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| The coast of Latvia | ||
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| Crossing the coastline | Riga appears from behind the clouds | |
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| A shot of the city from the left window | Now in range of Vilnius VOR | |
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| According to my flight plan I'm still some 140 nautical miles from my destination | Leaving Riga behind | |
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| As I continue south, the clouds disappear entirely (though not for long, I suspect!) | ||
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| The sun is setting somewhere in northern Lithuania | ||
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| Wonder if that's Siauliai or just some other random city? | Not much daylight left | Less than 60 nm to Vilnius: I've now dialed in the airport code on the GPS so I can report my distance to fellow virtual aviators |
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| As I predicted, the overcast clouds are back | Staying above the clouds as long as I can to avoid icing | Really not much to see anymore, it's pitch dark |
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| Starting the descent at 20 nm out | Through the clouds | I was still too high to start the approach right away, so I'm flying the circuit to runway 20 |
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| Now turning final | Got visual on the ground again | And there's the runway |