Gold Braniff Service To Quito

[Aharon Dayan]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Presenting real world Braniff service from SKBO El Dorado International Airport located in the Fontibón district of Bogotá in Colombia to SEQU old Mariscal Sucre International Airport located in the northern part of the city in the Chaupicruz parish within 5 minutes of Quito's financial center

Starting engines!!



Dig beautiful color!



Check out the cool needle on top of the tail!



Starting long taxi to short of runway 13R



Entering into taxiway S



Entering into taxiway M   yep  very long taxi!



Still taxiing



Entering into runway 13R for take off



Airborne on climb to FL340 although Google earth map show NO evidence of two lakes next to runway 31R



Wing view of Fontibon suburb of the city



Nose view of La Paz suburb of the city where you can see above the plane  green park callled Abraham Lincoln!!



Still on climb to FL340





Making little left turn adjustment to head to GIR and the destination



Nice view of engines!!



Passing SKME Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra Air Base located in Melgar, Collombia



Passing Sumapaz river that is considered one of the hundred natural wonders of the world



Intercepting GIR and passing snow-capped peaks of Los Nevados National Park



You can see Pacific ocean!



You can tell that you are getting closer to the destination when ground begins to rise higher even though the plane is still at FL340



Don't you love the functioning flaps of the engines?  Do not know what it is called!



Wing view of entire city of Quito



Passing Quito where you can see the airport of destination in middle of the city



Check out shiny chrome rings around the engines with background view of the city



Time to make right 180 degree turn!



When you see AHEAD mountainous forests and volcano of La Tola suburb of Quito, you know it is TIME to make right 180 degree turn toward the airport!!





Now on straight final runway path to runway 13R that would take you across city to runway



Approaching to pass city toward runway



Passing La Paz suburb of Quito (why do South American cities have so many suburbs with same name La Paz?)



Passing four star Hotel Quito



Still on final runway approach



Passing Atahualpa Olympic Stadium with capacity of 35,724



Passing Policia Nacional stadium



Seconds before touchdown





TOUCHDOWN with background view of Tame maintenance hangar



Front landing gear gliding down slowly



Front landing wheels making runway contact



Exiting from runway into taxiway E toward gate



Passing a pair of C-130s



Passing cargo hangars



Heading to gate 10



Arriving at gate 10



Thank you for viewing. Stay tuned for next exciting flight

Regards,

Aharon