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| And
all over more footpaths to linger on |
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| Old
Town's church and cimetery, south east of the island |
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| A
view to the sea... |
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| Taking
off from Runway 27 as the wind is blowing from the west today |
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| Quick
flight back to the mainland with a 25kt tailwind. Military controllers
on the north coast of Cornwall don't seem to believe there is a French
aircraft wanting to fly from the Scillies to Eire |
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| Some
cumulus are quite active in the sky, and not too high above the hills of
Wales |
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| Fishguard,
from where the ferries leave for Rosselare. Another sea crossing, 70NM
at 2.000ft because of the strong headwind |
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| First
Irish reporting point, TR, alias Turry Head. Most of the NDBs on the coast
seem to be located on lighthouses, which makes it easier to locate (because
all of them don't seem to be in proper working order) |
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| Surprise,
suprise, the south east coast is flat. Waterford is boring as boring can
be, expensive and unhelpful on top of that. They have an internet connection
in the Pilot Briefing room and we manage to get a good update on the weather
and download some field charts from www.irishaviators.com
that will come in handy since we only have Waterford, Galway and Weston. |
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Waterford
insists for a 1 hour delay between
filing a VFR
flight plan and taking off, which will prove totally abusive. Never mind,
we take off in a calmer weather, fewer squalls and CBs. Some Celtic towers
under the wing. |
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| Sky's
still pretty active, we are flying westward at 1.000ft with a 25kt headwind,
but it is superb. |
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| Shannon
Control is helpful even if only eratically since we are flying too low
and som mountains have risen between us. |
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| Near
Cork. Spontaneously some airliners higher up have relayed our data to Shannon,
so they know we are not lost (yet). |
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| After
rounding the south west point, we are now heading north towards Kerry via
Bantry, and picking up speed. Which is good, since we can't land into Galway
later that 19:15 local that day. |
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| Climbing
to 3.000ft to avoid the high ground before the Kerry plain |
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