kalizzi 53 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Great progress Dave. Upvoting! best wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 @ Kalizzi Thank You, my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Tuesday 21st November - First Pacific sealane waypoint After yesterday's hop we were so bushed that we all overslept. Hopefully we can make it to the next sealane waypoint before dark... Please login to display this image. Leaving the first sealane waypoint Please login to display this image. Nearing our second ship - sky is dark and it's getting late... Please login to display this image. Getting darker... ship not in sight yet (and it just had to be the smallest fishing boat of the whole bunch!) Please login to display this image. At last, there she is... Please login to display this image. Rendezvous with our little fishing boat at the second waypoint Please login to display this image. Looking back at the darkening horizon, we only just made it! Please login to display this image. Today's Flight - Sealane waypoint #1 to Sealane waypoint #2 (808nm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff W 112 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Very audacious undertaking, crossing the Pacific in an amphibian. Tip of my Cap to you. Looks like you’ve been fortunate to encounter light or moderate sea states so far. ROUGH SEA TAKE-OFF BY SEAPLANE Good Luck on your remaining legs into San Francisco. The bar is open Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 @Jeff W So far, I've been lucky, although rough seas is a relative term. I was nearly flipped right over when landing at the first sealane. I am already so seasick that a bar in KSFO is about the last thing in mind. However we shall see. Err, that link doesn't seem to go where you intended it to... Could you please correct it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 Wednesday 22nd November - Second sealane waypoint This was maybe not such a good idea - seasick is a horrible thing. It's time to get up early and into the air again and embark on the longest leg of the trip - a whole 1200nm which is approaching maximum range for the Kodiak. Please login to display this image. Getting ready to leave - just after dawn... Please login to display this image. Leaving our tiny fishing boat and onward to waypoint #3 Please login to display this image. 13 hours later - at last - waypoint #3. That flight was just too long... Please login to display this image. Arrival in the sealane. We need hot food and a hot shower. Please login to display this image. Today's Flight - Waypoint #2 to Waypoint #3 (1218nm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff W 112 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Oops! Sorry about the borked link. Hopefully this one will work: ROUGH SEA TAKE-OFF BY SEAPLANE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Wow... that pilot must really have been seasick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Thursday 23rd November - Third sealane waypoint So now it's off on the penultimate leg of this trans-pacific flight. Please login to display this image. Climb in. Garmin on... Please login to display this image. Starting the take off run Please login to display this image. Leaving the third waypoint Please login to display this image. GPS or not, it's always nerve-wracking trying to spot these waypoints. Hooray. Ship and sealane ahead. Please login to display this image. Fast "landing" in the sealane on a dead-calm sea. Brilliant weather! Please login to display this image. Arrival at the 4th waypoint. Tomorrow night will be a nice warm dry bed in San Francisco. Please login to display this image. Today's flight: Sealane waypoint #3 to sealane waypoint #4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 Friday 24th November - Sealane waypoint #4 It's time to say goodbye to the tugboat captain and head off to the American mainland and San Francisco. Please login to display this image. Lining up for takeoff Please login to display this image. A wing waggle to the captain before leaving Sealane waypoint #4 Please login to display this image. Approaching San Francisco Please login to display this image. Passing the Golden Gate bridge (Freeware Mister X6 scenery) Please login to display this image. The real Golden Gate bridge Please login to display this image. Golden gate from the South Cityside Please login to display this image. San Francisco CBD bathed in the late afternoon light (Freeware Mister X6 scenery) Please login to display this image. KFSO in the distance Please login to display this image. Lining up - (Freeware Mister X6 scenery) Please login to display this image. Arrival KSFO San Francisco - (Freeware Mister X6 scenery) Please login to display this image. San Francisco City Please login to display this image. San Francisco CBD Please login to display this image. Oakland Bay Bridge Please login to display this image. Iconic San Francisco tram Please login to display this image. Today's flight (Heavy crosswind) - Pacific Sealane waypoint #4 to KSFO (San Francisco, California, USA) - (826nm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM 137 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Impressive run over the Pacific. (And great photos from San Francisco.