MM – The Golden Age – The Lightness of Flying the Mew

[salt_air]

Great progress Mike!

Heading past Calcutta and over the Bay of Bengal. Typhoons today...or tomorrow?

Aiming for a proper British colonial bar at Rangoon.

Adivsed to stay clear of the airport bar after visits by myself and Bry,,,,not recommended.

May have left a bad taste in the mouth of the management there...

However,,,an ice cold Burmese beer awaits you at the Green Elephant in town.

Cheers,

 

[MM]

Ah, the genuine advantages of being the first pilots to reach one of our airports...will give the burly barkeeper the slip.

Thanks for the tip on the Green Elephant. Was aiming to visit the bar at the Strand, to follow in the footsteps of Rudyard Kipling and Somerset Maugham. "The place to go" in Rangoon [during the colonial era]. Similarly, will stay at Raffles when in Singapore.

 

[MM]

Safely down in Rangoon. Looking forward to a refreshing drink.

 

[MM]

Down the Malay Peninsula toward Alor Star.

 

[MM]

Ah phooey. FSX locked up solid 2 1/2 hours into the flight. Duenna shut down so nothing on record. Ouch.

Do-over.

 

[Bry Rosier]

I know that feeling very frustrating but mine was only after 1 hour .

 

[MM]

Arggh. Thanks for sharing in the misery...

Departing Rangoon for Alor Star (VYYY-WKMA).

Deja Vu all over again.

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Gad Zooks! Went with MSFSX weather to see if problem was ASA. Took off to discover air pressure of 23.07 inHg. Gosh...going to be a peculiar flight tonight.

 

[MM]

If at first you don't succeed...

Safely down at Alor Star before the plug gets pulled.

 

[MM]

Heading for Singapore and the bar at Raffles.

 

[bpfowler]

nice!

 

[MM]

Safely down in Singapore. Lots of thunderstorms and sudden wind and air pressure shifts (getting down to 25.22 inHg). For some period, I had to fly below 3,000' in order to keep the Mew below an atmospheric 8,500' where it starts to pant rather noticeably--a tactic made the more interesting by the thick clouds and ridge of mountain tops.. But nicely through and to Seletar.

Now, off to the classic bar at Raffles for good conversation and a bit of colonial luxury. Hope to find Harv presiding over the gathering...

 

[MM]

Next, Selaparang. (WSSL-WADA)

 

[MM]

Down at Lombok's Selaparang.

Odd tall tree stands majestically before the runway on short finals--thank goodness for the "Spitfire" approach.

 

[MM]

Heading for Port Darwin and the lucky country.

 

[MM]

Long low flight over the shark-infested Timor Sea. Ran into those tropical lows that pushed the aircraft below 3,000' in order to keep the Gypsy breathing. Constantly had to fiddle with the mixture and keep an eye out for the waves below. (And watching closely for telltale fins above the surface as well...)

Happy to see Darwin when it appeared under the wheels.

 

[MM]

Out of Darwin for Cloncurry (YCCY). Looks like the weekend brings wind on the nose.

 

[MM]

FSX again went dead an hour into the flight. (No more Active Sky for me.)

 

[Vicious]

Sorry to hear that MM. I guess it's better to lock up after one hour rather than four. Every time I hear about a problem with FSX it just keeps me in FS9 for racing a bit longer. I'd love to have the better graphics and features, but didn't want to risk a 6 hour flight with a system crash. Knocking on wood... I've never had a system crash in FS9.

 

[MM]

Another try. This with MSFSX Wx. Pausing for passing thunderstorm on the field...

 

[MM]

Rains continue, but storm winds have died down. Need to get off.