Flight 19 - See The USA

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KFAT-AR51.

I didn't like my chances flying into Groom Lake in a Dc-6. I figured my best chance was to blend in...

I called in a favor from Thunder City.

 

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I approached Groom Lake low and fast. Aiming for a high speed run down the main runway... hope I didn't break too many windows.

 

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Like a street racer on a Friday night I felt the need to show up the locals... mines faster than yours. A mach 2 run up to 83,000 feet and glided back to the runway at groom lake for a brake parachute assisted landing.

 

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Obtained permission from the base commander to have my Dc-6 flown up. Very early morning Departure for KEKO.

 

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Feeling lazy, I elected for an easy flight tonight with lots of autopilot and Lnav.

KEKO - KAHC - KMFR

Absolutely appalling visibility into KMFR, an ILS approach into RW14 was made... and I may or may not have broken the flaps again, hence the 115kt approach speed.

 

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Absolutely appalling visibility into KMFR...

We had a couple days when there was a pogonip (look it up. Really cool, pun intended), that lasted all day. Unusual but not unheard of.
I love fog, having grown up in the San Francisco area. Not great for landings, granted, but really nice in the evening on a outdoor restaurant's table. You can watch it roll up the mountains, and all of a sudden, you are the only one's in the area, it feels like. Nice candle on the table, and you can see your partner, but that's all. It's really very romantic.

Great pictures. Thanks!
Pat☺

 

[Moses03]

PM/Pat,

You gents are welcome to join us anytime. We usually start gathering up around 9pm CST and fly for about an hour or so. I know the time difference could be a challenge though, especially for PM.

Here is the location:

http://www.sim-outhouse.net:8182/


Hope to see you all sometime (or anyone else who wants to do a little online flying fun).

 

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PM/Pat,

You gents are welcome to join us anytime. We usually start gathering up around 9pm CST and fly for about an hour or so. I know the time difference could be a challenge though, especially for PM.

Here is the location:

http://www.sim-outhouse.net:8182/


Hope to see you all sometime (or anyone else who wants to do a little online flying fun).

Would love to, unfortunately 9pm CST works out to be 11am AEST. I will have a try this Saturday (Fri pm us time) for the group flight. Its been about 5 years... maybe more have to remember how to do it! Thanks for the warm invitation, always enjoyed the flight 19 adventures.

 

[Moses03]

A slight detour over Crater Lake on the way to Portland.

 

[srgalahad]

Nice flight from Medford to Portland. On short final had to hold altitude as there was something stuck in the grass just before the threshold. Leared it and we all got safely parked eventually, with Mt. Hood on the horizon.

 

[Taco]

Hello,

As noted we were heading to KPDX, Portland, Ore. We took a side trip over Mt Pit on our way to Crater Lake, and then on to Portland. We saw some pretty country and we passed the Three Sister Mountains, which are kind of land mark for early traveler. Hehe, and then we flew into the Willamette Valley, and we passed the city of Eugene, and we all made some comments that it was strange name for a City. Everybody made into KPDX OK. Picture, got a little low over Crater Lake, Not by choice we must have ran into an down draft we added a little power, hehe, full throttle, and just skim over the cliffs that surrounds Crater Lake.

 

[PhantomTweak]

PM/Pat,

You gents are welcome to join us anytime. We usually start gathering up around 9pm CST and fly for about an hour or so. I know the time difference could be a challenge though, especially for PM.

Here is the location:

http://www.sim-outhouse.net:8182/


Hope to see you all sometime (or anyone else who wants to do a little online flying fun).

I sincerely appreciate the invite! I will add the location to my Teamspeak. Having said all that, I will try to join you fellows. I don't normally "do" multiplayer. I have some PTSD trouble interfacing with other people live. My lovely wife usually keeps me pretty much on track, buuuut...

By the bye: Fantastic pictures of Crater Lake! Been up there several times since we moved up here. It's only 30 miles up the road from my house. In the summer
That place requires a snowmobile or horse drawn sleigh to visit come winter. They measure their snowfall in feet, not inches. Heck, there have been times the road crew could only dig tunnels through the snow, not clear the roads. Amazing.
Of course, come the day it erupts again, and yes, it's a really big, dormant, volcanic caldera, any snow will melt. REALLY fast

Thanks again, both for the great, GREAT pictures, and the invite.
Keep up the wonderful, fun flights!
Pat☺

 

[Willy]

Had some issues with the Canadian customs in Vancouver and headed back south to Seattle and landed at Boeing Field there. We had a chili cook off and apparently the Boxcar was a bit too "gaseous" and "odoriferous" for the customs agents. So, I'll hang out here until the guys head this way after leaving Canada.

 

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KMFR - FPDX: Hauled 28,000lbs of freight up to KPDX in a 6A freighter that I swapped my 6B for. Flew in between 2 cloud layers between fl080 and fl100. Weather hasn't been kind up the north west, I've been struggling with icing and oil pressure. Requires constant monitoring as the FLT ENG doesn't seem too attentive.

 

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KPDX- CYYJ: I Wondered why mid flight my FPS dropped off (solid cloud layer from fl020 to fl110) until I saw Mt Rainier in the distance. Seattle not to kind on the ol FPS. Visibility into CYYJ was again terrible had to make an ILS approach.

 

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CYYJ - KMWH: A late departure after flying all day, get thereitis was kicking in. 0 visibility into Grant County, this was a hair raising non precision approach. I caught the runway lights at the last minute and made a visual landing- not the smartest thing to do.

I will have some catching up to do after this flight. I am off to Longreach in outback Queensland tomorrow for a week, see you all then. Happy landings!

 

[Willy]

I got to feeling a bit masochistic.....

 

[Willy]

Had a great flight to Moses Lake (KMWH). Iffy weather and on approach couldn't get the ground winds sorted out and darn near flipped the the GB onto it's right wing in the crosswind landing. And yes, it's still a tricky lil' bastard to fly. I haven't flown it much in a while and my takeoff from Boeing Field was atrocious as I was too heavy handed with it. But that's why I like it. It's never boring.

Kind of rough terrain down there in one of the periodic breaks in the cloud cover. Fortunately I didn't see much of the terrain in route so it didn't bother me so much.

 

[Taco]

Hello,

Just a little late to add pictures and stuff from the last flight. It sure was a little different flying from Victoria to Moses Lake over those mountains that we couldn't see because of the cloud cover. Which was a surprise was how it clear up as we descended into Moses Lake. Now let me tell ya! There was more open space for Planes than we have ever seen before. It was mentioned that at one time there was 100 B-29s parked here and you could still taxi one between the rows of 29s, I believe it.

pictures. one taxing to the runway, and the second one where in the heck do we park! The pictures are reversed

 

[Willy]

Had a great flight to Missoula Montana. And the fog at Missoula sure made for for a little pucker factor trying to locate the airfield.

But for most of the flight, we had great weather.

Spotted Moses trying to sneak past me

Next stop Jellystone!