World Tour Leg 26 - Pump Station 10 to Riyadh

Staying on a Pump Station was not my priority for today, so I decided to quickly refuel my Baron and take off towards Riyadh. No jobs onboard, but the need of progressing is stronger. Runway 36, assuming the tailwind of 6 kt and quick turn towards the east.

I decided to spend my oxygen and fly high, saving fuel and having a better view of the roads and ground features, although I relied on VOR navigation to reach Radiyah safely.

I didn't find anything of special interest during this long leg. But, even though sand landscapes might look homogeneous and flat, the colours and the shapes make them look beautiful from the air.

And I reached Riyadh, the largest city of the Arabian peninsula and the capital of Saudi Arabia, founded during the Umayyad and Abbasid eras. In 1950, King Saud started a modernization of the city similar to American cities, growing it on a grid shape. From 2017, it has been the objective of missile launchs from Yemen, due to the Saudi Arabian intervention on Yemen civil war.

I landed in runway 15L of Riyadh King Khaled Intl., after doing a low altitude right pattern surrounding the whole airport due to the lack of VAC and ATCs.

Time to rest and think about a single leg that would put me right next to the eastern coast, on the Persian Gulf.

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Technical details:

OEPJ - OERK

BIR-DARB AL-DAWADMI KIA

Distance: 320 nm

Average GS: 190 kt

Average alt.: FL135

METAR:

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OERK 072300Z 11006KT 7000 NSC 25/06 Q1015 NOSIG