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Pilot boarding in Brazil


published on 9 August 2021 251 -

Found on YouTube. Created by "Marine-Pilots". Originally published on 2021-08-09.
Awesome scenery!
Thanks to Pilot Captain Haitham Alzahrani - Saudi Arabia - and his friend from Brazil.

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