quaxpilot 63 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 Aloha! Pfff, one of the most tiresome parts of the Aleutian crossing has been done. From PASY Eareckson As to PADU Unalaska/Dutch Harbour I had to struggle with crosswinds, fog, snow and rain, problems with my navigation equipment and a bit tricky approach. That's gonna buy me a little break from one day before I will continue the steps to Alaska and Canada to get my passengers to their destination Vancouver. To avoid trouble with poor visual conditions I had to start early in the morning but 8.00 local it means still darkness Please login to display this image. easier to start than to land Please login to display this image. most of the flight looks like this Please login to display this image. so 12.000ft is the better decision Please login to display this image. some daring ones even have fun in the Bering Sea Please login to display this image. getting closer to PADU isn't much better Please login to display this image. somewhere to the right there must be the runway Please login to display this image. there it is Please login to display this image. over the hills... Please login to display this image. and down we are Please login to display this image. nice little place...one day to enjoy the scenery around Here we are now: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Q6up-ylNXWb2R-H58_W-FoBJ2cstSCDB&usp=sharing and for the overview: pasy_padu.kml safe landings Lem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert 20 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Hey Lem! That's a great looking portable landing platform!! However it does look pretty busy with all those armed aircraft!! Maybe I'll keep one nearby as I traverse the Atlantic soon! You never know when you'll need a spot to stop!! Rupert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaxpilot 63 Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 vor 5 Stunden , rupert sagte: Hey Lem! That's a great looking portable landing platform!! However it does look pretty busy with all those armed aircraft!! Maybe I'll keep one nearby as I traverse the Atlantic soon! You never know when you'll need a spot to stop!! Rupert Aloha! Yes, Rupert, could be worth a try to test it. I don't really know if it's only possible to land on a carrier as a mission or if you can do it on every carrier you see cruising around...next time if I'm spotting one I'll make a test safe landings maybe there Lem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert 20 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 42 minutes ago, quaxpilot said: Aloha! Yes, Rupert, could be worth a try to test it. I don't really know if it's only possible to land on a carrier as a mission or if you can do it on every carrier you see cruising around...next time if I'm spotting one I'll make a test safe landings maybe there Lem Funny you'd put it that way! During the Vietnam war I made hundreds of RW landings on various carriers, LPHS, destroyers, etc. in both Marine CH-34s and CH-46s. In fact once while in Subic Bay as a patient on the hospital ship Repose, I watched a C-130 land on The Enterprise and take off from it about a hour or so later. I wasn't nearly close or high enough while aboard The Repose to see how they stopped that C-130. But the takeoff was really impressive with all the JATO bottles firing off!! Since I was never a RW "jet jockey," I haven't really thought about flying off or on a carrier in a fixed wing while simming till now. As to flying choppers, I've never found a sim of any chopper which I could successfully fly because I miss all the physical inputs and feedback of flying a RW chopper. There may be some simulators out there to provide all that feedback. But I'm positive they're way above any pay grade I've ever achieved! Rupert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaxpilot 63 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 Aloha! Pacific crossing nearly finished! Today is the last one on Aleution route flying from PADU Unalaska to PAYA Yakutat in Alaska...and ends up on the next continent. The next ocean to pass will be the Atlantic but before I will enjoy crossing USA. But first is to finish this leg. I don't like this unpleasant weather anymore and hope for an improvement with the next days. Allways foggy and cloudy, rain and snow .... Please login to display this image. early ( about 9.00h local) start for a daylight approach Please login to display this image. 