Right, again all PAX aboard, bird prepped and ready for pushback and start. We have requested the runway 25 departure, and as there's no taxiways adjacent to the runway here, we taxi to the end of 25 and have to turn around.
We announce ready to take-off (no active ATC at this airfield), and just manage to get the bird into the air before the threshold. Bear in mind it's a small airfield with only 5,000ft of runway, and I'm on a roughly 1/3 fuel load with full PAX......
Climbout over the fjord immediately after departure.
G-DOCU after the slight left hand turn to join the intercept path of our GPS course direct to CYQX.
Looking mighty fine at cruise altitude, nice bit of visual eye-candy in the form of lens flare courtesy of our meddling friends at Microsoft.
Just prior to starting the descent into Gander. Local weather conditions were overcast, and we prepared for a runway 21 arrival.
Descending into the murk. Again, another nice touch in FSX; the wing vortices created by the turbulent air over the tips...... descent rate was over 3,000 fpm with the spoilers deployed -stomach churning for the passengers.
Dirty conditions indeed, and another non-precision approach into the airport. Bit of a naughty cross-wind kept things interesting, but I got her down in one piece, and again G-DOCU is a dependable steed.
Slowing down with flaps 30 and speedbrakes deployed.
Arrival at the gate, elated indeed after a succesful first leg is out of the way; welcome to Canada people!
Well, I will post up the route of the second leg over the next few days once I've decided how I'm going to fly it. In the meantime thanks for flying with me, and here's the pertinent stats so far:
Flight information:
Time of Departure (from 25): 13:00 UTC
Time of Arrival (at gate): 15:05 UTC
Flight time = 2:05
Distance Covered = 797NM
Accrued Distance=2645NM
Total time in the air so far=7 hours 22 minutes
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