The day dawned fair with the remnants of the by now rather weak cold front out over the Aegean island.We had two sectors to complete today so it was an early 0610Z departure from Corfu. As expected we picked up a little icing as we traversed the front but this soon sublimated off once we reached clear air beyond. Phil was soon ahead of us and sent us weather updates as he was to do for the remainder of our trip.
An hour and a half on the ground for refuelling and a bite to eat and then off for the rather longer flight to Aqaba. The weather continued to clear as we flew south and east. We waited with baited breath as we made our first call to Cairo; would they hear us and let us in? Well yes, they did! Cairo control were efficient and clear in their instructions; the route did include a longish dogleg to avoid Israeli airspace but in due course Aqaba appeared and we completed an ILS approach to land shortly before sunset. A cursory inspection of our spare parts by the customs people and then refuelling before we were off in our pre-arranged car to Petra for the night.
Corfu to Rhodes: 460 nm in 3 hours 15 minute.
Rhodes to Aqaba: 615 nm in 4 hours 15 minutes.