Day 11
Ahmedabad - Nagpur - Kolkata
Not a complicated day's flying. There was hardly a cloud in the sky, a slight headwind, minimum turbulence and reasonable ATC. However we clocked up close to eight hours flying in a noisy machine and all feel tired and ready for a rest.
We departed Ahmedabad on time having gone through the security and flight planning hoops. Quadrantal cruising levels in India, so FL 75 was our cruising level. On arrival in Nagpur we were parked on a disused apron in the middle of the airport next to a dilapidated Boeing 720 (707?). Who knows why since the spanking new main apron was empty except for a couple of movements while we were there.
Ancient and Modern
Slightly Less Ancient
Beauracracy at Work
Carbon Paper - India Lives on It!
To be fair everything was well organised by the handlers and our time on the ground was only about an hour. A long and tedious drone on to Calcutta was completed without incident, and we refuelled on arrival and headed for the hotel.
The Hyatt in Calcutta is one of the nicest on our route, which is fair after the longest day! We must be getting close to home now as discussion over a few beers was back to issues at home.
Tomorrow Yangon and Bangkok we hope.