Earhart Flt#8 - Suriname to Brazil

Ok...so I got a bit of a late start out of Suriname for the longest of my flights so far, but just a bit farther than the New Orleans to Miami run. Today's flight took just short of 6 hours with a nighttime arrival at my destination. Fortunately Fortaleza is not a one of those little islands that goes dark when the sun sets. This time, due to the increased distance, I grabbed a VOR about half way through the flight. Although I was a bit offshore, I was able to pick up the signal and confirm I was on course - watching that VOR pass off my right wing. The Fortaleza VOR came into range around the time expected and I tracked that to the airport. The weather was good and the city lights bright - with the airport well-lit an welcoming.

After making a routine landing and taxiing to our parking spot for the night, I worked my way to the Pilot's Pub for this latest update - and another glass of Chardonnay with friends and well-wishers for the next leg of my journey. The next one promises to be another short easy hop to Natal Brazil before heading off on a the long flight to the African Country of Senegal. I'm not sure why Larry decided to stop first in Fortaleza rather than going just a couple hundred miles farther - but here I am for the night. I'll probably just do the short hop tomorrow because piggy-backing the next 1726-mile leg onto that is a bit more than I need to do in a day.

Until then,

Happy flying,

John<br /><br /><!-- editby --><br /><br /><em>edited by: jer029, Nov 09, 2019 - 08:17 AM</em><!-- end editby -->

Hey Larry,

Yes, I did see a number of flight maps for the Earhart flight that show Fortaleza as a stopping point. I also saw the upcoming flight by the woman with the same name. I thought perhaps she was a distant relative, but I didn't research further. As for the stops - I didn't do a whole lot of research there other than a bit of reading and browsing various maps. I think I read that they had some unscheduled stops due to some issues, so it might be those that are showing - or that might have been other attempts - I just didn't research it that much. Anyway - I made that hop and did continue on the long haul to Africa immediately after landing. I'll be posting my trials and tribulations of that a bit later.

John