Eagle Landing

Well its would be too easy to say where,
with clues of where the borg we have landed.
Starting at 40,000 feet and its minus 43 outside
(shirt sleeves 7 miles up cold enough to freeze
the strongest bulgarian rakia if they served it here),
it could have been over the top of the world
some great circle to save on fuel.
Hope pilots get that right, stones or kilos?
It was well into 8 hours flying before I saw the first roof!
Then about half an hour before landing it came thick
and fast lakes and some big open cast mining...
Clear skies coming in, last time I flew this we were
told by the pilot before we left London
the landing would be hands off autopilot as the fog
was so bad at destination. He was right, vis
at groundlevel, so why make the journey?
He didnt make medic on bedside manner either
....plan B, pilot!
Well today eagles eye view was a bit of a giveaway
you can almost recognise the yachts below.
Yep there's the Atessa (I admit not knowing at the time!),
and dont goggle as thats cheating.
Landing, water, islands odd ship or too.
Its Kai Tak without Hong Kong, Wellington maybe?
Thirty degree flaps and don't drop short of the runway
touch and shout..here we be, after 3 minutes shy
of ten hours those Rolls Royce Trents spun down..
what lovely engineering!
Airbus does pretty good Lego too. Like the new nylon
strips on flap boundaries to reduce friction lines.
Jobs a good'un!
Street scene? Kyoto, Atlanta, Bangkok, Rio, Capetown,
Singapore, Atlanta, Sydney, Hawaii, Dubai, Gretna Green?
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