« on: November 08, 2019, 09:53:23 AM »
Shalom and greetings all my pals,
Presenting Israeli navy scuba diving squadron's new important recruiting mission in all Haifa schools abroad DC-3's flight from LLET Eilat Airport located in the center of city of Eilat adjacent to Route 90 (The Arava Road) to LLHA Haifa Airport located to the east of the city of Haifa
Waiting for recruiting officers of the Israeli navy scuba diving squadron to board
Green buses carrying the recruiters and their equipments had arrived on left side of the screenshot
Recruiters boarding this plane with their heavy scuba equipments and recruiting materials used for demonstration purpose for recruit visits to Haifa schools
Pilots boarding cockpit with nice background view of retired Arkia DC-3
Starting left engine
Starting right engine
Fully roaring revved up and ready to taxi to runway 03
Holding on runway 03 awaiting for take off clearance with background view of retired Arkia DC-3
Starting take off run after receiving take off clearance
Airborne on climb to 10,000 ft via waypoint route ZFR KINAR MZD SIVAK TALMI NEGEV LORIM BGN LL TAV HRZ ATLIT GALIM
Still climbing with background view of Jordanian mountains that they call Wadi Rum (Wadi is Arabic word for valley)
Cockpit view of LLOV Ovda Airport located in the Uvda region of southern Israel about 37 miles north of Eilat.
Passing LLOV
Cruising at 10,000 along above highway route 90
Cruising
Cruising along the same highway route along western shore of Dead Sea
Flying through clouds
Passing town of Ein Gedi (we need to tell Microsoft that this town is on east of the highway, not west of the route)
Cruising above clouds
Approaching green pastures indicate that Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are getting closer!!
Cockpit view of Dead Sea ahead and green pastures on left
Time to turn left to pass through Jerusalem and Tel Aviv!
View of Jerusalem ahead
Passing highway route 60 on way to cross Jerusalem
Cruising past landscape of Jerusalem
Leaving Jerusalem
Passing intersection of highways 6, 444, and 1 with background view of Ben Shemen forest located behind the tail of the plane which is flying along highway 1
Passing intersection called Lod Exchange which is intersection of highways 1 and 40
Passing LLBG Ben Gurion Airport located on the northern outskirts of the city of Lod which is about 12 miles to the southeast of Tel Aviv
Passing intersection called Ganot Exchange which is intersection of highways 4 and 1
Passing Bloomfield Stadium in Jaffa area
After turning right to head north now passing LLSD Sde Dov Airport llocated in Tel Aviv, Israel
Passing through intersection called Glilot Mizrah Interexchange which is intersection of highways 20 and 5
Passing town of Kfar Shmaryahu and intersection of two highways 531 and 20
Time to descend!!
Flying along Israeli coast can be fun and here is cockpit view of Hadera area, Hadera port, and Orot Rabin Power Plant looms ahead
Passing Hadera area, Hadera port, and Orot Rabin Power Plant
At 5,000 ft
Approaching city landscape of Hafia passing abandoned stadium next to highway route 4 and Avraham Liessen street
Passing Haifa port
Look at US Navy aircraft carrier paying port visit!!
Making right turn to approach runway 16 seen ahead
On final runway approach to runway 16 with background view of Haifa suburb of Kiryat Haim West
Seconds before touchdown
TOUCHDOWN
Braking down with rear wheel gliding down slowly
Backtracking!!
Arriving at gate!
Thank you for viewing and stay tuned for next exciting flight!!
Regards,
Aharon
