Aharon 465 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Shaom and greetings all my pals, Allow me to present very exclusive review of FSX Port-over de Havilland Dash 7 year model base designed by Milton Shupe, panel by Scott Thomas, textures by Mike Kelly, flight models by Bernt Stolle and Tom Falley, and sounds by Nigel Richards using the flight from BIAR Akureyri Airport located 1.9 miles south of the town center of Akureyri, Iceland to BIRK Reykjavík Airport located 1.2 miles from from the city centre of Reykjavík which the capital of Iceland. Many thanks to the famous Dash 7 model base inventor Milton Shupe for giving me plenty of assistance and advice how to prepare my first flight within Iceland abroad Dash 7 Here is my beautiful office of Dash 7!! Please login to display this image. Check out the cargo and passenger sections awaiting for load up of cargo and passengers! Please login to display this image. Read the important rules Please login to display this image. The seat is COMFY!!!!! Please login to display this image. At the passenger apron of Akureyri Airport (brrrrrr very cold) Please login to display this image. Check out cool loading of cargo and passengers!! Please login to display this image. Engines started and turning on all required lights. I would like to let all of you know about special different method that Dash 7 is using that all other planes never use which is always to have spoiler flaps fully deployed upwards during taxi to runway or from runway. According to exclusive statement from the Dash 7 model inventor Shupe, he said "According to real world Dash 7 pilots on all the Dash 7 projects, the spoilers were usually up for taxi operations, and they would take active when they were up causing ATC's much heartburn. Once you apply throttle greater than 50-60% (if I recall correctly), they auto-retract in the RW and with this model as well." If you do not feel comfortable leaving spoliers upward or you are afraid you would forget to retract them before take off, you can use on the cockpit panel to switch flip the level from taxi to flight before starting to taxi and there will be digital lightened announcement on the panel that says "UNLOCKED SPOLIERS". And it retracts the spoiler flaps!!! Starting the engines of Dash 7 is similiar to starting engines of Lockheed Electra Please login to display this image. After take off from runway 19 now airborne on climb to 14,000 ft with background view of hills of Park Kjarnaskogur Please login to display this image. Leaving background view of the airport, its city, and its bay called Eyjafjordur Please login to display this image. Still on climb and the Dash 7 model base has beautiful smooth take off and climb without any problem Please login to display this image. Check out beautiful cockpit Please login to display this image. Making sure all passengers are very comfy Please login to display this image. Checking all gauges to be sure everything is okay and on correct route called NB1A NB G4 REKVA TIBRA Please login to display this image. Beautiful view of engines as well as a tiny town in middle of nowhere in Iceland (wondering how they survive and live in such conditions) Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Nice tail!!! Please login to display this image. Cruising at FL140 past few Icelandic towns Please login to display this image. Look at moon Please login to display this image. More Icelandic towns Please login to display this image. I thought I was hallucinating when I actually saw the pilots' heads moving and turning sideways during my first Dash 7 flight. When asked Dash 7 modeller Shupe about this, he replied "Yes, the pilots are animated in your version." meaning that it is first time that a freeware add on plane features pilots' sideway moving heads!!! Please login to display this image. Cruising Please login to display this image. Nice sunrise Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Time to descent!! Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Entering clouds to pass through during descent Please login to display this image. Making left turn to get ready for final runway approach to runway 13 Please login to display this image. Heading to Iceland's capital city where you can see street lights ahead Please login to display this image. Passing high hill of Golfklúbbur - Seltjarnarnes where you can see road called Sudurstrond Please login to display this image. On final approach to runway 13 with nice view of sunrise Please login to display this image. Check out entire city landscape of the capital of Iceland Please login to display this image. Yes Dash 7 has weird helicopter style runway approach which is normal Please login to display this image. I am sorry that I am unable to find on Google maps the identity of this pyramid building but any Icelandic resident can tell you name of that building Please login to display this image. Getting closer to runway 13 Please login to display this image. Seconds before touchdown (look at the pilot turning his face toward airport spotting photographers to say hello to them) Please login to display this image. TOUCHDOWN Please login to display this image. Braking down Please login to display this image. Here is BEAUTY PART and IRREFUTABLE PROOF of Dash 7's AMAZING ability to stop very very very short after landing (look at the distance from beginning of runway to distance of the plane exiting from runway) Please login to display this image. Taxiing to gate (look at spoilers remaining deployed upward) Please login to display this image. Arriving at passenger apron Please login to display this image. Unloading cargo and passengers Please login to display this image. Thank you for viewing this flight report and please stay tuned for next exciting flight! Regards, Aharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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