Leg 53-Quito SEQU to Bogota SKBO

[wisemanp 0]

This was found in a cutting taken from 'La hora de Quito', an Ecuadorian newspaper, and has been roughly translated into English :

"due to the high altitude of Quito causing high fatigue levels, the pilot of flight ATWC53 was found this morning having overslept by several hours, and when he arrived at the airport he realised that he had missed his slot by a long way. Due to unusualy high traffic levels at Quito Airport this summer, likely to be caused by the recent rise in low-cost air travel, this special flight has been delayed until later this afternoon. The pilot would like to make a personal apology for any inconveniance caused...'

[mutley 4,495]

Memo

From: Controller of the Around The World Challenge

To: Pilot leg 53 wisemanp.

Luckily the Chief of ATC - Señor San Miguel de Don-Quijote happens to be on my payroll **ahem one of my friends so has agreed to the delayed flight with no penalties so I've got you off the hook :mrhappy:

Looking forward to the post.

Cheers

[wisemanp 0]

Flight landed, pictures taken and in the developing room, to be uploaded tomorow morning almost indefinately, sorry for any delay

[mutley 4,495]

No probs Phil, there's no rush :mrhappy:

[allardjd 1,853]

Phil,

The stories are almost as good as the flights these days. Hope you had a good one.

John

[wisemanp 0]

Well, here we go!

Today we'll be flying in the Tame (Línea Aérea del Ecuador) F28. here it is seen with other aircraft waiting at the gate.

Pushing back and starting engines

Getting ready

All systems checked and ready to go

I used every inch of the runway as it is so high up the air is SO thin! Unfortunately the flight video didn't work so no immediate takeoff shots :sadblinky:

The high Andean plateau

What she looks like from underneath :mrhappy:

Levelled off-not too high as we're not going too far and there's no bad weather forecast.

Well there are some clouds around, maybe we'll have to climb

Passengers have a nice veiw

Some nice cloud effects

Sun is nearly down

Last glow on the clouds

Turning in towards Bogota

It's very dark here... the moon is just gettin up

The ILS is kicking in.

Nice and clear so I'm doing it manually from now on

Touchdown

Didn't use up as much of this runway!

Parked up and shutting down

Thanks for flying on board ATWC 53 with TAME, the baton is now ready to be taken further!

[B77W 0]

Stunning Shots!!

Gotta love the Fokker

[mutley 4,495]

Well done on completing the flight Phil, those high altitudes really affect the performance don't they?

Some real, real nice shots in there, it's great to have you back :mrhappy:

When you see Dgor make sure he hasn't got Sharon around to distract him.

Sam, I love the little Fokker too, the F28 is one of may favourites.

(Er... That's enough Fokker jokes..Ed)

Cheers

[allardjd 1,853]

Great job, Phil.

John

[ddavid 149]

Thanks, Phil - good to have a professional around!

BTW, Joe '...That was no Fokker, that was a Mescherschmidt....' - wonderful punch line, if only I could remember the joke, I said ... (falls asleep again)

Cheers - Dai. :mrhappy:

[dgor 0]

Great shots Phil! Love the F28 and such a nice livery. Dave's up next!

Dave

[simi_av8r 0]

Lovely photos there Phil, very impressive! :mrhappy:

Is that the Project Fokker F28 you've got there, or some other model? It looks very nice either way...!

[wisemanp 0]

Thanks for the comments guys :mrhappy:

Simi, it is Project Fokker, this is the Mk4000 variant

[A320cap 0]

Nice!