Yesterday 21st December, I flew on our Summer Solstice - the longest day of our Southern Hemisphere year. I used the opportunity to fly only by compass and time, after making a flight plan into areas I had never been. It was great fun. Hope you enjoy it too.
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Total flight time was 2 hours.
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...d have been impossible, and the big freighter impacts the ground.
Crews taking off from military bases like Bagram in hostile territory normally plan to climb at the maximum climb...