11th Leg: OETF to OYTZ

The trip goes on from Taif (Saudi Arabia) to Taiz (Yemen), roughly SE along the Red Sea coast. I take-off in the morning, and there seems to be some kind of sand storm:

Pretty poor resolution in this area;

But the sky is stunning:

Keep flying toward the coast, more or less in the opposite direction of the previous flight:

Descending toward the coast, mountains are more or less over:

The coast close to Mastabah:

NAV2 failure, it has been a while since I had that particular failure. Doesn't create any problem:

Keep following the coast, here we are close to Al Shaiba:

And now leaving the coast to turn toward the destination, passing over OYHD:

Mountains again:

And here's the landing strip:

Kind of desolated place. Let's pass the night here, repair the issues and take off again. Next time, moving NE following the Gulf of Aden, then North to approach the coast of the Gulf of Oman, then fly again E toward India. During one of the various legs, I would like to see the Everest: