From Turkey to Cairo.
Taking off in the early morning because I love the light 
Calculating V-Speeds. I usually end up rotating too late because this bird is powerful.
Up, up and away…
Nice.
Ugly monster to the left. Glad I missed it this time. Why would anyone want a different weather engine?
Sorry, I’m just a sucker for sunrises. Maybe because I don’t get to see them often in real life… gotta get to South Afrika in time, you know
I flew over Cyprus and this is now the Libanese coast. A little detour for sight seeing.
Beirut ahead.
The satellite images are not that great here. It’s a bit dated and very low res. Same for Haifa so let’s skip that.
Jerusalem is hiding somewhere in this picture. There is a runway between the plane and the lake if you look closely.
Further south the Gaza strip just can’t be missed. Look at the difference in field size and the no-mans-land like strip in between.
The Suez Canal.
Random agriculture.
Approach to Cairo (HECA) runway 23C. Of course the AP tried to steer me off course again, but this time I was paying attention and just smacked it into ILS mode which surprisingly worked quite far out.
You can see the Pyramids in the distance.
Found a nice parking spot for my ride. Off to drink some… water.
The airport is actually really nice! This is default scenery.
Lots of details like the Cairo Airport Automated People Mover MiniMetro.
This is about one third of my journey completed. It doesn’t get boring at all!