Sunday, November 20 - Syria and Lebanon

[ratty]

We start out at Deirzzor Airport and follow the Euphrates (yes, another river) northwest to Lake Assad. Then on to Aleppo and Latakia, across the mountains to Beirut, then west to Damascus to land. Trip length 433 nautical miles.

Skyvector looks like: https://skyvector.com/?ll=34.6119620561 ... 30E%20OSDI

Meet at: 1830z for a 1900z departure.

Meet on: Digital Theme Park on JoinFS.

Comms through A2A Discord channel.

Start at: Deirzzor Airport, OSDZ.

Aircraft: P-40.

Local takeoff time: 1300.

Weather: Historical.

[DavidW]

This one looks fun a new and different area to explore.

[ratty]

I just discovered there was a campaign there during WWII, against the Vichy French. The RAF and RAAF even used P-40s!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria%E2% ... n_campaign

[DavidW]

I just discovered there was a campaign there during WWII, against the Vichy French. The RAF and RAAF even used P-40s!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria%E2% ... n_campaign

What a great article of a little known campaign of WW2