Alright then. Looks as if I have a slightly different plan than the rest of you. Starting at RPMQ for a quick hop over to RPMD.
Alright then. Looks as if I have a slightly different plan than the rest of you. Starting at RPMQ for a quick hop over to RPMD.
Arrived at RPMD after fighting some pretty heavy low level turbulance from a building thunderstorm. I hope this isn't a bad time to start this run, lol. Quick refuel and I'm off for WABB.
Just landed at WABB, flew through some bad thunderstorms after departure, but otherwise a smooth, all be it boring, flight. Acquired my beacon to the minute of my calculations. Gonna stretch my legs while they refuel my plane, then I'm off down the coast. Had a slight duenna mishap before taking off. Forgot to turn off the auto baton pickup while I taxied to my take off position, ooops! Not sure if it matters, I aborted that "flight" and I'm posting those just in case. Won't do that again.
I suppose I should start posting properly. I'm taking off from WABB heading for WAJJ
Landed at WAJJ safe and sound. Damn airport is in a bowl in FSX.
Leaving WAJJ for AYWK.
Landed safely at AYWK, but man those jungle trees are tall in X. Think I'll rest here for a while.
I figured this might draw you out!
Good luck Ed ... [whew, glad he ain't flying transports]
Squeeze off a couple of screenies of that "B" model when you can.
salt_air
hey Ed,
from the looks of it so far,
you and i have the same plan.
i hope we made the right choice.
whack down those trees for me,
will ya, please?
blue skies
sometimes the magic works.
sometimes it doesn't.
Looks like the weather is cooperating this morning. What I thought would be tailwinds have been headwinds so far, at least they've been under 10 knots, and maybe by the time I get to my home stretch they'll be tailwindsOnward and upward, departing AYWK for GSP.
Made it! This is one tough place to spot in FSX.
Not even gonna refuel and leave GSP for AYNZ
Ok, short flight so I thought I'd just scream along at tree top level all the way into Nadzab. Until I got hit with turbulence that nearly toppled me into those trees. Grabbed a few hundred feet of altitude while I burned off the adrenalin spike and made a smooth landing on the long paved runway.
Still plenty of fuel on board, gonna shake that turbulence scared out of me and head off. Departing AYNZ for FIN
Landed at Finschhafen. Time to refuel and get ready for the next leg.
Refueled and heading from FIN to CPG.
Great progress, Wombat. Nice run down the valley to Nadzab!
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Landed at Cape Gloucester. Puts me over the half way point in both required landings and calculated flight plan mileage. On to Kavieng and the Solomans next.
Leaving CPG and heading for AYKV. Gonna take advantage of this great weather.
Funny thing happened on my way to Kavieng. I could have sworn I retracted my gear on take off, but after reaching my cruise altitude I noticed that I wasn't getting the right speed. Checked quick and found my gear hanging in the slipstream, damn it! Hit the lever and watched them cycle and sure enough my speed increased, and finally got a tailwind, sweet. Of course was on pins and needles when I came in to land wondering if my gear was gonna be ok. Landed safe with an extremely short turn to final. In fact I was still turning over the threshold
Gonna reload my plane just in case and then head on down to Rabaul. AYKV to AYTK
Down safe at Tokua. Feeling my blood sugar dropping so it's time for some food before continuing down the slot to Buka.
Belly full and feeling re-energized I'm taking off form AYTK and heading for AYBK
Landed at Buka, only 4 more to go.
Leaving AYBK for AGGM.
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