Today we begin the "sprint" home. Our plan is to fly each day for the next four days arriving in Austin (KAUS) on January 25. The pilots plus Becky will continue on to Jackson Hole (KJAC) on January 26 to "close the loop" on the circumnavigation by returning to where the trip officially started last August.
The flight for today is from Santiago, Chile (SCEL) to Lima, Peru (SPJC). While it is a long flight at 1,430 NM (per the flight plan, not direct), it should be fairly routine and the weather is good.
Arriving at the Santiago FBO, Giuseppe got to see an old flame of his...an Eclipse jet! This was even one of the latest-and-greatest 550 models...
But, unfortunately, it was cloudy below and the lines could not be seen. But the ever creative Carolyn improvised...
As we started our descent into Lima, Giuseppe made one of his great educational videos of the entire approach and landing (23 minutes) that only a pilot could love...
https://youtu.be/K4gHylyqZQA
We were parked next to Peruvian military helicopters on the ramp...
Tomorrow we will head for Liberia, Costa Rica and will accomplish the last major control point of the trip...crossing the equator at a point at least 90 degrees from our easternmost equatorial crossing in Africa on January 8.