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Flight Description : Day One
Today was the first day of our trip to Morgan Town. Greg and I were both really excited and couldn't sleep last night. Everything started alright at first. We got in our seats, put our seatbelts on and put the engine on. Here we come Robston. We were planning to go to Robston and have a nice time swimming in the hotel pool. But then suddenly something forced us to turn to the other side. "It's the wind," I sighed. We would have to go in another direction and get out of this area to be safe. Greg looked on the map.
"We'll have to go to Dacar," he said. "We've lost 100 air miles". So I turned the plane towards Dacar.
Inside the aeroplane, Greg and I started fighting about what to eat when we got to Dacar. When I started arguing about ice-cream heard someone shout behind us "Put your hands up!" We heard someone load a gun. Then to our surprise, a man with a stocking over his face jumped into the cockpit. "Fly towards Alvorton and drop me off!" he said. "But we're not going there and we don't have enough fuel!" we said. "Drop me at Marob then," the man said, "Now quick! You have enough fuel to go there don't you?"
So I started out towards Morob. The man waited. Finally we got there without talking about anything. The man jumped out of the plane before we landed. Gee, he could have died.
Well at least we landed safely. We got our suitcases, got out of our crocodile-looking aeroplane and headed for the main airport building. We got a taxi, but started fighting about where to go for a sightseeing tour. When we got to the hotel we paid and waved the driver goodbye. We checked in and went to our rooms.
In my room I was silent - I was still scared and really tired. I wanted food. I wanted a drink. I wanted to go to the pool. I thought I'd feel better if I had a good swim so I changed and went swimming. Greg wasnvt there. After my swim, I went downstairs for our meal. Greg was already there, eating five chicken legs, a mountain of French fries and sundaes. I sat down and ordered a steak set. I was really hungry. When I finished my meal I went directly to bed. I was really sleepy. I hoped there wouldn't be any trouble tomorrow. I was a bit homesick - well forget about it - just think about food and go to sleep!
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Flight Plan
Day One
Date - 29th October 1998
Departure City - Karuz
Destination - Robston
Day's total flight distance - 610 miles
Major cities flying over - El Rob
Day's weather forecast - Fair and warm with a possibility of bad weather later in the day.
Maximum elevation for today - 2000 ft
Major land areas to be crossed - El Rob River
Latitude lines to be crossed - 25N
Longitude lines to be crossed - 170W
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