Leg 14: Agadir (GMAD) – Casablanca (GMMN)
PIC: Etienne
Flying time: 3h12
Landing fee: EUR 4.50
We left the hotel quite early this morning to see if we could fly somewhere. Marrakech was out of question yesterday, so we wanted to try it again today, since it is on the route to Fes and then Oran (Algeria). Security at this airport is quite efficient for General Aviation so no problems here.
Everyone comes here, tourists.....
and princes....We arrived at the Meteo’s office to find out again that the clouds and forecast wasn’t really comforting for flying more inland. So, not wanting to lose another day, we decided to fly to Casablanca. From there it was even a bit shorter to Marrakech. So after arrival we could still decide to go to Marrakech if the weather improved in the mean time.
After taking off from Agadir we requested to turn directly towards the coastline due to visibility. At the coast line we turned north flying towards Casablanca, but stayed over the ocean to avoid some prohibited areas at the coast. At the coast line we noticed that the winds were pretty strong and causing quite some turbulence. The strong wind reduced our ground speed to a mere 65kts. This looked to become a very long flight this way!
When arriving at Casablanca there were some few clouds, though they were towering cumulus (so clouds which are tall) causing quite some turbulence again.
At the airfield there was not much going on and our transponder worked, so we didn’t disrupt traffic this time :).
After landing we found out that the weather had not improved at all at Marrakech. We decided to go to a hotel downtown and walk around at the souks. We were a bit worried though to get back on the apron the next morning, since the last time it took 3 hours and almost being forced to use handling………
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