akanishta99 27 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Another cool place to check out in Oman is the Bimmah Sinkhole. It's considered one of the world's best swimming holes. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 @akanishta99 The place looks incredible. Since tomorrow's flight path passes within a few km of the Bimmah Sinkhole, I will definitely make a detour and check the place out. (The advantages of a bush plane with floats!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 Friday 13th October - OOSA (Salahlah, Oman) Well it may be Friday the 13th but I trust that my luck with the new destination of Masirah Island will prove the superstition wrong. Well today's flight could be summarized with one word - BORING! Nothing but flat sea or flat sand. Please login to display this image. Approaching the island of Masirah at 4000ft Please login to display this image. Oops! I thought that was the runway, bit it's just a road cut through the trees... Please login to display this image. Masirah (OOMA) runway in sight Please login to display this image. Masirah Island Please login to display this image. Masirah beach scene Please login to display this image. RAF Base on Masirah Please login to display this image. Masirah Island Please login to display this image. Masirah beach enclosure Please login to display this image. Nimrod at the RAF base Please login to display this image. Today's flight - OOSA (Salahlah, Oman) to OOMA (Masirah, Oman) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 Monday 16th October - OOMA (Masirah- Oman) With plenty of time to spare, it's off to Char Barhar in Iran via a detour to the Bimmah Sinkhole (See akanishta99's post above) in the norther part of Oman on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. Please login to display this image. With the precise geographical co-ordinates, it was easy enough to locate the little town of Bimmah. To find the sinkhole in X-Plane (default scenery) was not so easy... Please login to display this image. A Google satellite image of the Bimmah Sinkhole. Eventually I found where it must be by following the highway. Please login to display this image. This must be the sinkhole. At a terrain resolution of 72M (default X-Plane 11 Scenery) only a few colour splotches can be seen out of the side window. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. This is what the Bimmar Sinkhole is supposed to look like. Known as "House of the Demon", it sure does look a little ominous! Ah well, after a swim, it was time to cross the Gulf of Oman Please login to display this image. Char-Bahar runway in sight. Please login to display this image. The Port of Char Bahar Please login to display this image. Salt Lake Please login to display this image. Char Bahar at night Please login to display this image. Today's flight: OOMA (Masirah, Oman) - OIZC (Char Bahar - Iran) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 Tuesday 17th October - OIZC (Char Bahar - Iran) Again off early so that we can act as tourists at Karachi. Uneventful flight - mostly over water. Please login to display this image. Mid morning over Karachi (Pakistan) Please login to display this image. Jinnah Intl. in sight Please login to display this image. Coming in to land at OPKC (Karachi Jinnah Intl) X-Plane 11 default scenery Please login to display this image. Cantt Railway Station Please login to display this image. Bharia Town Please login to display this image. Habib Bank Please login to display this image. Karachi Sunway Lagoon Water Park Please login to display this image. Clifton Karachi at night Please login to display this image. Safari park Please login to display this image. Today's journey: OIZC (Char Bahar - Iran) - OPKC (Karachi Pakistan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 Wednesday 18th October - OPKC (Karachi, Pakistan) Again off early so that we can check out Mumbai before heading inland. Fuel economy is pretty good and it looks like we can try some longer unbroken flights. Please login to display this image. Leaving Karachi in heavy mist Please login to display this image. Clouds thinning out over the ocean Please login to display this image. Indian coast ahead Please login to display this image. Coming in to land at Mumbai - heavy smog Please login to display this image. Mumbai - India's largest city Please login to display this image. Gateway to India arch Please login to display this image. Formal and informal business sectors Please login to display this image. Victoria Terminus Please login to display this image. Kanheri Caves Please login to display this image. Today's route: OPKC (Karachi Jinnah - Pakistan) to VABB (Bombay Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji - India) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 363 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Great shots Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Love how you studded your dairy with real shots of the places you travel. Keep up the good work and safe flying. