AUCKLAND to APIA FALEOLO
On Friday night I really wanted to fly into one of those small, isolated, Pacific Islands. I did some digging and decided to fly into Apia Faleolo from Auckland. Apia is a City on the island country of Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean. It is just north of American Samoa, which you may have heard of for being a U.S. Territory. I flew in from Auckland, which Samoa Airlines flies in real life. They use a 737-800, but because of the 737MAX groundings, they leased a 737 from Malindo Air, a Philippine subsidiary of Lion Air. Because we don’t have a Samoa 737 in the game, the Malindo 737 was perfectly realistic as it is used in real life. Flight time was 3 Hours and 26 minutes
Flight Details
NZAA-NSFA • AKL-APW
Auckland to Apia Faleolo
Samoa (Malindo) 643
Boeing 737-900
3:26
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Rotating from Auckland on a Sunny afternoon Putting the gear up as we climb over the aptly named ”Big Bay”
Climbing out over downtown Auckland After 2 hours over the South Pacific, we pass over the island country of Tonga The right wing view of Tonga from 34,000 feet
There are many thin stretches of islands along the route, and they all belong to Tonga Descending past the turquoise waters of Samoa Putting the gear down in the always blue Island Sky On final battling a 30 knot crosswind Touching down in Apia on Samoa 3 and a half hours after leaving Auckland!
As always please let me know your thoughts and your favorite photo!
Which country controlled Samoa until it’s independence in 1962?
- Great Britain
- New Zealand
- Tuvalu
The answer to yesterday’s question was 1418 which 55% of people got correct
I’LL SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW!