* * * * * Davao, Mindanao Island, Republic of the Philippines Friday 15th November 1996 Normally Grand Air’s solitary Airbus A300 serviced Francisco Bangoy International at the City of Davao. On today however, after performing a round trip to Cagayan, followed by another round trip to Tacloban, we were assigned a round trip to Davao. Apparently the Airbus was broken. This made for a really long day, and, as the fates would have it, this was the first and only time I’d ever make this trip. Davao City sits on the southeast edge of Mindanao Island, adjacent to the Gulf of Davao. From Manila to Davao it’s 522 NM (600.3 SM) using airway B-473, which, cruising southeast at 33,000...