A local Caribbean airline called LIAT has closed its doors after about 60 years of operations and just finished the last flight few days ago.
In honor of memory of LIAT airline, I am presenting one of historic routes of LIAT airline that was flown in yer 1973-1974 when LIAT had four BAC 1-11 jets.
Here is a fun tropical flight from TBPB Grantley Adams International Airport located in Seawell, Christ Church about 8.0 miles from the centre of Barbados' capital city Bridgetown to TJSJ Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport located in Carolina, Puerto Rico three miles southeast of San Juan.
Passengers boarding the plane
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Nice tail and well polished engines
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Starting engines!!
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Turning front wheels to left toward taxiway to taxi to short of runway 09
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Long long taxiing to short of runway 09
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Holding short of runway 09 awaiting for clearance for take off
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Airborne on climb to FL250
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Making left turn with nice background view of Barbados to head to northern Caribbean
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Crossing island of Barbados to head north
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Leaving island of Barbados
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Now cruising at FL250 at mach 0.73 which was standard cruising speed and altitude for BAC-111
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Passing background view of island of Saint Lucia
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Approaching island of Martinique
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Cruising across lushful green of island of Martinique
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Passing TFFF Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport located in Le Lamentin which is a suburb of Martinique's capital Fort-de-France
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More cruising across beauty of the same island
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Passing Caribbean's most famous volcano called 4,500 ft high Mount Pelée
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Leaving island and its volcano
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Passing island of Dominica
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Passing TDPD Douglas–Charles Airport located 2 miles northwest of Marigot on the northeast coast of Dominica
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Passing tiny island of Terre-de-Haut
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Passing town of Grand-Bourg in island of Marie-Galante
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Approaching island of Guadeloupe
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Passing town of La Gosier, Guadeloupe
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Passing TFFR Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport located in Abymes 2 miles north-northeast of Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe, France.
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Passing town of Port-Louis, Guadeloupe
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Leaving the island of Guadeloupe
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Approaching island of Antigua
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Passing TAPA V. C. Bird International Airport 5.0 miles northeast of St. John's the capital of Antigua
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Leaving the island of Antigua
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Passing TKPK Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport located just northeast of Basseterre on the island of Saint Kitts
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Background view of British Virgin Islands indicates time for descent from FL250 to 7,000 ft
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On final approach to runway 08 with nice background view of waters of Bahia de San Juan
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Nice view of city of San Juan
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Still on final runway approach with background view of waters of Laguna San Juan on right side of plane
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Still on final runway approach with background view of same waters of Laguna Los Corozos on left side of plane
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Seconds before touchdown on runway 08
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TOUCHDOWN
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Braking down
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Exiting from runway into taxiway toward gates
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Thank you for viewing!! Stay tuned for next exciting flight!!
Regards,
Aharon