Final Flight On My Circle Trip


This is Part 10 of the Sights & Scenes On My Iloilo To Cebu To Tacloban Flights.

Departure: Cebu
This CEB-TAC flight was not delayed. At 5:02PM, plane's door was already closed.
The plane's surroundings were already empty & clean, everything set for departure.

And pushback at 5:03PM. This last PAL ground crew waved goodbye to the pilot.

As we taxied towards Runway 04 (that's about 3kms), I saw this bukaw again hehe!

I silently laughed at the sight of the blue container van, that does not belong here.
Hahaha, nasaag ang amaw! That is used for/on cargo ships, the sea vessels, not on airplanes. Well, at least I haven't seen or heard of such a thing riding on an airplane!

P&O is an ocean shipping and holiday cruise company. Bakit napadpad dito? Cute!

Takeoff: Cebu
Entering and turning left on Runway 04 to finally fly back to Tacloban...

And off we rolled! Good I was on the left side of the plane. I could see the airport!

And lift off! Wohoo! Nice view. Left side is Terminal 2, right side is the Terminal 1.

A little forward, here left side of photo is T1 and right side, the remote parking bays.
Look at the yellow dot I placed. That is where my flight from Iloilo parked, and that's where this plane boarded us. Hmm, were they one and the same? Oh, I didn't check.

And I said goodbye Liloan, goodbye Cebu once again. I'll see you in 5 days. Pohon!

At nagdilim ang aking paningin... as in literally madilim. Gabi na eh, cloudy pa!


Arrival: Tacloban
In less than half an hour, I was in Tacloban, about to disembark and looking at this:

And when I got off the PAL plane I really went to ogle at this thing unknown to me:
It's also a Cessna Grand Caravan alright. I'm familiar with its shape. But the tsismoso in me got activated! Who is riding in that, why are they here, why that color?

If it's on the gray side, it is usually military. But, parang wala namang ganyang plane ang Pinas! So American? Bakit? Umatake na ba si Pingpingping sa atin? Marites ini!

And looking at the trimmings, it does not look like the common commercial charter planes. Oist, there's a big ball under the left wing. Radar yata yan eh! Anong meron?

Hay, no one around who could tell me. And/Or, there was no one around that I could dare approach with my questions. And, my friends were waiting for me at Yolanda's.

Dinner was served! So I dropped the idea of trying to know about that plane!

End of my circuitous Circle Trip!

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