Friday Night Flight - Ethiopian High Elevation @ HAAB - 161730ZMAR18

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Hey everyone!

Join us for this week’s Friday Night Flight:
Ethiopian High Elevation

At 7,625 ft, the field elevation at HAAB along with the surrounding mountainous terrain can present some challenges for approaches, as well as departures. For this week’s event, we head out to Ethiopia for another great FNF! Come out in your favorite Ethiopian Airlines aircraft to show your support and fill up the skies above Africa!

Server: All Servers Event (Your choice)
Airport: HAAB
Aircraft: Any Ethiopian Airlines Aircraft

NOTAMS: There are no established routes for this week’s event.
NO PATTERN WORK AT FIELDS WITH ACTIVE ATC DURING FNF PEAK HOURS!
(Pattern work at controller’s discretion based on airport traffic conditions outside of peak hours)
Follow all ATC instructions (when available).
Ghosting will be enforced.

FNF Event Hours:
Begin - Friday 03/16 @ 17:30 ZULU (10:30am PDT)
End - Saturday 03/17 @ 09:30 ZULU (2:30am PDT)

Be respectful of everyone who is flying, and most importantly, HAVE FUN!!

See everyone in HAAB!!

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Finally something in Africa

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Looks fun, but don’t expect me there. XD

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Agreed! Would love to see a FNF in South Africa sometime.

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Anyone else notace this…😮

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Its an illusion. This is right after takeoff and when you extend the gear it first tilts a bit on the 787

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Great event should be fun, love mountan flying…

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Looks fun! Definitely will be coming! Been meaning to come to Africa!

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Oh well…😔 thanks for pointing it out…

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OOH! Taking a half day tomorrow so you can expect me there early, unless something major happens.

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See you all there!
I’ll be flying KIAD-HAAB taking off at 5:45 AM EDT, approximately a 12 hour flight.

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Hey same! I’ll be starting at around 11:00pm EST.

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For your convenience, the aircraft in Infinite Flight that have an Ethiopian Airlines livery are:

  • Boeing 777-200LR
  • Boeing 787-8
  • Bombardier Dash-8 Q400
  • McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
You can find more liveries here.

Infinite Flight Livery Search Tool

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Great to see a continent that is underused in a FNF :)

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Is it me, or have they edited the photo to make the 787 gear look tilted? Looks amazing though, wish all the planes had tilted gears :(

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No.
He just snapped the pic while retracting the gear.

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The a330 and 747 (in game) actually have a little bit of gear tilt.

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Oh right! Thanks mate

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“Its gonna take a lot to drag me away from you. There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. I bless the rains down in Africa. Gonna take some time to do the things we never had.”

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