MM Out on the Rim

Safely down at VVNB.

High altitude views over Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and then North Vietnam. Beautiful rich country.

Leg Time: 1:05:55
Total Time: 6:36:09

Leg Fuel: 5,020.0
Total Fuel: 28,944.2

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (North Vietnam)
Total Bonus: 03:00 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam)
 
VVNB-VMMC Hanoi-Macau

The locals here in Hanoi seem less than pleased with the legacy of French rule. Anti-colonial, you might say...
 
Safely down at VMMC.

Clouds all the way but got a look at Hainan Island in the South China Sea. Rumor has it that a Navy pilot landed there and stirred up a nest of PLA soldiers. Those same clouds obscured views of Macau and then a thick haze appeared on finals.

Quiet little Portuguese colony, this. A little zone for economic opportunities for those who seek them...

Leg Time: 0:49:45
Total Time: 7:25:54

Leg Fuel: 4,280.0
Total Fuel: 33,224.2

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (Macau)
Total Bonus: 03:30 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam, Macau)
 
VMMC-VHHX Macau-Hong Kong Kai Tak

A quick hop to visit the lads at Hong Kong.
 
Safely down at VHHX.

Classic Stonecutters approach--without the checkerboard in FSX. Here's a photo of the finals into 13 and then the Hong Kong skyline. Will take a motor launch over, pick up a green Roller and head for the Peninsula Hotel--the finest hotel east of Suez. Top drawer service, eh? A properly served English tea.

Leg Time: 0:07:08
Total Time: 7:33:02

Leg Fuel: 467.0
Total Fuel: 33,691.2

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (Hong Kong)
Total Bonus: 04:00 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam, Macau, Hong Kong)
 
VHHX-RCSS Hong Kong Kai Tak - Taipei Sungshan

And now, the Republic of China and its (temporary) capital at Taipei. (Will be on lookout for the vital islands of Quemoy and Matsu.)
 
Safely down at RCSS

Taipei is a bustling city and represents for Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang a "war time" capital of China. (The PRC seems to be in temporary residence on the mainland.) Whatever the current presidential dictatorship, one might guess that the place has a future...

A snap of the dangerous Taiwan Straits and then an approach into Sungshan, Taipei's downtown airport and airbase.

Leg Time: 0:50:39
Total Time: 8:23:41

Leg Fuel: 4,433.0
Total Fuel: 38,124.2

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (Taiwan-ROC)
Total Bonus: 04:30 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan)
 
Safely down at RKSS.

Leg Time: 1:32:17
Total Time: 9:55:58

Leg Fuel: 5,387.0
Total Fuel: 43,511.2

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (South Korea)
Total Bonus: 05:00 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea)
 
Down Safely at RTJY.

Snaps of leaving Seoul behind...and then a salute to Fujiyama.

Leg Time: 1:09:32
Total Time: 11:05:30

Leg Fuel: 5,260.0
Total Fuel: 48,771.2

Leg Bonus: 0:30 (Japan)
Total Bonus: 05:30 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan)
 
Thanks, Austin. (No one ever masters FSX...at best we can co-exist with it. :rolleyes:)


RJTY-RJCN Tokyo Yokota AFB - Nakashibetsu

Heading out, bound for Hokkaido and the North. Chasing Moses' and Willy's tails.
 
Safely down at RJCN.

Unexpected headwinds made for slow going.

Leg Time: 1:06:20
Total Time: 12:11:50

Leg Fuel: 4,749.0
Total Fuel: 53,520.2

Leg Bonus: 0:00
Total Bonus: 05:30 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan)
 
Safely down at UHPP.

A beautiful daylight descent past the volcanoes of Kamchatka and then into the Spring thaw at Yelizovo.

Leg Time: 1:31:13
Total Time: 13:43:03

Leg Fuel: 5,364.0
Total Fuel: 58,884.2

Leg Bonus: 0:00
Total Bonus: 05:30 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan)
 
Safely down at PASY.

Some breezes indicated Rwy 28. But nothing like the famous Shemya winds that make the airfield so famous.

Leg Time: 1:04:02
Total Time: 14:47:05

Leg Fuel: 4,961.0
Total Fuel: 63,845.2

Leg Bonus: 0:00
Total Bonus: 05:30 (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, North Vietnam, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan)
 
PASY-PACD Shemya - Cold Bay

A tank of gas and a ham sandwich. Off to Cold Bay.
 
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