itsfine 12 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 23 October. Set off from Mumbai early for Nagpur. A few clouds at low levels but good visibility higher. 269nm. VANP. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport. Nagpur. Wind calm. Visibility 4000m. Haze. Clouds few 2000ft, scattered 25000ft. Temperature 23°C, dew point 17°C. QNH 1013hPa. Runway 14. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Wardha River Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 24 October. Nagpur VANP to Bhubaneswar VEBS 384nm. Did a software update at Nagpur to X-Plane 11.10b4. In addition to scenery improvements, my aircraft was updated and more comprehensive avionics installed - help! I had a long trip ahead so decided to set off and try to come to terms with a different system en-route. Arrived safely but will try to restore my original avionics until I can get some practice time in. Bhubaneswar - Wind 190° 8kt. Visibility 5000m. Haze. Clouds few 2000ft, scattered 10000ft. Temperature 31°C, dew point 26°C. QNH 1010hPa. Becoming: Visibility 3000m. Haze. Please login to display this image. Verdant Indian countryside Please login to display this image. Crossing Nawapara Please login to display this image. Bhubaneswar in sight Please login to display this image. Safe landing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 25 October. Bhubaneswar VEBS to Calcutta VECC 206nm. Restored the old avionics from my backup so I am feeling more comfortable and looking forward to a break after today. I make it about 5,600 nm to date. Kolkata - Wind calm. Visibility 3200m. Haze. Clouds few 2000ft, few 2500ft cumulonimbus, scattered 10000ft. Temperature 26°C, dew point 24°C. QNH 1011hPa. Please login to display this image. Avionics Please login to display this image. Flying North along Bay of Bengal Please login to display this image. Sunset approach Please login to display this image. On final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 26 October. Calcutta VECC to Chittagong VGEG 189nm. Quite short flight today. Checked out the famous Howrah bridge leaving Calcutta. Chittagong - Wind calm. Visibility 5000m. Haze. No significant clouds. Temperature 25°C, dew point 22°C. QNH 1012hPa Please login to display this image. Howrah bridge Please login to display this image. Magian river Please login to display this image. Raigaj river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 27 October. Chittagong VGEG to Chiang Mai VTCC 453nm. Long flight today so reverted to Garmin 1000 as I think I have the basics now. I must try to find a youtube tutorial to explain the complexities. Very low cloud at the start so I needed to climb above it to overfly Nat Ma Taung, at 10,000 ft the highest mountain in Chin State of Burma. Visibility still bad even at this height on the West side of the mountain range. Thankfully things improved on the East side and on to Chiang Mai in Thailand. Change Mai - Wind 230° 2kt. Visibility 4000m. Mist. Clouds few 2000ft, scattered 5000ft. Temperature 21°C, dew point 21°C. QNH 1013hPa. Please login to display this image. Nat Ma Taung Please login to display this image. Saw, Myanmar Please login to display this image. Still quite mountainous but in Thailand now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 28 October. Chiang Mai VTCC to Sakon Makhon VTUI 310nm. Lovely day for flying. Being a little more adventurous with the G1000 but still can't get the hang of changing altitude without cancelling autopilot. Sakon - Wind 160° 4kt, varying from 140° to 210°. Visibility 8000m. No clouds. Temperature 24°C, dew point 20°C. QNH 1013hPa. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Mae Nam Nan Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 October 30. The weather was bad yesterday so I decided to stay put and see how things improved. Storms still in southern Thailand and Malaysia so I will adapt my route to Hong Kong. Today Sakon Makhon VTUI to Sanya Phoenix ZJSY on Hainan Island 310nm. SIGMET is showing thunder storms moving SW so I hope they will be clear by the time I arrive late afternoon. Sanya - Wind 070° 4mps. Visibility 10km or more. Clouds broken 6600ft. Temperature 25°C, dew point 17°C. QNH 1017hPa. Please login to display this image. Ban Kham Dua - Thailand Please login to display this image. The river forms the border with Laos Please login to display this image. Gathering storm ahead near the coast Please login to display this image. Approach to Sanya with naval escort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 31 October. Took a little R&R in the beautiful resort of Sanya, then just a short flight to the north of the island. Sanya Phoenix ZJSY to Haikou ZJHK 114nm. Haikou - Wind 050° 5kt. Ceiling and visibility OK. Temperature 21°C, dew point 18°C. QNH 1016hPa Please login to display this image. Sanya beach Please login to display this image. Santa take off Please login to display this image. Typical terrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 November. 