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| A random view from one of the cabin windows | ||
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| 19000 ft and climbing... but not very fast | ||
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| Now above 20000 feet | ||
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| Passing Gilgit, Pakistan | Setting autopilot for cruise towards Tajikistan | |
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| Passing Gilgit at 22000 | Autopilot now engaged, using radio navigation to find my way to Dushanbe | |
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| Climbing through 23000 on autopilot... | ...taking out full power from the engines for the final part of the climb | |
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| Almost there... | ...made it to FL240! | |
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| The plane is cruising nose up, though... | Slowly building up some speed | After a few minutes I was able to throttle back the engines to cruise settings |
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| Tried to cruise with the cowl flaps closed for a while... | ...but rising engine temperature indicated this was not a good idea | |