4 cups of coffee later... Please login to display this image. ...it became brighter and brighter Please login to display this image. pffff...grey again Please login to display this image. the last spurs of the Aleutian Islands Please login to display this image. the Northarmerican continent ahead! Yeehaw! Please login to display this image. food-shelter-booze...what a promise! Yakutak, I like you! the route... https://drive.google.com/open?id=14VrXWk9VQy2IaFKcwaetBsQ3O-wBrQC2&usp=sharing and kml: padu_paya.kml safe landings Lem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaxpilot 63 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 Aloha! We had a very extensive farewell evening together with our passengers in this Food.etc. bar...but again it was an early takeoff to arrive at the end in CYVR Vancouver, the destination of illustrous travel company. They were happy to get home...and I was happy with the money they paid And again...snow and drizzle...so I decided to fly this part above the clouds for a bit relaxing part at the end. Please login to display this image. baah! Please login to display this image. hight in the sky it looks better Please login to display this image. the clouds of the rising sun mood improves Please login to display this image. Alaska and snow...that's a nice combination Please login to display this image. ...if your are far above at 7000ft Please login to display this image. must be Canada now Please login to display this image. and still clouds on the way Please login to display this image. but excellent navigation helps in risky flyovers Please login to display this image. Vancouver within range Please login to display this image. approaching...and the weather is unpleasant again Please login to display this image. here we are...from here we are two of us again, no more payload on the way to Canada: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OFL6wCHmWeGcSmiu3_kMVDNyRZRw85Ie&usp=sharing paya_cyvr.kml safe landings Lem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaxpilot 63 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Aloha! And the last part of step 6...not really. I've splitted this one into two: Vancouver to KHAF Half Moon Bay and then KSFO San Francisco...only a hop away but a nice place to enjoy the last days and acclimate before entering big-city life. It was a enjoyable trip all close to the westen shore line from Canada to California with a lot of fantastic panorama views...and a lot of pictures. Even the weather was on our side. But at the end I have to repeat the approach because I missed the first attempt . Please login to display this image. new chapter of the race...prepared to cross the USA under the protection of...Wonderwoman! Please login to display this image. off from Vancouver...no snow or rain anymore Please login to display this image. not really some clouds never stop to bother Please login to display this image. always close to the shore line Please login to display this image. VFR at 4500ft Please login to display this image. nice places to live Please login to display this image. and different kind of regions Please login to display this image. ...like this Please login to display this image. ...and this Please login to display this image. acceptable weather conditions now despite this cloud layer Please login to display this image. ooops...some raindrops rushing by Please login to display this image. no...it clarifes and Half Moon Bay is coming nearer Please login to display this image. already passing the bay entry Please login to display this image. a few miles later KHAF in sight Please login to display this image. this one failed... Please login to display this image. the resuld: sun set Please login to display this image. ha! the illuminated hangar is the your own one if you receive the scenery Please login to display this image. only a handful of miles away from San Francisco...tomorrow Routes and Google View with tomorrows last sightseeing approach to KSFO then... safe landings Lem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaxpilot 63 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Aloha! Today the last miles including a short sightseeing tour of the bay area to reach the approach path from Palo Alto direction...and we have the sun on our side for some great views here. Please login to display this image. a 180° turn later passing KHAF Please login to display this image. really not too far away...SF Please login to display this image. and Half Moon Bay behind Please login to display this image. Golden Gate Park on the way to the like-named bridge Please login to display this image. well known view Please login to display this image. Presidio below us and the Marina District with the cupola dome of the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Please login to display this image. Bridge Vista Point and Sausalito on the right Please login to display this image. Alcatraz to the left, Fisherman's Wharf to the right Please login to display this image. Oakland Bay Bridge with the beginning of Treasure Island and the Financial District on the opposite side Please login to display this image. the old and closed Alameda Naval Air Station KNGZ Please login to display this image. Oakland International KOAK Please login to display this image. but we want SFO Please login to display this image. step 6 finished after an exicting tour from the other side of the Pacific The forthcoming step across the USA will be also an exciting adventure but with more variations and more colourful than snow and water on the last 3.000ms and the routes https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Q6up-ylNXWb2R-H58_W-FoBJ2cstSCDB&usp=sharing and the Earth views cyvr_khaf.kml khaf_ksfo.kml safe landings Lem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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