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 @nealmac and @kalizzi Thanks Guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 Thursday 19th October - VABB (Mumbai) Since we are over land, today will be a short hop to Nashik Road because Passepartout needs more flight training. I also want to take a look at some of the hindu temples now that it's the festival of lights in india (Diwali). Please login to display this image. Leaving Mumbai - crystal clear morning Please login to display this image. Over the Mukane Reservoir at 5000 ft Please login to display this image. For a student pilot, Passepartout held course quite well... Please login to display this image. Nasik Road airstrip - Passepartout in the left seat. Please login to display this image. Nasik Road railway station Please login to display this image. Buddhist temples Please login to display this image. Nasik Road marble temple Please login to display this image. Our short morning flight VABB (Mumbai) to VANR (Nasik Road) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 Thursday 19th October - VANR (Nasik Road) Since we are over land its time for Passpartout to get some night flying training. Please login to display this image. So we left for Aurangabad shortly before sunset. Please login to display this image. Sun reflecting off the fuselage Please login to display this image. On course for Aurangabad Please login to display this image. Cockpit bathed in the setting sunlight Please login to display this image. Sun dropping lower... Please login to display this image. And lower... Please login to display this image. And gone! Please login to display this image. Light fading... Please login to display this image. Last glimmering... Please login to display this image. Aurangabad runway in sight Please login to display this image. Lined up - PAPI lights correct Aurangabad is known for three things: Please login to display this image. The 17th-century marble Bibi ka Maqbara shrine, styled on the Taj Mahal (The real Taj has fountains at this viewpoint) and Please login to display this image. Akai Pol - a medieval Daulatabad Fort and most impressive of all: Please login to display this image. Rock-cut Buddhist shrines Please login to display this image. More shrines cut out of the mountainside and for contrast.... Please login to display this image. AUDI assembly factory! Please login to display this image. Today's Two Flights: VABB (Mumbai) to VANR (Nasik Road) to VAAU (Aurangabad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 Friday 20th October - VAAU (Aurangabad) According to Jules Verne's novel, Fogg, Passepartout, Sir Francis Cromarty & Co. rescued a girl called Aouda from being sacrificed in a religious ritual just before arriving at Aurangabad. From now on she now travelled with them. So from now on I will assume that the passenger weight in the Kodiak will increase by 60Kg since there are now three people aboard (until Kolkata). Please login to display this image. A misty take-off from Aurangabad Please login to display this image. Low visibility Please login to display this image. Runway lights of Nagpur barely visible Please login to display this image. Nagpur - "Green city in India" Please login to display this image. Planned prosperity... Please login to display this image. Railway Station Please login to display this image. Deekshabhoomi is a Buddhist monument and pilgrimage site Please login to display this image. Today's foggy flight: VAAY (Aurangabad) to VANP (Nagpur) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 Saturday 21st October - VANP (Nagpur) Waiting for the weather to clear - not much luck. Time to go... Please login to display this image. Leaving Nagpur - heavy mist Please login to display this image. Crossing Lake Narmada at 5000ft just below the cloud level - wierd lighting effects Please login to display this image. Approaching Allahabad - In and out of cloud - late afternoon sunlight lighting the ground below Please login to display this image. Allahabad suspension bridge at the confluence of three rivers- Ganga, Yamuna and the invisible Saraswati. Please login to display this image. Medieval Allahabad Fort Please login to display this image. Hanuman Temple Allahabad Please login to display this image. Railway Station Please login to display this image. Queen Victoria's memorial Please login to display this image. Today's flight - VANP (Nagpur) to VIAL (Allahabad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Dave yours is one of the most informative dairies. I really enjoy following it. Keep it rolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Thank you. It is actually great fun briefly reading up on all the places as we get to them. My geography is improving exponentially. India is actually quite fascinating. I never would have thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Monday 23rd October - VIAL (Allahabad) Please login to display this image. Waited until midday for better weather - at last it's time to go... Please login to display this image. Approaching Ranchi at 5000ft - clear day but hot down there Please login to display this image. Hot and humid coming in to Ranchi Please login to display this image. Aerial view of Ranchi - a city full of rivers and waterfalls Please login to display this image. Waterfalls in the middle of the city Please login to display this image. Lots of water here. Please login to