Smoky engine startup.
Airborne.
After repositioning out to sea, we're now heading north, back over Kotoka airport.
Approaching Lake Volta, a massive man-made lake in central Ghana.
VC view. I haven't done much flying in this AN-12 yet, but the cockpit layout is more or less similar to the AN-24 and 26 which I've flown a lot in various versions since the FS2002 days.
I have a terrain mesh and landclass file installed for all of Africa which makes a big difference as the default scenery is laughably bad here, perhaps even worse than the NZ default.
Cruising at FL190.
Still over Lake Volta, I believe this is the largest man-made lake in the world.
Passing overhead Tamale, in northern Ghana.
Beginning the descent about 55 miles out from Ouagadougou. As usual for sub-Saharan Africa there is a light haze at around 1000ft.
View from the position of the navigator.
Gear down and on approach to runway 04 left. This is where the landclass makes a big difference, in the default scenery these fields are just barren desert.
Hand flying this approach. There is an ILS for 04L but I'm doing the approach visually to save time.
Driving it down.
Over the edge of the city.
In the flare.
Smoking some rubber on touchdown. The AN-12 is pretty forgiving to land, you have to make a pretty bad hash of things to crash it.
Unfortunately this aircraft makes up for quite pleasant flying characteristics with rather poor ground handling, which makes this 90 degree turn onto the not exactly generous taxiway an exercise in throttle and brake juggling.
Offloading the cargo.
Closeup view of S9-BOZ.
That's the end, hope that was enjoyable. Any comments/compliments/criticisms welcome.
