

Cairo city center



The Pyramids



And from the other side while preparing to  land

Cairo tower

Leg 5: LTAG - Incirlik AB (Turkey) -> LCPH - Pafos Intl (Cyprus)

Incirlik AB -> Pafos Intl
Distance: 219.7 nm
Estimated fuel burn: 25.1 gal / 150.4 lb
Estimated time en route: 1:25

 The fifth leg of my journey takes me from Southern Turkey to the Island of Cyprrus, a famous holiday destination in Mediterrana. 

This leg also brought a change, I traded the Duke for a A36 Bonanza. One of the main reasons was the fact that, due to the two big engines mounted on the Dukes wings, I could not see much of the scenery, and the other reason was the better avionics in the A36.

The flight begun early  in the morning and went smoothly, even though I still have to get used with some of the features in the new aircraft.

After departing from Adana, I flew to the south over Mediterrana for almost 30 minutes then past the northen Kyrenia mountains of Cyprus, over Larnaca and then finally to Paphos, in the western part of the island. Before Paphos we had a nice approach over the Troodos mountains.

Flight map

Departing Adana at dawn

Southern Turkey coast

Northern Cyprus coast with the Kyrenia mountain range



Kyrenia mountains and the coast in good resolution

Planes middle region of the island

Larnaca

Copper mine, copper is one of the main resources of the island

Nice detail on approach at Paphos. Straw ballots.

Resting next to the big guys