The Durban night sky was spectacularly clear tonight and I took off in ZDL from Virginia shortly after the sun had set.
Marc joined me for his first night flight and we were just in time to see the cruise liner the Queen Mary 2, Cunard Cruise lines’ flagship ocean liner, leave it’s berth to continue it’s around the word cruise. It is the world’s largest ocean liner.
We continued our flight down to Amanzimtoti climbing to 3000 ft to get a better perspective of the lights of the city and watched as the setting sun spread a cloak of darkness over the world as we could see it... the twinkling lights of thousands of homes grew brighter and the stars flicked into focus.
After doing a few turns down south we flew back to the harbour in time to catch the ship entering the ocean and we circled overhead amazed at our spectacular and private overhead viewpoint.
Returning to Virginia, the darkness had set in and again was surprised how the land rushes up at you when landing.... the night optical illusion makes the dark runway appear further away than it is in reality as you unexpectedly touch the tarmac.
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| Durban and Sahara Stadium by night, with the GPS reflection in the cockpit window |
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| Getting ready for our night flight as the sun sets. |
Here's an idea of the size of the ship compared to the world's largest passenger plane.
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