The weather conditions on this leg begin to get a little more interesting as finally some suggestion of
precipitation is suggested by the averages, still only one inch rainfall per month means most of the
time the weather is dry.
Continued from previous leg page.
Friday out to the airport for a nine o'clock departure direct to Accra. After engine startup
clearance delivery denied us the direct overwater route because we were a single engine aircraft. It
is hard to imagine since we had crossed part of the Atlantic, all of the South Pacific and Indian
Ocean. By taking the overland route we were taken over countries we never would have seen, such as
Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin and Togo. Incidentally, each little nation has its own
Air Traffic Control Center making communications a task. Arriving a Accra we were met by Enoch
Anane-Tabury, from Aero Gem Ltd, our handler, whisked through the terminal to our hotel The Golden
Tulip. Very nice.
Skyplan suggested that the stop after Natal be Tobago rather than Trinidad because of
accommodations. Fuel availability is also a concern. Things should firm up soon.
Continued on next leg page.