Single achievement

Shine Bright like a Diamond

This is a virtual airline achievement created by FireFly Air.

Rihanna is on tour in South Africa and to celebrate her song “Shine Bright like a Diamond” released in 2012 she has bought a 14.2 carat vivid blue diamond, which cost her $3.9 million.

She has employed FireFly Air to pick up the diamond directly from the diamond mine at Letseng in the Kingdom of Lesotho. The country is completed landlocked by South Africa and is a mainly mountainous situated in the Maloti Mountains.It contains the highest mountain in Southern Africa, Thabana NtlenyanaIt, it stands at 3,482 metres (11,424 ft) high.

Your mission is to pick-up the diamond at Letseng airstrip (FXLT) which is at 10460ft above sea level and has a runway length of 3782ft and transport it to Cape Town (FACT)

Take in the amazing scenery along the way and on arrival into Capetown you will get an opportunity to take in the views of Cape Town, Table Top Mountain and then land in the handcrafted Cape Town airport.

While you can use any aircraft, the CJ4 OR HondaJet would be well suited to the distance and relatively short runway in FXLT.

Created by 6 Knots

Criteria

Depart from FXLT, fly to and land at FACT (604 NM). Your landing rate must not exceed 300 f/m.

You will be awarded XP 100 for completing this achievement.

Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
03JUL25 1704Z FXLT FACT TheImpossibleFace Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -121 ft/m 683 nm 02:46 View
14JUN25 0847Z FXLT FACT DanBoisBack Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -267 ft/m 668 nm 01:38 View
11JUN25 1943Z FXLT FACT JeffDoug Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -276 ft/m 603 nm 01:57 View
27MAR25 0934Z FXLT FACT VAF343 Sandro Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -181 ft/m 625 nm 01:33 View
02SEP24 0646Z FXLT FACT Lunarjets Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -282 ft/m 603 nm 01:49 View
31AUG24 1004Z FXLT FACT Niels1501 Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -131 ft/m 658 nm 02:26 View
10MAY24 1946Z FXLT FACT Blanche Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) -115 ft/m 619 nm 02:38 View
21APR24 1337Z FXLT FACT JDGriz Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -163 ft/m 710 nm 01:05 View
21APR24 0429Z FXLT FACT MDA009 Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -179 ft/m 1288 nm 04:10 View
02FEB24 1538Z FXLT FACT Obslynnx33 Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -60 ft/m 682 nm 01:38 View
12NOV23 2239Z FXLT FACT HuskerDoo13 Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -113 ft/m 699 nm 02:00 View
15OCT23 1918Z FXLT FACT Kaharia Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -175 ft/m 623 nm 01:46 View
19AUG23 1313Z FXLT FACT Mrninety Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -48 ft/m 644 nm 02:39 View
13JUL23 0251Z FXLT FACT Renoi71 Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -216 ft/m 739 nm 02:12 View
21MAY23 1813Z FXLT FACT Jingle2607 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -285 ft/m 633 nm 01:48 View
04MAR23 2129Z FXLT FACT Kingsman9965 Pilatus PC-21 (PC21) -205 ft/m 610 nm 01:48 View
12FEB23 2233Z FXLT FACT Tigershark 74 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -268 ft/m 603 nm 01:41 View
03FEB23 1431Z FXLT FACT Devildude1 Boeing 737-700 (B737) -268 ft/m 670 nm 01:51 View
25DEC22 1519Z FXLT FACT Quasar Core Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -100 ft/m 707 nm 02:02 View
04NOV22 1907Z FXLT FACT Cyulator Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -82 ft/m 667 nm 01:47 View