display this image. Today's flight: VIAL (Allahabad) to VERC (Rangi) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Tuesday 24th October - VERC (Ranchi) Weather was better today. Only slight mist. Please login to display this image. Leaving Ranchi Please login to display this image. Crossing the AjodHya Hill and Forest Reserve Please login to display this image. Kolkata (Calcutta) in the afternoon. A little bit of smog. Please login to display this image. Where is the runway? Can't see it... But it must be there... Please login to display this image. The Piyal Kundu Please login to display this image. The tourist side of Piyal Kundu Please login to display this image. Flower Market Please login to display this image. Old Calcutta Please login to display this image. Want a ride? Please login to display this image. Today's Flight: VERC (Ranchi) to Kolkata (VECC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 According to the "Official Rules" we must be in Calcutta by the 26th October. So, made it - 2 days early! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delps 14 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Hi Dave I had my modem hit with a big Jhb storm. Just replaced, so flying again. Given the time single prop takes, I use autopilot. I deviate with manual flying if I see something interesting. I'm currently heading down Malaysia towards Darwei airport. Agree, geography lessons are good in this type of challenge. Safe travels Delps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 Josie at the start of summer = lightning strikes. Suck it up At least you have water - we have a serious drought here in Cape Town! I am currently flying down the coast of Burma, and when I see all the lush vegetation I get green with envy. Dunno about the heat and snakes though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 Please login to display this image. Leaving Kolkota - X-Plane freeware scenery courtesy fhvanhal Please login to display this image. VECC Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport - X-Plane freeware scenery courtesy fhvanhal Please login to display this image. Leaving the shores of India Please login to display this image. Passing Sittwe (VYSW) on the coast of Burma Please login to display this image. Crossing Myengu Island - Burma Please login to display this image. The real Myengu island Please login to display this image. Kyaukpyu beach Please login to display this image. Quaint-looking hotel in Kyaukpyu Please login to display this image. Living choral in Kyaukpyu Please login to display this image. Today's Flight: VECC (Calcutta) to VYKP (Kyaukpyu) - 347nm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delps 14 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 You right - that drought is harsh in CT. When I lived there between 1997 and 2001, there was one from about 1998/99 to 2000, which was bad, but not as bad as now. Safe travels. I will fly tomorrow again, but am going to try the Carenado B690 Turbo Commander. Need to learn to fly it better first. Best wishes Delps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Thursday 26th October - VYKP (Kyaukpyu) Today was a misty take off which just got worse. Please login to display this image. Visibility Zero at 3000 ft Please login to display this image. Close to Pathein visibility at 2000ft was a bit better but really no fun at all. No more flying until the weather improves. Please login to display this image. Streets of Pathein Please login to display this image. Coastal delta near Pathein Please login to display this image. Buddhist Shwemokhtaw Pagoda Please login to display this image. Buddhist Shrines just outside Pathein Please login to display this image. Today's short flight (172nm): VYKR ( Kyaukpyu, Myanmar) to VYPN (Pathein, Myanmar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 15 hours ago, Delps said: You right - that drought is harsh in CT. When I lived there between 1997 and 2001, there was one from about 1998/99 to 2000, which was bad, but not as bad as now. Safe travels. I will fly tomorrow again, but am going to try the Carenado B690 Turbo Commander. Need to learn to fly it better first. Best wishes Delps Good luck with a new aircraft. I'm finding it challenging enough just to master the Quest Kodiak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 Friday Morning 27th October - VYPN (Pathein, Myanmar) Left early to make up time. This flight to Port Blair (Back in Indian territory) was mostly over water. Boring! Autopilot work! Please login to display this image. Having crossed the Bay of Bengal, Port Blair hoves into sight. Please login to display this image. Port Blair Runway... Oops... This looks scary. So much for boredom! Please login to display this image. The real Runway Please login to display this image. Andaman Islands - Port Blair Please login to display this image. Elephants on the beach! Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Carbyns Cove Please login to display this image. Even the jail looks amazing! Please login to display this image. This morning's flight: VYPN (Pathein, Myanmar) to VOPB (Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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