MM 2012 Cape-to-Cape Golden Age Lockheed 12 G-AGTL

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Heading southward to get out of the cold...remind me of the cool air when we hit the Sahara!

Golden Age Simulations Lockheed 12 G-AGTL
Using FSX weather with updates
 
Out of Stockholm for Prague. Looks like pretty steady headwinds all the way.
 
After a few business matters that commanded attention, back to the stealth Lockheed.

Heading from Prague to Bolzano.
 
Good enough hand-flown flight over Czechoslovakia and Greater Germany, over and through the Alps, and into German-speaking Bolzano. The aircraft's owner, Mr. Sidney Cotton, runs an aerial mapping company. He asked me to take some pictures of the mountains in the Sudetenland along the German-Czech border. Nice scenery, that, but not sure why those photographs are of any interest.

Bonus 2.0 hours for Bolzano and 15 minutes for hand-flown leg from Prague into Bolzano.

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=XgcPHukx7d2qZaifs4QEqY3pO6M
 
A few snaps. (Don't suppose that Cotton will care if these are published.) Leaving the hills of Prague, the Czech-German Sudetenland mountains (and some strange earthworks), over the Austrian Alps south of Salzburg listening for the von Trapp family as they escape, and then landing at Bolzano.
 
Nice pics Mike. Pretty scenery and, of course, one fine looking Lockheed...
 
Down safely at Algiers.

With strong headwinds, the trip to Oran became one of only marginal range and, having to throttle back, even slower ground speed. So the safer alternative was a mid-course correction toward Algiers. Had quite a swirling wind on finals, bouncing up and down and from side to side. Happily, the Lockheed got her wheels down and rolled out as politely as a cotillion princess.

As a bonus, this old pilot gets an unexpected opportunity to explore the great city.

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=ZqiTpbSTo1mWtEDA5GyRqzrZko
 
Interesting debrief, MM. My winds were not so severe as yours, on this leg, and I managed to sneak into Es Senia with well over 10% gas left. Always good to have a backup plan...
 
From Algiers to Colomb-Bechar. In FSX, there is no NDB so this is dead reckoning across the Atlas mountains and then the beginnings of the desert. Will try to follow my fellow Lockheed driver, PRB.
 
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