04-28-2012, 09:32 PM
The sixth leg of this journey takes us to the beautifull New Zealand South Island.
And since this leg was a rather long leg over water I decided to take the BAF F16 31st Tiger Sqn for the trip.
Overview of the trip:
This was a rather direct routing taking us from Launceston, Tasmania to Invercargill New Zealand.
All fueled up and getting ready to leave Launceston
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Quickly throttling back after take off because this baby wants to 'Rock'
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On Cruise power we climbed to FL250 for the long stretch over water.
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... and soon we were settled in a nice cruise
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While on descend it came clear that weather was deteriorating... dark clouds and rain
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Over Invercargill and setting up for an outbound leg to land on RW22
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First aiming for a 3° glidepath and setting the FPM (flight path marker) on the touchdown area
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... adjusting while we get closer while also setting up for the correct AOA
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... looking great
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... and a smooth roll out on RW22
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Final destination of this flight, Invercargill New Zealand
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Total block to block time: 1 hour 54 minutes
Flown using:
Microsoft Flight simulator X
Aerosoft Fighting Falcon
Active Sky 2012 for weather
Scenery: FTX/Orbx AU + YMLT and NZ South Island; http://fullterrain.com/product_nzsi.html
And since this leg was a rather long leg over water I decided to take the BAF F16 31st Tiger Sqn for the trip.
Overview of the trip:
This was a rather direct routing taking us from Launceston, Tasmania to Invercargill New Zealand.
All fueled up and getting ready to leave Launceston
[attachment=4985]
[attachment=4986]
[attachment=4987]
Quickly throttling back after take off because this baby wants to 'Rock'
[attachment=4988]
[attachment=4989]
[attachment=4990]
On Cruise power we climbed to FL250 for the long stretch over water.
[attachment=4991]
... and soon we were settled in a nice cruise
[attachment=4992]
[attachment=4993]
While on descend it came clear that weather was deteriorating... dark clouds and rain
[attachment=4994]
Over Invercargill and setting up for an outbound leg to land on RW22
[attachment=4995]
First aiming for a 3° glidepath and setting the FPM (flight path marker) on the touchdown area
[attachment=4996]
... adjusting while we get closer while also setting up for the correct AOA
[attachment=4997]
... looking great
[attachment=4998]
... and a smooth roll out on RW22
[attachment=4999]
Final destination of this flight, Invercargill New Zealand
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[attachment=5001]
[attachment=5002]
Total block to block time: 1 hour 54 minutes
Flown using:
Microsoft Flight simulator X
Aerosoft Fighting Falcon
Active Sky 2012 for weather
Scenery: FTX/Orbx AU + YMLT and NZ South Island; http://fullterrain.com/product_nzsi.html
