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One of my last trips took me into Kuwait. Not an unusual occurrance as I seem to end up in Kuwait quite a bit, but we were fortunate enough to be heading towards Leipzig, Germany. Meaning that we were treated to a birds eye view of downtown Baghdad and its surrounding suburbs and towns.
This ultimately meant that I was jammed in the back row perched (quite precariously) on the seats and surrounded by supplies clicking my little heart away.
I've spent the past two hours scouring the web for detailed maps of the Baghdad area and sadly, this just does not exist on the world wide web. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and just buy a map if I want to figure out what exactly we were flying over (besides the Tigris River which is pretty obvious and can get somewhat boring)
The one image I was able to positively identify was the Al Taji Army Airfield:
The runways can't be seen in this image, they are farther to the south, but the support facilities in the lower left can. The airfield is located about 20 miles to the north of Baghdad. Back in the day it used to be an Iraqi military installation but is now jointly used by the troops and the Iraqi National Guard.
I'm hoping to get that level of detail for the other images sometime in the future.
More shots of the Baghdad area can be found here
This ultimately meant that I was jammed in the back row perched (quite precariously) on the seats and surrounded by supplies clicking my little heart away.
I've spent the past two hours scouring the web for detailed maps of the Baghdad area and sadly, this just does not exist on the world wide web. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and just buy a map if I want to figure out what exactly we were flying over (besides the Tigris River which is pretty obvious and can get somewhat boring)
The one image I was able to positively identify was the Al Taji Army Airfield:
The runways can't be seen in this image, they are farther to the south, but the support facilities in the lower left can. The airfield is located about 20 miles to the north of Baghdad. Back in the day it used to be an Iraqi military installation but is now jointly used by the troops and the Iraqi National Guard.
I'm hoping to get that level of detail for the other images sometime in the future.
More shots of the Baghdad area can be found here
