26 December 2011

4th April 1966

OK 523 53n 30w 2255 F200 52n 40w 0050 temp' -25C TAS 325 kts wind 300/30 SelCal FGBH
Message from Cubana timed 2220z:- for zones 7/8 no significant weather. Layers at 23,000', with light to moderate icing. Winds at 500 Mb zones 7 to 11, as follows, 310/00 (z7), 320/30 (z8), 140/40 (z9), 130/40 (z10) and 180/30 (z11). OK 523 requested 51 cold meals for our arrival.


[Photo: © Paul Zogg]

CSA Britannia 318, OK-MBB. The 'zones' referred to above relate to each 5 degrees of longitude, used as weather sectors on the North Atlantic.

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