30th day already. Haikou ZJHK to Macao VMMC 220nm. Macao - Wind 340° 9kt. Visibility 9000m. No significant clouds. Temperature 21°C, dew point 18°C. QNH 1014hPa. Please login to display this image. Leaving Hainan Island. Please login to display this image. Approaching the China mainland. Please login to display this image. On approach to Macao. Please login to display this image. Interesting landing. Fortunately no crosswind . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 2 November. Macao VMMC to Guilin ZGKL 268nm. Guilin - Wind 330° 1kt. Visibility 5000m. Mist. No significant clouds. Temperature 18°C, dew point 11°C. QNH 1020hPa. On the west bank of the Li River and borders Hunan to the north, its name means "Forest of Sweet Osmanthus". The city has long been renowned for its scenery of karst topography and is one of China's most popular tourist destinations. Please login to display this image. Leaving Macao. Please login to display this image. Hejiiang river Please login to display this image. Unusual terrain. Please login to display this image. Approach to Gullin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 November 3. Spent today in Guilin. A remarkable location and plenty of visitors. Explored the city centre and the Reed Flute Cave. A fantastic underground trip with stalactites and stone pillars illuminated with coloured lights. Tomorrow I plan to take a trip down the Li river to Yangshuo County and visit the famous Moon Hill Arch. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Reed Flute Caves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 4 November. Guilin. I set off early for the 4 hour trip down the Li river with its spectacular scenery - quite an experience. We arrived in Yangshuo and looked around the town, then took the short trip to Moon Hill, a dramatic natural arch eroded from the limestone. There, was introduced to a local man, Kong Feng, who owns a Skyhawk. He generously offered to fly with me back to 35 miles to Guilin. We set off from a small private air strip near Yangshuo and followed the river back. This was quite a special day but off to bed early for the final trip of this leg to Hong Kong. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Li River Please login to display this image. Moon Hill Please login to display this image. Following the river north Please login to display this image. Nearly back Please login to display this image. Arrived safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 5 November. Guilin ZGKL to Hong Kong VHHH 275nm. Hong Kong - Wind 080° 8kt. Visibility 10km or more. Clouds few 3500ft. Temperature 25°C, dew point 11°C. QNH 1018hPa. Headed southeast, picked up the Xijiang river and followed it to the coast. Please login to display this image. Xijiang River Please login to display this image. Xijiang River Delta Please login to display this image. Long final to runway 07 left Please login to display this image. End of leg 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 6 November. Hong Kong. A couple of days break before the next leg to Tokyo so its time to do some tourist activities and see the sights. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 7 November. Second day sightseeing in Hong Kong. Took up an option on a new aircraft to try out, the Aerobask Epic Victory. If I can come to terms with the Sky View avionics, it should be interesting. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Victoria Peak Tower Please login to display this image. Natan Road Kowloon Please login to display this image. Getting ready for the trial aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 8 November. Hong Kong VHHH to Xiamen ZSAM 286nm. Xiamen - Wind 050° 4mps. Ceiling and visibility OK. Temperature 22°C, dew point 15°C. QNH 1017hPa. Some rain when leaving Hong Kong and more cloud cover than indicated on METAR. Interesting flying the Epic Victory. It is a quite a fast aircraft, has a max speed of 319kn; cruising speed of 250kn and has a range of 1200nm. Unfortunately there is no reverse thrust so I found landing a little challenging. Visiting Taiwan tomorrow, making a couple of stops there before returning to the mainland. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 9 November. Xiamen ZSAM to Kaohsiung RCKH 170nm. Kaohsiung - Wind 030° 3kt. Visibility 2600m. Mist. Clouds few 1400ft, scattered 2600ft. Temperature 24°C, dew point 22°C. QNH 1014hPa. Please login to display this image. Nice conditions at 20,000ft Please login to display this image. Not much to look at over the South China Sea. Please login to display this image. Overflying the airport Please login to display this image. Safe landing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 10 November. Kaohsiung RCKH to Taipei RCTP and on to Fuzhou ZSFZ Two hops today. North to Taipei to see the famous Taipei 101, the world'd tallest building until 2010. Landing the Epic Victory is still giving me some problems and I ran out of runway in Taipei - should really have gone around but underestimated the braking distance. In view of some short runways later on, I have called back to Hong Kong and arranged for my Cirrus SF20 to be flown to Fuzhou to meet me tomorrow morning - it stops quicker! Taipei - Wind 030° 3kt. Visibility 2600m. Mist. Clouds few 1400ft, scattered 2600ft. Temperature 24°C, dew point 22°C. QNH 1014hPa. Please login to display this image. Leaving Kaohsiung Please login to display this image. Taipei approach Please login to display this image. Oops!! Please login to display this image. Taipei Please login to display this image. Great clouds Please login to display this image. Back to the mainland before dark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 11 November. Fuzhou ZSFZ to Shanghai ZSPD. Reverted to the Cirrus SF20 this morning and set off for Shanghai. 