At the stand prior to pushback and start, PAX onboard just final bits of FMC work to do before departure. We are using the full 62,ooolbs of thrust for our TOGA, and I've selected flaps 25 using the dial-a-flap setting, becuase the runway is short here in Thunder Bay.
Just at the holding point of 25, prior to taxiing onto it and right to the end before turning around on the markers to give us an extra couple of hundred feet.
Spooling up, all set, lights on.
Up, up and away just in time before I ran out of tarmac!
Nice window seat view over the starboard wing. The MD-11 has really nice wing flex, even when taxiing and during take off roll. My hat goes off to the boys at PMDG who have really produced a winner with this, even though it's slightly expensive.
Climb out phase, some rather ominious looking cumulous clouds could be an indication of bad weather to come.....
Up at CRZ; FL340. A lovely winter sun sits low in the sky.....
Gorgeous.
Long finals into Kelowna, runway 16 on the glideslope.
Murky, 5 miles visability and a rather moody sky.... airfield in the distance, flaps 25 and gear down.
More eye candy.
From the tower as she approaches
Reverse engaged, slowing down with speedbrakes deployed
And finaly, we're here at the gate with the jetway docked.
Another straightforward flight; it's quite a picturesque approach for runway 16, with the sun low in the sky and coming in over the lakes it looks spectacular. Things have come a long way in this version of FS, so I wonder where we'll be in another ten years? Oh well, here's the stats:
Time of Departure (from 25): 22:25 UTC
Time of Arrival (at gate): 00:54 UTC
Flight time = 2:29
Distance Covered = 1202NM
Accrued Distance=5320NM
Total time in the air so far=13 hours 13 minutes
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