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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 8:26 am
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Vulcan
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Cusco is a bear of an aiprort to fly in and out of. Picture dropping through heavy clouds covering the top of a barrel (mountains), into the barrel, then down to 'ground' level (12,000 feet?),then flying down a valley, doing a 180 degree turn at the end, and finally a high speed landing, due to the altitude.

Take off is even more fun.
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