3rd Leg: LFKF to LICT

12.06.10 Figari/Corse Sud, France 14.05 Local Time

Nothing to repair as the previous leg was spotless. Time to start over again. The first part is easy, overfly Sardinia, but then there are approx 150 nm between Sardinia and Sicily, which is a bit worrying considering there may be failures. Let's see what happen...

Shortly after take-off, heading SE, overflying Bonifacio in Corse:

Approaching Sardinia's Coast. The small town on the right should be Conca Verde:

Over Sardinina, somewhere between Arzachena and Olbia:

Olbia's airport:

Hmm... I wish I knew where it is. The town on the right could be Oliena. Unfortunately, I can't remember for sure, but it looked nice:

The land seems burned by the sun, in that Corse and Sardinia (and other regions such as Calabria and Puglia) are very similar:

This I am pretty sure, it is Primo Salto del Flumendosa:

Almost at the Southern tip of Sicily:

Just passed Punta Santa Caterina, turning ESE toward Sicily, this is the part I fear since there are approx. 150 nm over the sea. Climbing to 12000' just in case...

Here I am, so far so good...

The aircraft start to turn slowly left despite the autopilot tracking the TRP VOR. Another NAV1 failure? No, the attitude indicator is no longer working and therefore the heading part of the autopilot is receiving false information. I have to disable it:

Anyway, I can fly visually, the island Marettimo is visibile and behind the island, Sicily:

NAV1 has failed again. Maybe it hasn't been fixed properly at Sestri :-) ... It does matter as I do not need it anyway. Time to begin to slow down and descend to 4000' since I am not far away from the airport:

The ATC of Trapani instructs me to land on RWY 31 and make a left circuit, here's the downwind leg:

On final, flaps half deployed, on the glidescope, looking good:

Arrived! Time to look for some technician and figure out what's wrong with the attitude indicator and NAV1. Next leg: overfly Sicily, pass near the Etna Volcano, then Calabria and Puglia.