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    MM 2012 Cape-to-Cape Golden Age Lockheed 12 G-AGTL

    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
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    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
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    Out of Stockholm for Prague. Looks like pretty steady headwinds all the way.
    -Mike

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    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
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    After a few business matters that commanded attention, back to the stealth Lockheed.

    Heading from Prague to Bolzano.
    -Mike

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MM View Post
    Nice scenery, that, but not sure why those photographs are of any interest.

    Photographs? I see no photographs. You will show us the pictures, please.
    Jeff
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    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

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    Next, Interlaken.
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    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
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    Nice pics Mike. Pretty scenery and, of course, one fine looking Lockheed...
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    Marseille...

    "Le jour de gloire est arrivé !"
    -Mike

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    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
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    Mike,

    You make it all look so easy! I've really got to get my act together.
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    Mike,

    You make it all look so easy! I've really got to get my act together.

    Very true CB ... and how 'bout them screenies!
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    Out of Marseille for Oran.

    Diverting to Algiers due to 34kts headwinds.
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    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
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    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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    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

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    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
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    Next, Adrar in the sand.
    Quick restart due to unknown glitch on initial roll.
    -Mike

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    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
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    Good show Mike. That's where I'm going next too. The leg after that will be long. Hope we have enough gas!
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    Quote Originally Posted by PRB View Post
    Good show Mike. That's where I'm going next too. The leg after that will be long. Hope we have enough gas!
    Copy gas. Worried too--about range and winds and visibility and just finding the airport.
    Hope we can share an orange soda at Gao...rather than a sip of radiator fluid in the Tanezrouft.
    Good luck to both of us.
    -Mike

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