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Barcelona to La Palma


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Leg 10 of the trip takes us from Barcelona to La Palma on the island of Mallorca off the coast of Spain. We are flying the MD-88 in Iberia Livery, as it is a Spanish airline and I thought it Appropriate.

Taxiing at Barcelona

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Here is the Aivlasoft ground diagram showing us as taxiing onto RW 25R

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Climbout

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It is a very short flight of just 123NM so we just make it to our cruise alt of 18,000ft as we start our descent with a couple of very serious looking pilots in a very dirty aircraft.

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The island of Mallorca off to the port side as we descend through 8,640ft,

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Now at 5,000 ft

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After landing, crossing RW 6C as a 737-600 comes in for landing on 6L

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Parked at gate 43. Block to block was only about 46 minutes

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Next stop: Murcia Spain and then onto Gibraltar! But first some R and R for our weary pilots in this beautiful vacation destination.

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So very badly want to trace "Wash me" in that dirt with a damp finger tip :D

Nice shots!

(Does anyone make a model that gets Dirtier over time? That would be pretty cool to have to actually Wash the Plane once in a while. :) )

That would be funny!

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Another great trip and great screenshots, Richard!    :)

 

It's good to see another Ailvasoft user, too.

 

But before our Spanish members start leaping up and down may I mention a small point of geographical nomenclature —

 

> "...from Barcelona to La Palma on the island of Mallorca..."
 
Er.... I think you were actually flying to Palma de Mallorca (LEPA) in the Ballearic islands, and not La Palma (GCLA) which is a totally different place. (It's in the Canary islands — also Spanish, but a very different proposition from the landing point of view, with a 7,200 ft runway and only an NDB to help you in. Aerosoft have produced the scenery for it, if you're up for a challenge).    ;)
 
(No worries, it's just a European thing — we're trying to confuse you. We even confuse ourselves).     :P

 

Cheers,

 

bruce

a.k.a. brian747

 

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