Minnesota Fun Fact
The University of Minnesota created the first synthetic cell with a “natural” lifecycle (very recently, like last week)
Departure Airport: EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL/LFSB) 
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Arrival Airport: N’Djamena International Airport (NDJ/FTTJ) 
Flight Time: 5:06
Airline: European Flight Service
Aircraft: Challenger 350
Server: Expert
Climbing out in this sleek CL35 over German
farmland, right near the border with Switzerland
The incredible Swiss Alps
Crossing the outskirts of Milan
After a quick water crossing of the Mediterranean, we’re now in Africa, specifically Tunisia
. The capital city of Tunis is off to our west.
Welcome to the notorious Libya
- Tunisia
The Sahara Desert, Niger
Making our approach into N’Djamena. We’re still in Niger
, but you can see the wetlands stemming from Lake Chad
Coming in on final approach for N’Djamena, briefly entering Cameroon
before flying back into Chad
A perfectly smooth touchdown welcomes us to Africa’s fifth-largest nation. Despite being about 3.5 times bigger in area, California has twice as populous. This is owing to the fact that the majority of Chad is extremely barren (but beautiful) desert. About half of its people live in only 10% of its area, mostly around N’Djamena which has better access to water. As a result, Chad is nicknamed the “Dead Heart of Africa,” both due to it’s emptiness and being close to Africa’s geographic center.
We’re spending the night here in N’Djamena before taking a group of Chadian businesspeople to Mumbai
for a meeting
- On the climb out (1)
- The Swiss Alps (2)
- Outskirts of Milan (3)
- Tunisia (4)
- Tunisia - Libya border (5)
- Desert of Niger (6)
- Near Lake Chad (7)
- On final approach (8)
- Touchdown in N’Djamena (9)
- Parked on the ramp (10)
