Leg 62, Ati, Chad through Central African Republic to Doba oilfield, Chad
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I’m leaving the desert behind for a while. South to greener pastures and back West to explore the next section of Western Africa.
10-23 Ati FTTI 4:31 AM
10-23 Oum Hadjer OUM 5:06 AM
10-23 Goz-Beida FTTG 6:01 AM
10-23 Birao FEFI 6:59 AM
10-23 Birao FEBI 7:31 AM
10-23 Gordil FEGL 7:52 AM
10-23 N’dele FEFN 8:35 AM
CTD shortly after departure, restart
10-23 N’Dele FEFN 8:47 AM
10-23 Kabo FEKA 9:43 AM
10-23 Batangafo FEGF 9:58 AM
10-23 Doba Airport FTDB 10:47 AM
Flight time 6:04 9 stops
I flew around Central African Republic today and ended back in Chad. Central African Republic is even more mysterious, hardly any info or pictures on google maps. Undestandable since it’s one of the 10 poorest countries in the world and still plagued by civil war.
From the air it looks quite lovely. First Oum Hadjer on the Batha river, still in Chad
The pictures online show a lot more green, I guess this was from the dry season
Following the Batha river, patches of green along the dried up river
Passing Kotro down below
Kouroukoul, no info on this town
Gaz-Beida a little further, about 70km West from the border with Sudan
However I’m going South, Sudan will have to wait. Otw to Birao
This is (one of the places called) Birao, the town in the distance
Only this sad fact available: In March 2007, the town was almost completely burnt down in the fighting between rebels and government troops in the area. On to Birao airport, which is actually near Tiroungoulou.
Passing by Reserve de Faune de la Ouandja Vakaga, savannah
It’s getting greener, Parc National st Floris
Gordil, that is an airport down there, the green dot is my plane. Also zero info.
N’Délé, a market town (in the distance) in the North-East of the country
Looks nice
Bamingui-Bangoran Parker, national park and biosphere reserve
Reserve de Faune du Gribingui Bamingui
They do have a lot of nature reserves in Central African Republic
Coming in for a landing at Kabo, I love these kind of airstrips
Batangafo on the Ouham river, signs of agriculture
The info for this town: There is an airport in Batangafo. Thx.
Following the Ouham river for a bit
Straight road to Koldega, back in Chad
Doba, my final landing spot for today, has no info either. The airport is next to Doba oilfield and a town called Dildo. It’s also referred to as Dildo airport. There is no further info.
I’ll be passing by the capital of Central African Republic on my next lower (altitude) pass through Africa, for now I’m heading back West all the way to Cape Verde.