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LETS GET READY FOR CAPE VERDE!!

7th November 19:00z

November fundraising group flight location announced 

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Check out the teasers with Pilot Peely!! 

Group Flight: Island hopping in the Atlantic Ocean

Welcome to our second group flight in Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator to the Cape Verde Islands.

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An island country in the central Atlantic Ocean. The ten volcanic islands in its archipelago have a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres (1,557 sq mi).

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The islands lie about 600 kilometres (370 mi) to 850 kilometres (530 mi) of west of Cap-Vert which gave its name to the islands. On this cape - the westernmost point of continental Africa - lies Dakar, the capital of Senegal. Cape Verde forms part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Savage Isles.

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The archipelago remained uninhabited until the 15th century, when Portuguese explorers discovered and colonized the islands, establishing the first European settlement in the tropics.

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The islands are spatially divided into two groups:

The Barlavento Islands (windward islands): Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau, Sal, Boa Vista; and

The Sotavento Islands (leeward): Maio, Santiago, Fogo, Brava.

The largest island, both in size and population, is Santiago, which hosts the nation's capital, Praia, the principal urban agglomeration in the archipelago.

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Three of the Cape Verde islands, Sal, Boa Vista and Maio, are fairly flat, sandy, and dry; the others are generally rockier with more vegetation.

Our journey starts on the island of Fogo, where the volcano Pico de Cano dominates the view.

For this tour, we have decided to go “old school” navigation using VOR and NDB beacons to guide us through this horseshoe shaped archipelago.