Serious Bahamas Airlift!!!!

Aharon · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:06 pm

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Last August, there was a very powerful 130 mile per hour Hurricane Irene hitting Bahamas. Although its major city Nassau escaped major destruction suffering only minor and trivial landscape damage, Bahamas' many islands suffered serious damage with many family houses severely damaged that would required emergency repairs particularly to roofs of the houses.

This required lots of lumber wood and construction materials to be airlifted to Bahamas!!!

Hence I flew many EMERGENCY BAHAMAS AIRLIFT flights hauling emergency supplies from various locations to MYNN Lynden Pindling International Airport located in western New Providence island near the capital city of Nassau.

Let me present to all of you two flights from MWCR Owen Roberts International Airport located in George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Arrived and parked at gate 1A at MWCR where you can see flooding effects of heavy rain from the nearby hurricane

Waiting for emergency construction supplies to be loaded

Loaded and ready for pushback on early morning!!!!

Almost completing the pushback

Entering into runway 08 from Charlie runway

Backtracking at beginning of runway 08

Airborne on climb to FL350 entering into clouds making right turn to position to head to KANEX to head to cross Cuba via UB767

Climbing though clouds

Emerging from above clouds while maneuvering to avoid strong tuberlances

Now top of heavy clouds turning left back to UB767 route

Are those clouds gorgeous????

Still making corrections to get into UB767 route fighting against winds

ahhh clouds are clearing up to the point you can see Caribbean waters!!

Is it gorgeous??

Weather is getting better!!!

Cruising across Carribbean water via UB767 to intercept UCA in center of Cuba

After intercepting UCA and leaving Cuba now cruising to Bahamas via UG437 or G437

Now on descending from 35,000 ft to 3,000 ft entering through clouds

Now below clouds at 4,000 ft. Darn we never get break from bad weather!!

Seconds from touchdown on MYNN runway 09

TOUCHDOWN!!!

Engaging reverse thrusters

Exiting from runway 09 to taxi to terminal

Crossing runway 14 on way to gates

Taxiing to terminal

Arrived at gate to unload emergency construction supplies to be transferred to smaller propeller planes to fly to Bahamas islands

You can see prop plane at right upper corner waiting for supplies to be transferred from 767-300ERF

Another plane departed in much clearer and nicer weather from MWCR to head to MYNN via same route as in first flight

Wing view of gorgeous water which signaled that Bahamas was getting closer

At 10,000 ft on way to MYNN

Intercepting DYNAH off some Bahamas island to start maneuvers to approach MYNN runway 09

Crossing some Bahamas island that had lots of floods from the hurricane

Oh no oh no heavy rains hit Bahamas again!!!

Seconds from touchdown

TOUCHDOWN!!

Braking down

Exiting from runway 09 to taxi to terminal

Crossing runway 14

Powered down engines and being connected to airport tractor to be pulled into tight space of terminal apron full of parked planes

Being pulled into the terminal gate

Arrived at the gate unloading emergency supplies to be transferred to prop planes and jet planes including loaded Bahamasair 732 capable of short runway landings which just left the gate to head to one of Bahamas islands

Thank you for viewing and please stay tuned for next exciting flights including two more flights to Bahamas from Jamaica!!!

Regards,

Aharon

Rob Vanderkam · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:51 am

Aharon, you always have such gorgeous aircraft.

Aharon · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:33 am

Rob,

Thanks for kind words!!!

Check other my screenshots and see other planes particularly the one that Keith Henry repaired the livery as seen on CVA Valentine Cargo Event screenshot report that I published!

Aharon

Serious Bahamas Airlift!!!!

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