The SrG and T_K Marrakesh Adventure: Flight1
As Rob (srgalahad) and myself fly together in multiplayer 5-6 times per week we decided to do this event as part of our nightly shenanigans. Due to unfortunate circumstances we had to change helos multiple times either because our respective helos were not playing nicely in our sim of choice (Rob flies FSX+Accel while I fly P3D v4.5) or the multiplayer server software we use (JoinFS) did not want to show certain helos in multiplayer at certain times. It was frustrating and time consuming but we got through to the finish eventually!
Here we are at the start line in Seville, Rob chose the Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma for the first session but as I don't have that helo in P3D I stuffed him into the UKMIL Westland Merlin in my RCAF SAR paint scheme I used for the Helifest 2 event last year. Meanwhile I jumped into the Vertavia Sea King as I had not flown that bird much in P3D despite using it a lot in FSX for years.
The old bird still looks good after all these years considering I first had it in FS2004 and then bought the FSX version and finally got her into P3D.
It's very flat around here so I guess this must be the plain in Spain that gets all the rain, according to the old song at least!
Heading towards Gibraltar with a shot from the 'office' over lots of arable land growing all sorts of goodies.
We made a pit-stop at Gib to pick up some duty free stuff and then it was off over the water for Moroccan adventures.
There was a lot of shipping in the Strait on the day we crossed so we did some observational passes to make sure it all looked legit! The AI ship add-on we both use certainly adds lots of interesting vessels and the best part is that if we sync time and day at the start of a flight we can usually see the same shipping in the same places even though we use two different sims.
Heading towards Tangiers there were more large vessels and a slew of small fishing boats and pleasure craft in the bay.
Over the beach and into the great metropolis. It certainly looks like there are a lot of touristy type hotels near the coast but I was a little bit concerned about the distant haze/coastal fog I could see in the distance.
I was right to be concerned about the fog/haze as it got thicker the closer we got to the airport. It was so bad it forced us down low to see under it and they turned on the runway lights for us to guide us in.
We got down safe and parked up for the night. Tomorrow would be another day but we didn't quite expect the day we got!
