Leg 261, Urpay, Peru to Apolo, Bolivia
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High mountain flying today, the Andes mountains are quite intimidating.
05-09 Urpay SPAI 7:13 AM
05-09 Comandante German Arias Grazzi SPHZ 7:40 AM Cockpit broken, no tempurature indication, icing
05-09 Alferez David Figueroa Fernand SPNC 8:33 AM
05-09 Vicco SPVI 9:02 AM 13,460ft
05-09 Jorge Chavez Intl SPJC Lima 9:42 AM capital
05-09 las Palmas SPLP 9:48 AM
05-09 Lib Mandy Metropolitano SPLX 9:56 AM
05-09 Pisco SPSO 10:25 AM
05-09 Subtanjalla SPLH 10:39 AM Nazca Lines 14°44’20.8"S 75°07’47.9"W
05-09 Maria Reiche Neuman SPZA 11:06 AM
05-09 Andahuaylas SPHY 11:55 AM
05-09 Kiteni SPKI 12:27 PM
5:14
05-09 Kiteni SPKI 3:31 PM Macho Pichu 13°09’47.6"S 72°32’41.8"W
05-09 Tnte Fap Alejandro Velazco Ast SPZO 4:14 PM
5:57
05-09 Tnte Fap Alejandro Velazco Ast SPZO 5:40 PM
05-09 San Rafael SPRF 6:21 PM 14,430ft
05-09 Apolo SLAP 7:07 PM Virtual vision landing
Flight time 7:24 14 stops
Urpay airport in the morning, take off or merge with traffic
I decided to take off
An unknown river in Quiches District
First sign of the sun over Pomabamba
Llumpa, 02289, flying at 16,000ft
Chopicalqui (20,846ft)
Shilla District
AN-107 below and an unnamed river
Nevado Huascarán Sur (22,205ft)
Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport aka Anta Airport next to the Rio Santa
Pashpa
Ocshapalca (19,318ft) right next to me and Ranrapalca (20,217ft) ahead
Ranrapalca
Laguna Perolcha below, flying at 18,000ft
Pucaranra (20,167ft)
San Marcos, 02390
The cockpit stopped working, including the temperature sensor. A couple wispy clouds were enough to end up with icing which nearly brought me down. Luckily I had enough height for a long glide while narrowly missing the mountain ridges.
Antamina mine, one of the largest copper/zinc mines in the world
Presa de Relaves Antamina, lake next to the mine
Llata District
Pachas District, road 102 below
Chavinillo
C.p la Esperanza on the Huallaga river
Huánuco in central Peru
180 turn over Puelles park, descending to land
Alferez David Figueroa Fernand Airport
Same thing in reverse to climb back out of the valley
Ambo
Pallanchacra along the Huallaga River
Lago Chinchaycocha
Alpamarca mine, chasing a deposit of lead, zinc, silver and copper veins
Santa Barbara de Carhuacayan District
Carabayllo District
Following the Rio Chillon to the capital
Lima, the capital of Peru on the country’s arid Pacific coast
Jorge Chavez International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez)
Lima with Park of the Reserve on the right
Cathedral of Lima, build from 1535 to 1649
Peru National Museum
Larco Museum featuring a collection of pre-Columbian artifacts
Flying out over Estadio Olímpico de San Marcos - UNMSM
Lima Golf Club
Subtanjalla Airport much further south near the coast
The Nazca Lines, hundreds of ancient geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert
Sadly, not visible on Bing maps, very faint on Google maps as well
Nazca Lines in Nazca Province
Maria Reiche Neuman Airport
Huasapampa District, up to 16,000ft again, back to the mountains
Chiara District
Turpo District
Andahuaylas Airport, runway at 11,600ft
Laguna de Pacucha
Kaquiabamba District
Choquesafra (16,903ft) in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes
Choquesafra to my right with Quenuaorco in the distance
Quenuaorco (16,076ft)
Vilcabamba District
Down on the left is Vilcabamba archeological site known as the Lost City of the Incas
In the valley on the right is Vitcos, 16th-century residence of Incan nobles & ceremonial center
Kiteni Airport, odd way to make a runway
Tunquipata National Forest
Santa Teresa, 08710
Machu Picchu
Iconic hilltop ruins of a large 15th-century Inca city
Machupicchu District
Huayanay (17,927ft)
Ollantaytambo District
Cusco in the Peruvian Andes, once capital of the Inca Empire
Alejandro Velasco Astete Cusco International Airport
Saylla close to Cusco, later in the afternoon
Nevado Auzangate (20,945ft)
Flying by at 17,500ft
Nuñoa
I missed the sunset while landing at San Rafael Airport (runway at 14,430ft) in the shadow of the surrounding mountains and didn’t manage to climb back out of the shadows in time, Antauta
On the horizon, Ritipata (17,552ft), Riti Urmasca (17,060ft) and Chawpi Urqu (15,148ft)
Part of the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia
Over Pelechuco, Bolivia
It gets dark so fast here (14 degrees south of the equator)
Last stop today at Apolo Airport
Apolo, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Bolivia is on the menu for the next leg, more high mountain flying and high altitude airports.