Leg 9 – V C Bird Intl Antigua
TAPA –
TLPL St. Lucia/Hewanorra Intl
after all these legs, this one seems to be one of my best as memories come up of my frequent sailing trips in these waters...
Startup in Antigua and having some luggage of a St Lucian musician on board, who was very pleased
to ship his stuff back on board of my DC3 after a concert in St.Johns.
He'll fly back next week....
still some rain , but in the Caribbean its heavy, short and warm....
kind of emotional departure, as this rally ends in a few days
Bye bye Antigua, ....
sharp southern turn
overflying the North Sound Marina with Crabbs Power Plant
soon the island of Montserrat shows up right hand... we were here 1995 and just could watch activities from the Vulcano Soufriere Hills
before the great eruptions occured in 1997 with 25 dead persons
Gouadeloupe in sight
Aeroport "Point a Pitre La Raizet", our departing harbour for another sailing trip...
I could not resist making a short deviation and overfly Les Iles de Saintes where we had a stopover with our sailing boat to visit Fort Napoleon
fort-napoleon.com/presentation-du-fort/we had a great time over there,...and last but not least: I love French baguettes....
on the left Maria Galante
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Galanteapproaching Dominica
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominicaon the east side "Douglas-Charles airport"
turning west....
"Roseau-Canefield airport"
and...leaving Dominicas airspace,...Martinique in sight....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MartiniqueMartinique's airport "Le Lamentin, Aime Cesaire"; another sailing boat trip departure... from the beginning on we had the rumour that a screwdriver could be
left over in the engine gearbox ?!?!?! from maintainig the boat....well we found out that it was the truth...
but that's another story,...anyway, we survived,...lol
some tailwind is blowing us towards our final leg destination....
Saint Lucia
passing the northern airport "George F.L. Charles",...and Buckeye Saint Lucia terminal
buckeyeglobalmarine.com/project-view/st-lucia/soon we reach our destination approach....
turning on final
Hewanorra Intl. airport in sight from our cockpit
gliding down as on railroad tracks in fantastic timing...
landing safe,..power off...flaring out....
touch down with a bit of residual moisture on the runway
the rwy was long enough to have the clock being watched until the perfect target time....we took the last exit...
taxying to the parking area with Caribbean music in our headsets....
another rather busy airport....
just professional guiding via radio....
parking in front of the terminal building is a real favour!
just a few spectators who want to see an old Austrian bird.....
that's it, for today.....deep sigh!
the music stuff on the trolley and ready for some fun....cheers