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 On 11/26/2017 at 5:05 AM, MM said: Impressive run over the Pacific. (And great photos from San Francisco.) Thank you, Mike. It was fun just creating the different Ocean waypoints almost on-the-fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Monday 27th November - KSFO (San Francisco, California, USA) After enjoying the fleshpots of San Francisco over the weekend, it's time for a short hop to Sacramento, following in the "footsteps" of Phileas Fogg Please login to display this image. Leaving KSFO - (X-Plane freeware scenery courtesy Mister X6) Please login to display this image. Passing Oakland Please login to display this image. Landing at Sacramento Intl. Please login to display this image. Arrival KSMF (Freeware X-Plane scenery courtesy KenM) Please login to display this image. Taxi-ing to our parking slot Please login to display this image. Sacramento Skyline Please login to display this image. Old Fashions street scenes a la Hollywood movie sets Please login to display this image. Tower Bridge, Sacramento Please login to display this image. The Ziggurat river bank pyramid in West Sacramento Please login to display this image. Plenty of water in Sacramento Please login to display this image. Today's short flight - KSFO (San Francisco) to KSMF (Sacramento) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 Tuesday 28th November - KSMF (Sacramento) Another short flight, this time to Reno today. I want to take a look at the Fly Geyser 120km to the north in Black Rock Desert. Please login to display this image. Leaving Sacramento - (Freeware X-Plane scenery courtesy: KenM) Please login to display this image. Reno is quite high and there are some clouds in the way... Please login to display this image. Tahoe National Forest below Please login to display this image. Lining up for KRNO Please login to display this image. Arrival at Reno-Tahoe Intl. (freeware X-Plane Scenery courtesy: Renair2) Please login to display this image. Reno in Winter Please login to display this image. The Reno arch Please login to display this image. Lake Tahoe Please login to display this image. Fly Geyser - Black Rock Desert. Please login to display this image. Today's Flight: KSMF (Sacramento, California) to KRNO (Reno, Nevada) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Heinz Flichtbeil 1609 Posted November 28, 2017 Administrator Share Posted November 28, 2017 Hello Dave, fine pictures and screenshots... I see you are in Reno... Do you have a link to the freeware Scenery for this Airport? Greets Heinz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 18 hours ago, Heinz Flichtbeil said: I see you are in Reno... Do you have a link to the freeware Scenery for this Airport? Here it is, Heinz: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/28518-krno-reno-tahoe-international-airport/ Written for X-Plane 10, works fine in X-Plane 11 Dave Britzius (Cape Town) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Wednesday 29th November - KRNO (Reno, Nevada) Today it's over the Rockies to The Mormon town of Salt Lake City. But first, a short diversion to Lake Tahoe... Please login to display this image. Leaving Lake Tahoe Please login to display this image. Approaching winter = snow at 10000ft Please login to display this image. Approaching the Great Salt Lake... No, that's not salt, it's snow! Please login to display this image. Turning into short final for KSLC Please login to display this image. Arrival at Salt Lake City Intl. (X-Plane 11 default scenery) Please login to display this image. Salt Lake City dwarfed by the surrounding mountains Please login to display this image. SLC Capitol Please login to display this image. City Creek Center Please login to display this image. The world famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir Please login to display this image. Bonneville salt flats Please login to display this image. Today's flight KRNO (Reno, Nevada) to KSLC (Salt Lake City, Utah) via Lake Tahoe (391 nm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Heinz Flichtbeil 1609 Posted November 29, 2017 Administrator Share Posted November 29, 2017 3 hours ago, DaveLTB said: Here it is, Heinz: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/28518-krno-reno-tahoe-international-airport/ Written for X-Plane 10, works fine in X-Plane 11 Dave Britzius (Cape Town) Thank you ... installed ... Heinz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 Thursday 30th November - KSLC (Salt Lake City, Utah) Today will be a flight over many states: Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado. Please login to display this image. Departure Salt Lake City (X-Plane Default Scenery) Please login to display this image. Leaving KSLC Please login to display this image. Approaching Ogden Hinkley airfield Please login to display this image. Downtown Ogden Please login to display this image. Ogden Valley Please login to display this image. Steep climb over the mountains to Fort Bridger Please login to display this image. Fort Bridger - population 345 Please login to display this image. Mountains surrounding Medicine Bow Please login to display this image. South Medicine Bow peak Please login to display this image. Julesburg Airstrip in sight Please login to display this image. Landed Julesburg (7V8) Please login to display this image. Julesburg water supply Please login to display this image. Main street Julesburg, Colorado Please login to display this image. They have the right idea here... Please login to display this image. Today's Flight: KSLC (Salt Lake City, Utah) to 7V8 (Julesburg, Colorado) via KOGD (Ogden, Utah); over KFBR (Fort Bridger, Wyoming); over 80V (Medicine Bow, Wyoming) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 Friday 1st December - 7V8 (Julesburg, Colorado) Another sightseeing flight over the rural Mid-West to Chicago Please login to display this image. Approaching North Platte, Nebraska - Massive railway junction Please login to display this image. Golden Spike tower Please login