Leg 31: UTTT (Yuzhny, Tashkent, Uzbekistan) to UTAA (Ashgahat, Turkmenistan)

Date: 2 July, 2004
Time: 11.20 - 1.52pm
Distance: 551.9nm

With a population of 4 million, Turkmenistan is the least populated country of the former Soviet bloc in Central Area.

Getting clearance from ATC before moving on to the assigned runway.

I think this is probably the Syr Darya, one of the major rivers in Central Asia.

Good weather, nice cumulus clouds.

Floating across the runway...