MM Out on the Rim

[MM]

Setting up the Hawker Hunter with external tanks so that it can make the Rim Run. (Also checking out the pilot who needs a refresher course in type.)

David Garwood's new FSX version of the Hunter is top drawer. Please accept our appreciation for the wonderful aircraft.

[Moses03]

Happy hunting Sir.

[salt_air]

Welcome Mike!!

Pay no attention to the rumors that you may hear from the locals along the way....:ernae:


Have a great ride!

[Willy]

:salute:

Glad you found something to fly!

Rumors? What rumors are we supposed to be spreading?

[MM]

YPDN-WADB (Darwin-Bima)

Joining in on the adventure.

[MM]

Down safely at WADB

Uneventful flight until having to thread between the volcanoes on to set up the final approach. More fun, that.

Leg Time: 1:28:03
Total Time: 1:28:03

Leg Fuel: 5122.0
Total Fuel: 5122.0

Leg Bonus: Indonesia 00:30
Total Bonus: 00:30

[Moses03]

M- Your Duenna shows the destination as WRRB. FSX snafu?

[MM]

M- Your Duenna shows the destination as WRRB. FSX snafu?

So it seems. (This is Bima which is WADB in FSX and WRRB in FS9. Not really a snafu...I believe this represents a redesignation of the ICAO code in between versions of FS.)

[MM]

WADB-WIHH (Bima-Jakarta Halim)

Will try some night flying over the Rim of Fire.

[MM]

Safely down at WIHH (Jakarta Halim).

Beautiful sunset and then starry skies. Got a snap of the sunset at takeoff. And then a quick view of Tambora, the massive volcano whose 1815 eruption was heard a thousand miles away. The sulfur released into the atmosphere caused 1816 to be the "Year Without Summer" in Europe and North America and produced the worst famine of the nineteenth century.

Leg Time: 1:24:06
Total Time: 2:52:09

Leg Fuel: 5046.0
Total Fuel: 10,168

Required Airport
Leg Bonus: None
Total Bonus: 00:30

[MM]

WIHH-WSSS (Jakarta-Singapore)

Heading north to the bright night lights of Singapore.

[PRB]

That Hunter is a fine looking machine!

[MM]

Down safely at WSSS (Singapore)

A night landing. (Happily, no photographers...)

Thanks, Paul. The Hunter does have classic lines. Dave Garwood has done a terrific job modeling it for FSX.

Leg Time: 0:56:04
Total Time: 3:48:13

Leg Fuel: 4,769.0
Total Fuel: 14,937

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (Singapore)
Total Bonus: 01:00

[MM]

WSSS-WMSA (Singapore-Kuala Lumpur)

Her Majesty's Government insists on the RAF Display Team's visiting the national capitals. This time: the Federation of Malaya's Kuala Lumpur. (Subang WMSA is the older airport which, as it turns out, will appear six years from now in 1965.) Again, a night flight.

[MM]

Safely down at WMSA (Kuala Lumpur Subang)

Quick night flight into thunderstorms at Kuala Lumpur. No worries.

Leg Time: 0:22:06
Total Time: 4:10:19

Leg Fuel: 2,584.0
Total Fuel: 17,521.0

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (Malaysia)
Total Bonus: 01:30

Night Landings Requirement Fulfilled.

[MM]

WMSA-VVTS (Kuala Lumpur to Saigon)

After a good British High Tea, off to French Indochina. Saigon first.

[MM]

Down safely at VVTS (Saigon)

Snaps of the South China Sea fisheries and then the rich rice paddies of the Mekong Delta.

Leg Time: 1:03:56
Total Time: 5:14:15

Leg Fuel: 4,847.0
Total Fuel: 22,368.0

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (South Vietnam)
Total Bonus: 02:00

[MM]

VVTS-VDPP

A short hop from Tan Son Nhat to Pochentong.

[MM]

Safely down at VDPP Phnom Penh's Pochentong.

Peaceful little constitutional monarchy here, led by a reforming prince who wants to keep Cambodia neutral and out of the wars of Vietnam and Laos. (Sad to think of the horrors of the next generation!)

Leg Time: 0:15:59
Total Time: 5:30:14

Leg Fuel: 1,556.2
Total Fuel: 23,924.2

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (Cambodia)
Total Bonus: 02:30

[MM]

VDPP-VVNB Phnom Penh Pochentong-Hanoi Noibai

Showing the Union Jack in Hanoi...

[MM]

Safely down at VVNB.

High altitude views over Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and then North Vietnam. Beautiful rich country.

Leg Time: 1:05:55
Total Time: 6:36:09

Leg Fuel: 5,020.0
Total Fuel: 28,944.2

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (North Vietnam)
Total Bonus: 03:00 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam)

[MM]

VVNB-VMMC Hanoi-Macau

The locals here in Hanoi seem less than pleased with the legacy of French rule. Anti-colonial, you might say...

[MM]

Safely down at VMMC.

Clouds all the way but got a look at Hainan Island in the South China Sea. Rumor has it that a Navy pilot landed there and stirred up a nest of PLA soldiers. Those same clouds obscured views of Macau and then a thick haze appeared on finals.

Quiet little Portuguese colony, this. A little zone for economic opportunities for those who seek them...

Leg Time: 0:49:45
Total Time: 7:25:54

Leg Fuel: 4,280.0
Total Fuel: 33,224.2

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (Macau)
Total Bonus: 03:30 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam, Macau)

[MM]

VMMC-VHHX Macau-Hong Kong Kai Tak

A quick hop to visit the lads at Hong Kong.

[MM]

Safely down at VHHX.

Classic Stonecutters approach--without the checkerboard in FSX. Here's a photo of the finals into 13 and then the Hong Kong skyline. Will take a motor launch over, pick up a green Roller and head for the Peninsula Hotel--the finest hotel east of Suez. Top drawer service, eh? A properly served English tea.

Leg Time: 0:07:08
Total Time: 7:33:02

Leg Fuel: 467.0
Total Fuel: 33,691.2

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (Hong Kong)
Total Bonus: 04:00 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam, Macau, Hong Kong)