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| Lifting off seemed a Herculean effort (pardon the pun) for this particular plane | ||
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| As you can see from the extreme nose-up attitude, the plane is really struggling to gain any airspeed or altitude | ||
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| Finally reached a reasonable airspeed... more than 10 minutes after departure | Now on course towards Santa Cruz | |
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| Another plane, probably approaching La Paz, passes by below | ||
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| At 19000 feet, climbing very slowly even at full throttle | ||
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| Passing through a burst of snow | ||
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| The cloud cover clears up a bit as I make my way east | ||
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| Even after half an hour I'm still not reaching my planned cruise altitude of FL250 though | Passing above my original departure airport at Cochabamba | Settled on FL230 instead, since the plane just wouldn't climb any higher |