Leg 158, BayankHongor, Mongolia to Xinle, Hebei, China
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More hit an miss terrain detail, luckily Beijing turned out great as well as some better views of the Great wall along the way.
01-26 BayankHongor ZMBH 6:18 PM
01-26 Dalandzadgad ZMDZ 7:29 PM Sunrise 7:23 PM
01-26 Tavantolgoi ZMTT 7:48 PM
01-26 Khanbumbat ZMKB 8:11 PM
01-26 Bayannur Tianjitai ZBYZ 8:59 PM
01-26 Ulashan ZULA 9:25 PM
01-26 Baotou ZBOW 9:44 PM
01-26 Hohhot Air Base ZQAA 10:06 PM
01-26 Baita ZBHH 10:19 PM
01-26 Ulanqab Jining ZBUC 10:43 PM
01-26 Zhangbei ZZHC 11:12 PM
01-26 Zhangjiakou Ningyuan ZZHA 11:34 PM
01-26 Yongning Air Base ZJII 11:56 PM Great wall scenic area otw
01-27 Gulou ZGUO 12:20 AM
01-27 Beijing Shahezhen Air Base ZSHH 12:36 AM Google bugged, aerial images don’t match overlays, 400m offset
01-27 Beijing Capital ZBAA 12:44 AM Lot of landmarks, Forbidden city
01-27 Beijing Xijiao ZBBB 1:15 AM
01-27 Beijing Nanyuan ZBNY 1:24 AM
01-27 Yangcun Air Base ZYAA 1:44 AM
01-27 Binhai ZBTJ 1:56 AM
01-27 Tanggu ZTAN 2:11 AM
01-27 Xiaowangzhuang ZXIZ 2:26 AM
01-27 Cangxian Air Base ZCAN 2:37 AM
01-27 Zhengding ZBSJ 3:13 AM 5.97 GIB 1.52 mbps 4.95 MB/nm
Flight time 8:55 23 stop
Sun rise close to Dalandzadgad
Dalandzadgad Airport. Dalandzadgad is the capital of Ömnögovi Aimag in Mongolia
Small town with street view available and some cool statues
Nice skies on departure, the terrain remains rather flat
Khanbogd, a sum (administrative division) of Ömnögovi Province in southern Mongolia
Khanbumbat Airport serving Khanbogd
Wu Senturu, Inner Mongolia, China along an isolated mountain range
Ulashan Airport
Crossing the mountain range at Houwancun
Near Daoshicun
Tumed Left Banner below. A banner in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, North China
Administrative divisions in Mongolia are called a sum (divided further into bags) yet called a banner in Inner Mongolia in China. Banners were first used during the Qing Dynasty, further divided into Sumu, while several banners together make up a league.
Guojiayingcun, Shouguang, Weifang, Shandong, China
Lot of windmills near Luotuo Kiln
Coming in to Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport
More restored parts of the Great walls can be seen here
Flying over Matiwancun
Great wall visible in the terrain at Wangquanyu
Blackshark AI added nice little towers
The view from Lianhuachicun, a little further along the wall
This section of the wall is around the Mutian Valley, not far North of Beijing
On to Beijing, coming up on the World Trade Center, CCTV headquarters and China Zun
Of course I had to fly in between / under the CCTV headquarters building
With the China Zun building behind
Spoiler alert, an invisible wall knocked me out of the sky, same as most bridges
Tiananmen with the forbidden city
From the side with the Southern Sea in front
The shiny dome is the National Center for the Performing Arts
And of course the Olympic bird’s nest, Beijing National Stadium
Beijing Xijiao Airport witht the Summer palace across Kunming Lake
Some other sights around Beijing, Ming Dynasty Tombs
Tombs of 13 Ming Dynasty emperors (1368 to 1644)
The temple of heaven, temple complex from 1420
Beijing Temple of Confucius on the left, 14th-century Confucian temple
Lama Temple on the right, Tibetan Buddhist temple complex built in 1694
And a couple items from the National Museum of China
Flying on towards the coast, Binhai
Tianjin Binhai Aircraft Carrier Theme Park
In 1996 the Kiev was sold to Binhai Aircraft Park where it now serves as a hotel with many Russian restaurants. I wonder what the Canadian flag is doing on a Russian Aircraft carrier in China.
A lot more windmills near Xiaowangzhuang
Cangxian Air Base, heading inland again
Away from Beijing terrain quality quickly becomes pretty poor again, clearing up a bit near airports. Google maps is bugged in China as well, all the road and POI overlays are 400 meters offset from the aerial data, very confusing and messy. It’s the same on Bing maps. Really odd similar offset, mostly East and a bit North.
Last stop today at Zhending Airport
Tonight I’ll be trying to locate one of China’s Satellite launch centers in the terrain then on to Huashan where the infamous plank walk is on Mount Hua.