Heading southward to get out of the cold...remind me of the cool air when we hit the Sahara!
Golden Age Simulations Lockheed 12 G-AGTL
Using FSX weather with updates
Heading southward to get out of the cold...remind me of the cool air when we hit the Sahara!
Golden Age Simulations Lockheed 12 G-AGTL
Using FSX weather with updates
-Mike
Down safely in Stockholm Bromma.
Had a moment or two managing the fuel tanks. And almost inadvertently busted 12,000' ceiling--didn't notice the pressure change.
But all's well that ends well.
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...F5tFtbiyMUkS2E
-Mike
Out of Stockholm for Prague. Looks like pretty steady headwinds all the way.
-Mike
Down safely at Prague's Kbely.
(Had to go to Prague. My daughter is visiting friends there today...er, 74 years from today. )
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...6pePxLlF8BuL5c
-Mike
After a few business matters that commanded attention, back to the stealth Lockheed.
Heading from Prague to Bolzano.
-Mike
Good enough hand-flown flight over Czechoslovakia and Greater Germany, over and through the Alps, and into German-speaking Bolzano. The aircraft's owner, Mr. Sidney Cotton, runs an aerial mapping company. He asked me to take some pictures of the mountains in the Sudetenland along the German-Czech border. Nice scenery, that, but not sure why those photographs are of any interest.
Bonus 2.0 hours for Bolzano and 15 minutes for hand-flown leg from Prague into Bolzano.
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...aifs4QEqY3pO6M
-Mike
A few snaps. (Don't suppose that Cotton will care if these are published.) Leaving the hills of Prague, the Czech-German Sudetenland mountains (and some strange earthworks), over the Austrian Alps south of Salzburg listening for the von Trapp family as they escape, and then landing at Bolzano.
-Mike
Next, Interlaken.
-Mike
Pretty Alpine scenery all the way...as the pilot nervously tried to figure out which of those beautiful valleys he had passed. Clouds over the critical peaks, so lots of fun finding the proper checkpoints. But all's well that ends well.
Bonus. LIPB-LSMI hand-flown 15 minutes, under 12,000 feet 15 minutes. Total 30 minutes.
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...MoXHGIIUDEdMI0
-Mike
Nice pics Mike. Pretty scenery and, of course, one fine looking Lockheed...
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Marseille...
"Le jour de gloire est arrivé !"
-Mike
Beautiful day for a delightful flight over the French Alps, and then down to Provence and the Côte d'Azur. A few photos of the climb and then flight over the French Alps, Mont Blanc in the distance, and then the turn into finals and the tires kissing the tarmac.
Bonus 15 minutes for hand-flown LSMI-LFML.
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...G4Us8g7BMIuQ4U
-Mike
Mike,
You make it all look so easy! I've really got to get my act together.
Craig "CB" Taylor
Team AVSIM RTWR
Out of Marseille for Oran.
Diverting to Algiers due to 34kts headwinds.
-Mike
Down safely at Algiers.
With strong headwinds, the trip to Oran became one of only marginal range and, having to throttle back, even slower ground speed. So the safer alternative was a mid-course correction toward Algiers. Had quite a swirling wind on finals, bouncing up and down and from side to side. Happily, the Lockheed got her wheels down and rolled out as politely as a cotillion princess.
As a bonus, this old pilot gets an unexpected opportunity to explore the great city.
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...tEDA5GyRqzrZko
-Mike
Interesting debrief, MM. My winds were not so severe as yours, on this leg, and I managed to sneak into Es Senia with well over 10% gas left. Always good to have a backup plan...
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In case you missed the sign... Welcome to Africa!
Let Being Helpful Be More Important Than Being Right.
From Algiers to Colomb-Bechar. In FSX, there is no NDB so this is dead reckoning across the Atlas mountains and then the beginnings of the desert. Will try to follow my fellow Lockheed driver, PRB.
-Mike
Safely to Colomb-Bechar.
Again, constant headwinds of 20-30kts on the nose--seem to have a knack for this. (When I was young, I walked 10 miles to school, all uphill--both ways.)
Kodaks of the Lockheed 12 leaving the comforts of Algiers, then trading vegetation for sand, dramatic rocky ridges six thousand feet high, and finals into Colomb-Bechar.
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...qmB3X3SUUcQF08
-Mike
Next, Adrar in the sand.
Quick restart due to unknown glitch on initial roll.
-Mike
Safely to Adrar. This dead reckoning is tough on the nerves. And I've just begun...
The French have brought over some of those oil derricks that you see in Texas and Pennsylvania (and Baku). Must be experimenting with oil discovery here in 1930s Algeria. But they sure picked an odd spot for the work...on the threshold of Rwy 4.
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...LiBtmacRYJfcBs
-Mike
Good show Mike. That's where I'm going next too. The leg after that will be long. Hope we have enough gas!
MB: GIGABYTE GA-X299 UD4 PRO ATX
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ Processor i9-10900X Ten-Core 3.7GHz
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OS: Win 10 Pro 64bit
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