to display this image. North Platte - A railway town Please login to display this image. Passing KOMA (Omaha, Nebraska) Please login to display this image. Omaha city scape Please login to display this image. Omaha CBD Please login to display this image. Approaching the huge airport of Chicago O-Hare Please login to display this image. Lining up on one of the minor runways Please login to display this image. Arrival at KORD Please login to display this image. Taxi-ing to private gates at KORD (Freeware scenery courtesy DwarfG) Please login to display this image. Chicago city scape viewed from the John Hancock building Please login to display this image. Chicago CBD Please login to display this image. Chicago Theatre Please login to display this image. Today's Flight: 7V8 (Julesburg, Colorado) to KORD (Chicago, Illinois) via North Platte, Nebraska and Omaha, Nebraska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 Saturday 2nd December - KORD (Chicago, Illinois) Today it's off to Cleveland... Please login to display this image. Leaving KORD (Freeware scenery courtesy DwarfG) Please login to display this image. Chicago Skyline (X-Plane 11 default scenery) Please login to display this image. Lake Michigan Please login to display this image. Sunset over Lake Erie Please login to display this image. Cross leg for Cleveland 06L runway Please login to display this image. Cleveland 06L runway Please login to display this image. Arrival KCLE - Hopkins Intl. (Freeware scenery courtesy Airtiger) Please login to display this image. Today's Flight - KORD (Chicago, Illinois) to KCLE (Cleveland, Illinois) - 273nm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Monday 4th December - KCLE Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Leaving Cleveland - direction Williamsport Please login to display this image. Departing KCLE Cleveland Hopkins Intl (Freeware X-Plane 11 Scenery, courtesy Airtiger) Please login to display this image. Departing Hopkins Intl Please login to display this image. Williamsport ahead - nestled between the hills Please login to display this image. Lining up with the runway Please login to display this image. Arrival KIPT Please login to display this image. Williamsport Please login to display this image. South Williamsport Please login to display this image. The Weightman Apartments - Williamsport Please login to display this image. Fish Real estate Please login to display this image. Today's Flight - KCLE (Cleveland, Illinois) to KIPT (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 Tuesday 5th December - KIPT (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) Today it's off to see the "Big Apple"... Please login to display this image. Departing Williamsport (X-Plane 11 default scenery) Please login to display this image. A hazy NYC in sight Please login to display this image. New York City (Drzewiecki Payware Scenery) Please login to display this image. New York City (Drzewiecki Payware Scenery) Please login to display this image. Lining Up to land at KJFK (ATC routed us here instead of Teterboro) Please login to display this image. Arrival at KJFK (John F Kennedy Intl.) - (Funner Flight Payware Scenery) Please login to display this image. Iconic New York City Please login to display this image. Central Park Please login to display this image. Empire State Building et al... Please login to display this image. Brooklyn Bridge Please login to display this image. Today's Flight: KIPT (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) to KJFK (John F Kennedy Intl. , Queens, New York City) - Diverted from KTEB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Wednesday 6th December - KJFK (John F Kennedy Intl. , Queens, New York City) Call me a country boy, but New York city is just too much. Off to Boston... Please login to display this image. Take Off - KJFK (X-Plane Payware scenery - Funner Flight) Please login to display this image. Leaving KJFK Please login to display this image. Approaching Boston Please login to display this image. Landing at Boston Logan Intl. Please login to display this image. Taxi-ing across runways - (Freeware scenery - Mister X6) Please login to display this image. Arrival at KBOS (Freeware scenery - Mister X6) Please login to display this image. Boston Skyline Please login to display this image. Boston CBD Please login to display this image. Wheaton College Please login to display this image. Boston Tranquility Please login to display this image. Boston street scene Please login to display this image. Hidden garden Please login to display this image. Today's flight: KJFK (John F Kennedy Intl. , Queens, New York City) to KBOS - (Boston Logan Intl., Massachusetts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Thursday 7th December - KBOS - (Boston Logan Intl., Massachusetts) Leaving the United states, it's off to Nova Scotia in Canada Please login to display this image. Leaving KBOS (Freeware scenery - Mister X6) Please login to display this image. Cape Forchu Lighthouse, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Please login to display this image. Halifax Runway in the distance Please login to display this image. Evening arrival at CYHZ - Halifax Stanfield Intl. Please login to display this image. Halifax CBD Please login to display this image. Halifax Citadel Please login to display this image. Canso Causeway Please login to display this image. Theodore Tugboat - Halifax Waterfront Please login to display this image. Today's Flight: KBOS (Boston Logan, Massachusetts, USA to CYHZ (Halifax Stanstead, Nova Scotia, Canada) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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