dcc's Lightning adventure

[dcc]

Taking of from Dobodura heading to Finschhafen

AYGR-FIN

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[dcc]

smooth flight, a bit bumpy landing (rwy surface)

Leg 9 0:26:46

Total Flight time: 4:56:22

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[dcc]

doing a short hop FIN-AYNZ (Finschhafen-Nadzab)

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[dcc]

landed at Nadzab

Leg 10 0:15:19

Total flight time: 5:11:41

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[dcc]

Departing Lae (Nadzab) for a quick hop over to Gusap

AYNZ-GSP

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[dcc]

landed at Gusap

Leg 11: 0:13:08

Total flight time: 5:24:49

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[dcc]

Gusap to Wewak

GSP-AYWK


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[dcc]

down at Wewak

Leg 12 0:37:45

Total flight time: 6:02:34

I kinda wish the wx would get a little more interesting ...

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[dcc]

Taking off from Wewak, heading to Hollandia

AYWK-WAJJ

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[dcc]

Arrival at Hollandia, FS2004 mesh is a little odd there on approach

Leg 13 0:37:49

Total flight time 6:40:23

Once again, pretty boring wx

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[MM]

Excellent all around, David. (Though one should be careful about asking for "interesting" weather...)

BTW, your P-38H Virtual Cockpit sets a terrific high standard. Truly a gem.

[robert41]

Weather has been stormy near Biak and north.

[dcc]

after a little R&R here at Hollandia (RL getting busy), heading off to Biak for penultimate leg

WAJJ-WABB

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[dcc]

down at Biak, once again, the wx was clear, but battled a headwind the whole way, so probably lost some time

Leg 14 0:51:22

Total flight time: 7:31:45

due to Real-Life schedule, I'm going to have to park here for a little while before completing the last leg

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[dcc]

I'm back in town, hopefully will get a few hours to make the last leg before the deadline

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[PRB]

Weclome back, David. Don't worry about the deadline. We've had the Month of May extended this year as needed for all pilots to complete the event!

[dcc]

well, here goes. Memorial Day flight, taking off for final leg WABB-RPMD

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[dcc]

fortunately caught a good tailwind so I could go full throttle the whole way, made it with just 20 gallons left

Leg 15: 2:12:56

Total flight time: 9:44:41

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[robert41]

Great flight DCC. Gotta love those big fuel tanks. Congrads.

[PRB]

Well done, David!
:ernae:

[teson1]

Nice plane, nice run.
P-38 has style!

[MM]

First class all the way!

[RedGreen]

Congratulations, fellow P-38 driver! Well done! :ernae: