I am enjoy a few days off as we speak. I had a rough four days of work that just ended. First, a three day trip that flew 21 hours and 56 hours away from base, then about 6 hours at home in my bed then a day trip that had four legs and almost 7 hours in the air. This kind of schedule relaly makes you tired. I work "three on, four off"...the three on is what I get four off. We do 16 legs in the three days, the first night a St. Croix overnight then the second night in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
The pictures are first of the SJU International Airport. The picture was taken from 20,000 feet enroute from St. Maarten to Santo Domingo, D.R. The flight is called the "Ping Pong". You take off in the morning from SJU and go to Santo Domingo. From Santo Domingo you fly across PR to St. Maarten, then return to Santo Domingo, then from Santo Domingo back to San Juan. The whole sequence of flights takes about 9 hours away from home.
The second picture is of a Russian Antonov 124. It is a huge airplane! I saw it parked on the ramp in Port of Spain in the morning of our departure. The third picture is taken from 1,500 feet going 250 knots into Tortolla, BVI. The island in the forefront is Jost Van Dyke. The only thing there is a very famous bar in the caribbean called the "Soggy Dollar Bar". There are always lots of sailboats in the harbor. In the background is the island of St. Johns, USVI.
Well, I am going to go finish up some laundry and house cleaning....adios!
