Granite Clouds over the High Sierra - MM
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MM
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Down in Riobamba. Beautiful volcanoes en route, including the famous Chimborazo that overlooks Riobamba below. Hmmm. Flying through thick clouds near the edge of the sky is nervous stuff. Guess that will have to get used to this. Does the Post-Flight briefing include Jack Daniels?
Landed: SEQU-SERB
Distance: 92.0
Fuel Used: 395.0
Flight Time: 00:41:24
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 9
Total Cargo: 54,000
Total Fuel: 4,973.0
Total Flight Time: 07:39:06
Total Maintenance: 0
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Landed: SEQU-SERB
Distance: 92.0
Fuel Used: 395.0
Flight Time: 00:41:24
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 9
Total Cargo: 54,000
Total Fuel: 4,973.0
Total Flight Time: 07:39:06
Total Maintenance: 0
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MM
Charter Member
Straightforward flight, circling around the high stuff and then through Cuenca on to La Toma. Now typical wheels-down spiraling descent in between the hills and the field into Rwy 6.
Landed: SERB-SETM
Distance: 146.8
Fuel Used: 658.0
Flight Time: 01:09:09
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 10
Total Cargo: 60,000
Total Fuel: 5,631.0
Total Flight Time: 08:48:15
Total Maintenance: 0
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Landed: SERB-SETM
Distance: 146.8
Fuel Used: 658.0
Flight Time: 01:09:09
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 10
Total Cargo: 60,000
Total Fuel: 5,631.0
Total Flight Time: 08:48:15
Total Maintenance: 0
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MM
Charter Member
Safely into rural Jaen. A little trouble timing a proper descent, but all was well.
Landed: SETM-SPJE
Distance: 102.0
Fuel Used: 456.0
Flight Time: 00:46:47
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 11
Total Cargo: 66,000
Total Fuel: 6,087.0
Total Flight Time: 09:35:02
Total Maintenance: 0
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Landed: SETM-SPJE
Distance: 102.0
Fuel Used: 456.0
Flight Time: 00:46:47
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 11
Total Cargo: 66,000
Total Fuel: 6,087.0
Total Flight Time: 09:35:02
Total Maintenance: 0
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MM
Charter Member
Into the peaceful serenity of Cajabamba. Long climb to NDB at Cajamarca and then a flight through clouds until spotting the valley through the undercast. All well.
Landed: SPJE-SPJB
Distance: 128.3
Fuel Used: 581.0
Flight Time: 00:58:22
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 12
Total Cargo: 72,000
Total Fuel: 6,668.0
Total Flight Time: 10:33:24
Total Maintenance: 0
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Landed: SPJE-SPJB
Distance: 128.3
Fuel Used: 581.0
Flight Time: 00:58:22
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 12
Total Cargo: 72,000
Total Fuel: 6,668.0
Total Flight Time: 10:33:24
Total Maintenance: 0
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Great Ozzie
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MM
Charter Member
Not exactly sure what the boys have loaded into the back. Might be discreet to avoid any official interest.
Safely past the peaks and down the long valley into SPHZ. Gosh, there are some high altitude towns along a few of those ridges. And, of course, the Cordillera Blanca along the east includes some spectacular peaks--most famously Huscaran.
Landed: SPJB-SPHZ
Distance: 107.2
Fuel Used: 448.0
Flight Time: 00:46:02
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 13
Total Cargo: 78,000
Total Fuel: 7,116.0
Total Flight Time: 11:19:26
Total Maintenance: 0
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Safely past the peaks and down the long valley into SPHZ. Gosh, there are some high altitude towns along a few of those ridges. And, of course, the Cordillera Blanca along the east includes some spectacular peaks--most famously Huscaran.
