I felt like a ten-year-old boy again on Christmas Eve. In the sense that I could not sleep because I was so excited. I had had a restless night. Tossing and turning, constantly loking at the clock to see how much time had passed.
Around four o' clock I decided to get up and get going. I wasn't going to get any sleep anyway, right? I got to the airport around 5:30 and started to load and fuel Peggy up.
I rolled out onto the runway, brought the throttle forward, and was in the air around six.
Outside, I watched the sun rise infront of me as I climbed and fought a strong cross wind.
As the sun's light drenched Egypt...
About an hour after I left Matruh, I reached Alexandria.
Alexandria, the intellectual center of the ancient world, and there I was flying over it!
But Alexandria would have to wait, my destination for the day was Cairo. I turned inland to find the Nile.
Along the Nile was lots of farm land, even through the river did not overflow anymore, the farms seemed to be doing well. I guess those irrigation systems really worked.
At about 7:30 I was in Cairo. I swung my approach out wide to fly over the pyramids...
And then I turned back to the Cairo International.
Less hesitant than the night before, Peggy came down and kissed the runway gently.
I taxied off the runway and followed the signs to parking. Once there I shut down the engines and stepped out. I covered Peggy's engines and tied her down.
I was ready for a little sightseeing!
Well, tommrow will be my last leg in North Africa. And after that? You'll just have to tune in to find out.
And here are the last eleven legs;
Leg XI: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1081955991
LegX: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1081598950
Leg IX: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1081010915
Leg VIII: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1080559811
Leg VII: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1079794032
Leg VI: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1077369194
Leg V: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1077367567;start=0
Leg IV: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1077199802
Leg III: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1077115202
Leg II: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1077031914;start=0
Leg I: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1076950993
Thanks for watching, and comments and questions are always welcome.
