A 2.8 hour flight from Sao Luis to Rochambeau, French Guyana. Pouring rain. Across the equator. We planned to stop and eat lunch, but they wanted us to clear customs/immigration, and we didn't want to. Thierry instead found baguettes with ham, cheese, or both.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 32.0 mm; 1/160 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

Satelite coverage...and lat/long coordinates (01 04.36S, 048 40.96W) well before we cross the equator. Attempting to find the equator on the GPS.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/160 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/160 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

...and we completely miss the big huge crossing the equator event. Coords are 0 00.14N...and something I can't read W. Three problems here: 1) a fast plane; 2) we didn't plan at all for where the equator was; and 3) Bri never practiced how to do a shot like this.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/250 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

Looking down between the seats, nicely organized charts!

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 47.0 mm; 1/250 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

Again, dropping like a rock. 2850 feet per minute down.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 75.0 mm; 1/2500 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

Approach to French Guyana. Weather a bit down.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 55.0 mm; 1/2500 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

Yikes! Landing in French Guyana. In driving rain.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 58.0 mm; 1/2500 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

Rainy Rochambeau Frenh Guyana. The mirrored windows gave a nice view of the TBM at parking.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/2500 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

Very rainy. The light on the left side is Patrik's TBM pulling in.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 45.0 mm; 1/2000 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 35.0 mm; 1/2000 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400

Patrick's TBN N850WM pulls in behind John's Cheyenne N82XL, in driving rain, in French Guyana.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/800 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Building a huge new tower in Rochambeau.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/800 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Cleaning the soot off the TBM.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/1250 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Papa takes advantage of the rain in French Guyana to wipe off thousands of miles of soot from TMB N850SJ. How much soot? Before/after.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 28.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

All four planes lined up in French Guyana.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24.0 mm; 1/500 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100

Fueling in the rain. Frank's second choice.