Landed: SPJB-SPHZ
Distance: 107.2
Fuel Used: 448.0
Flight Time: 00:46:02
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 13
Total Cargo: 78,000
Total Fuel: 7,116.0
Total Flight Time: 11:19:26
Total Maintenance: 0
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MM
Charter Member
Steep climb, the P&Ws straining all the way, to sneak over the mountains. Beautiful en route views of the peaks including San Cristobal. Managed to arrive more quickly than expected and had to practice a standard Aviaco descent...to get down to the field with alacrity. Safe landing next to the tree-lined runway of Huanuco. (!) The main problem with a steep descent is that all the llama liquids flow downward toward the cockpit. Sticky stuff.
Landed: SPHZ-SPNC
Distance: 89.3
Fuel Used: 424.0
Flight Time: 00:45:09
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 14
Total Cargo: 84,000
Total Fuel: 7,540.0
Total Flight Time: 12:04:35
Total Maintenance: 0
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Landed: SPHZ-SPNC
Distance: 89.3
Fuel Used: 424.0
Flight Time: 00:45:09
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 14
Total Cargo: 84,000
Total Fuel: 7,540.0
Total Flight Time: 12:04:35
Total Maintenance: 0
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MM
Charter Member
Whew! Another steep and extended climb. Getting over the top necessitated a bit of weaving though the rising valleys and thick clouds...it was a close thing. Had to use the NDBs to triangulate the airstrip at Vicco.
Landed: SPNC-SPVI
Distance: 58.2
Fuel Used: 343.0
Flight Time: 00:30:51
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 15
Total Cargo: 90,000
Total Fuel: 7,883.0
Total Flight Time: 12:35:26
Total Maintenance: 0
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Landed: SPNC-SPVI
Distance: 58.2
Fuel Used: 343.0
Flight Time: 00:30:51
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 15
Total Cargo: 90,000
Total Fuel: 7,883.0
Total Flight Time: 12:35:26
Total Maintenance: 0
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MM
Charter Member
Thanks, Robert.
Pretty flight over the top. Then pick the right crease and manage the long steady descent. (Here Rob Young's 180 Vne comes into play for the MAAM-SIM DC-3. Makes for a few nervous moments during the extended downward fall down the mountainside.) Lima must be a wonderful sight from the air as one approaches the desert city between the mountains and the sea.
Landed: SPVI-SPLP
Distance: 90.6
Fuel Used: 336.0
Flight Time: 00:38:46
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 16
Total Cargo: 96,000
Total Fuel: 8,219.0
Total Flight Time: 13:14:12
Total Maintenance: 0
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Pretty flight over the top. Then pick the right crease and manage the long steady descent. (Here Rob Young's 180 Vne comes into play for the MAAM-SIM DC-3. Makes for a few nervous moments during the extended downward fall down the mountainside.) Lima must be a wonderful sight from the air as one approaches the desert city between the mountains and the sea.
Landed: SPVI-SPLP
Distance: 90.6
Fuel Used: 336.0
Flight Time: 00:38:46
Maintenance: 0
Total Airports Serviced: 16
Total Cargo: 96,000
Total Fuel: 8,219.0
Total Flight Time: 13:14:12
Total Maintenance: 0
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Great Ozzie
Charter Member
Mike, my original intent was to was to come out of Huanuco and follow Highway 18 south, then West until slightly west of the airport (for the turn south)... then do what you did... NDB LOPs.
But the hills/valley very poorly defined with this default fsx mesh, so... I just decided to climb 16,000, fly direct using the 180º bearing from the station, then dead reckoning would determine the fix (airport). With that big lake as an aid to determine if I had gone too far, if by chance having missed the airport - itself on a buzzed off mountain.
I'll second that!
I had a nice descent rate... 170KIAS... pulling power a smidge back every couple minutes. Was a bit too long looking at Plan-G, glanced back at the instruments to see I was kissin' Vne! Heart leapt into my throat while simultaneously I chopped the throttle and a "please don't break up... please don't break up..."
A very exciting couple secs I could have done without.
Yes sir, what a thrill that would be to fly this route... I bet same too!
And yes great pics btw!