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
Nice tail and well polished engines
Starting engines!!
Turning front wheels to left toward taxiway to taxi to short of runway 09
Long long taxiing to short of runway 09
Holding short of runway 09 awaiting for clearance for take off
Airborne on climb to FL250
Making left turn with nice background view of Barbados to head to northern Caribbean
Crossing island of Barbados to head north
Leaving island of Barbados
Now cruising at FL250 at mach 0.73 which was standard cruising speed and altitude for BAC-111
Passing background view of island of Saint Lucia
Approaching island of Martinique
Cruising across lushful green of island of Martinique
Passing TFFF Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport located in Le Lamentin which is a suburb of Martinique's capital Fort-de-France
More cruising across beauty of the same island
Passing Caribbean's most famous volcano called 4,500 ft high Mount Pelée
Leaving island and its volcano
Passing island of Dominica
Passing TDPD Douglas–Charles Airport located 2 miles northwest of Marigot on the northeast coast of Dominica
Passing tiny island of Terre-de-Haut
Passing town of Grand-Bourg in island of Marie-Galante
Approaching island of Guadeloupe
Passing town of La Gosier, Guadeloupe
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.
Passing town of Port-Louis, Guadeloupe
Leaving the island of Guadeloupe
Approaching island of Antigua
Passing TAPA V. C. Bird International Airport 5.0 miles northeast of St. John's the capital of Antigua
Leaving the island of Antigua
Passing TKPK Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport located just northeast of Basseterre on the island of Saint Kitts
Background view of British Virgin Islands indicates time for descent from FL250 to 7,000 ft
On final approach to runway 08 with nice background view of waters of Bahia de San Juan
Nice view of city of San Juan
Still on final runway approach with background view of waters of Laguna San Juan on right side of plane
Still on final runway approach with background view of same waters of Laguna Los Corozos on left side of plane
Seconds before touchdown on runway 08
TOUCHDOWN
Braking down
Exiting from runway into taxiway toward gates
Thank you for viewing!! Stay tuned for next exciting flight!!
Regards,
Aharon