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World tour 5th leg - Up to the Himalayas! (Read 101 times)
Dec 7th, 2011 at 10:46pm
Dave71k   Ex Member

 
I departed Chattrapathi Shivaji International at sunrise heading northeast towards the Taj Mahal.
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Just over an hour later I spotted the Yamuna river and followed it until I found the Taj Mahal!
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I climbed back to altitude and headed off toward Kathmandu. Once there I decided to circle the city at high altitude and enjoy the amazing view!
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Eventually the nice lady who lives in my F-18's cockpit computer started shouting at me about my fuel levels, so it was time to land. I set up an approach to Tribhuvan International and started descend.
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I touched down safely at Tribhuvan International airport, Nepal, looking forward to tomorrows flight to Everest and on to Paro International, Bhutan's only international airport surrounded by peaks as high as 18,000ft!
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