Thursday, July 31, 2008

Leaving Singapore


Here's a photo of Sideflare 64, the helicopter that was fired upon over Mindinao, which has been repaired and is flying once more, Flight Ops, just north of Indonesia (GPS S 7 39.9658 E 122 22.0625) on 10 July 2008.


Here's a photo of me at one of my favorite spots on the port side of USNS Mercy from which to take photos during Flight Ops, waiting to get a photo of Sideflare 64, the helicopter that had been fired upon over Mindanao.


9 July 2008 we were supposed to have "Steel Beach" on the flight deck of USNS Mercy. As can be seen from this photo, taken by time-delay camera that is luckily heavy enough to not move under the circumstances, there is no "Steel Beach Party" on the flight deck, only me, being blown about by I would guess a 40 mph wind (GPS S 5 19.1968 E 112 14.9116). We had hamburgers in the Mess Hall instead.


The first evening out from Singapore was overcast, but the second evening out we saw a nice sunset (GPS S 1 50.6007 E 107 39.6569), shown in this photo.


We left Singapore (GPS N 1 27.8374 E 103 50.0414) on Monday, 7 June 2008, and the shipping lanes just east of Singapore (GPS N 1 15.8537 E 104 10.2348) are busy. I think that's a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) tanker on the right. It's getting dark early; some rain clouds are blowing in over us.

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