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Leg 16: Memphis International (KMEM) to Bessemer airport (KEKY)
Flying the Percival Mew Gull in MSFS 2020. Using Active Sky FS for weather and Little Navmap for navigation. Using FSLTL for AI traffic.
Ready to start the engine at the gate. Still airliners nearby, but different ones than when I landed here. 60% fuel on board for this leg.
Another very long taxi out to runway 36L.
Lined up for takeoff on 36L. No one in the way for this takeoff, thankfully.
The tower asked me to stay on the runway heading for a while. If I had banked right too soon to get on course there would be a number of aborted takeoffs on 36C or 36R, and I definitely would not be welcome here anymore.
Shortly after takeoff I had the same weather conditions as the last flight. Fog and haze down low and clouds above. At first I flew up to 4000 feet to get above the clouds, but gradually had to keep climbing as I continued eastward.
Here I am above the clouds at 9500 feet altitude.
A short while later I had to continue climbing and was momentarily up to 13500 feet! I immediately decided to dive back down lower as the regulations require oxygen to be used above 12500 feet altitude and I did not have any on board. So I said "The heck with this." and made a rapid descent down toward the ground.
Down to 1500 feet, still in marginal conditions with some hills ahead. I prudently climbed to 2500 to 3000 feet in the IFR conditions just to be sure to stay above any hills that I would not see ahead.
Finally in somewhat clearer weather and almost there. That is the Black Warrior river ahead.
Airport in sight ahead.
On final for runway 23. I had my first perfect centerline touchdown of the Air Tour today.
My last two flights were made in sequence without a PC reboot. I did make it to the parking spot and tried to bring the throttles to idle to shut down the engine but MSFS 2020 was frozen at this point.
I still made it though. Ended with 49% fuel on board. I used up a lot more fuel than expected this leg because of the necessary climb to high altitude to try and stay VFR.
Next leg is due East to Atlanta Regional Falcon Field (KFFC)
Flying the Percival Mew Gull in MSFS 2020. Using Active Sky FS for weather and Little Navmap for navigation. Using FSLTL for AI traffic.
Ready to start the engine at the gate. Still airliners nearby, but different ones than when I landed here. 60% fuel on board for this leg.
Another very long taxi out to runway 36L.
Lined up for takeoff on 36L. No one in the way for this takeoff, thankfully.
The tower asked me to stay on the runway heading for a while. If I had banked right too soon to get on course there would be a number of aborted takeoffs on 36C or 36R, and I definitely would not be welcome here anymore.
Shortly after takeoff I had the same weather conditions as the last flight. Fog and haze down low and clouds above. At first I flew up to 4000 feet to get above the clouds, but gradually had to keep climbing as I continued eastward.
Here I am above the clouds at 9500 feet altitude.
A short while later I had to continue climbing and was momentarily up to 13500 feet! I immediately decided to dive back down lower as the regulations require oxygen to be used above 12500 feet altitude and I did not have any on board. So I said "The heck with this." and made a rapid descent down toward the ground.
Down to 1500 feet, still in marginal conditions with some hills ahead. I prudently climbed to 2500 to 3000 feet in the IFR conditions just to be sure to stay above any hills that I would not see ahead.
Finally in somewhat clearer weather and almost there. That is the Black Warrior river ahead.
Airport in sight ahead.
On final for runway 23. I had my first perfect centerline touchdown of the Air Tour today.
My last two flights were made in sequence without a PC reboot. I did make it to the parking spot and tried to bring the throttles to idle to shut down the engine but MSFS 2020 was frozen at this point.
I still made it though. Ended with 49% fuel on board. I used up a lot more fuel than expected this leg because of the necessary climb to high altitude to try and stay VFR.
Next leg is due East to Atlanta Regional Falcon Field (KFFC)