Jetprop to Europe. Summer 2019

A very curious airport. We were not allowed to take any pictures of the considerable no. of Illyushin’s and Antanovs that are based or slowly dying there.
It appears to be a significant base for them.
And from the call signs of mysterious missions.

Great stop handling wise though.
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Made it to Salzburg this morning with a nice tailwind for a change.

This afternoon landed at Bournemouth after routing through Dover. :)

I have been using Sky Vector and Garmin Pilot for wind forecasts, and they have both been very inaccurate on this trip. Windy has not been much better. What products are the majority of you using for upper wind forecasts?

The other strange occurance happened yesterday as l was approaching Heraklio. Both my 530W and 439W got knocked out with a no GPS signal.
I recycled them both, and they came back. Are there some strong radars around that area known for this type of interference?

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Thanks.
Total ground distance was circa 8,100 Nm.
Engine start to engine stop 35:05 hrs over 5 days of actual flying.

A lot of fun. Each stop was a very contrasting cultural experience.
Now looking forward to some more leasuirly flying around Europe for the next few months :)
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>> Do you use anybody to assist with overflight/landing permit or you ask them by yourself ?

I used an agent for Bangladesh, India, Bahrain and Saudi/Egypt overflight as these countries aviation authorities will not deal with private pilots directly.
The rest of the trip I arranged on my own.

Thanks for all the offers of a meet up. I will finalise my European schedule this week.

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