40 days already! Shanghai - Wind 020° 5mps. Ceiling and visibility OK. Temperature 14°C, dew point 5°C. QNH 1022hPa. Please login to display this image. Back to the SF20 Please login to display this image. Fairly remote areas Please login to display this image. Shanghai in sight Please login to display this image. Looks like a big airport. Arrived 15.10 local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James50 3 Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Hi Steve, thanks for comment. Nifty looking jet you are flying and also some great pics. I see we also coincided in Nagpur and Sanya! I flew on this morning and arrived in Fukuoka in Japan. Somewhat perturbed with the pictures in the news this morning of a Flybe Dash 8 landing with its nose gear up. Will get that checked but my Flybe Dash has only one more leg to complete to Haneda. Which global scenery are you using ? Having not flown significantly for a couple of years I've been very impressed looking through the logs here at the quality of the background scenery. Makes my default FSX stock look very dated. Safe flights on to Tokyo, James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 12 November. Shanghai ZSPD to Jeju (S Korea) RKPC 278nm. Wind 90° 6kt. Ceiling and visibility OK. Temperature 13°C, dew point 6°C. QNH 1019hPa Early morning flight. Another leg later if all goes well. Please login to display this image. Shanghai ready for departure Please login to display this image. Long final to Jeju Please login to display this image. A bit tricky with crosswind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 12 November. Part 2 - Jeju RKPC to Fukuoka RJFF199nm. I need to get a move on to be sure of arriving in Tokyo by Tuesday so crossing the Korea Strait this afternoon to Japan. Quite a surprise to see USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on manoeuvres in the Strait. Fukuoka - Wind 080° 6kt, varying from 030° to 120°. Visibility 10km or more. Clouds few 4500ft, scattered 5000ft. Temperature 16°C, dew point 6°C. QNH 1020hPa. Please login to display this image. Leaving Jehu Please login to display this image. USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Fukuoka downwind leg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 13 November. Fukuoka RJFF to Kansai RJBB 244nm. Set off mid morning on the penultimate section of this leg. Some cloud early but it soon burnt off. Uneventful flight. Kansai is a large airport on an artificial island in Osaka Bay. Kansai - Wind 080° 5kt. Visibility 10km or more. No significant clouds. Temperature 15°C, dew point 11°C. QNH 1015hPa. Please login to display this image. Leaving Fukuoka Please login to display this image. Itsuki Gulf Please login to display this image. Kansai island airport ahead Please login to display this image. Kansai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James50 3 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Hi Steve, I've been flying the MS Flight Simulator on and off since about 1997 and the FS98 variant. Very enthusiastic in the 90s, flying regularly for virtual airline Noble Air. Interest waned, then picked up with the Majestic Dash when it came out then waned again for over a year, till the Aerosoft email popped up at the end of September. I'm certainly enjoying the challenge of all the new places the trip has taken us; looking forward to a bit of 'break' while I opt for the one leg across the Pacific to San Francisco. I'm certainly impressed with the 'out of the box' scenery in your version of X-Plane. As I said, it makes the 10 year old scenery in FSX look very dated. Happy landings, James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsfine 12 Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 14 November. Kansai RJBB to Tokyo International RJTT 234nm. Left Kansai early afternoon and climbed to 15,000ft for the trip. Lovely day again and great view passing by Mount Fuji. Descent to Tokyo at 17.30 local just before the light failed - don't like landing in the dark at a new airport. Took the train for the 30 min ride to Yokohama for a well eared rest. End of Leg 5. Tokyo - Wind variable 1kt. Visibility 9000m. Clouds few 600ft, scattered 700ft, broken 12000ft. Temperature 13°C, dew point 12°C. QNH 1016hPa. Temporarily: Clouds few 600ft, broken 800ft. Please login to display this image. Leaving Kansai Please login to display this image. Cruising Please login to display this image. Mount Fuji Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Tokyo 22L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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