Leaving Egypt and entering Sudan
Destination of the the day: Merowe. Distance: 290 nautical miles in 2 legs. Our initial clearance was at 3500 feet, but at this altitude the flight is pretty boring over the desert. So thought we would just pretend the performance of the aircraft was not sufficient to climb that high because of the heat, and we levelled off at 2500 feet. Abu Simbel is just a few miles away from the Sudanese border anyway. As seen from the cockpit, other…