Ryanair Flight FR5174 London Stansted-Billund Boeing 737-800

[ps76]

Hello(!),

Just thought I'd try to upload a few pics of a flight I took today with Ryanair from London Stansted to Billund. Was meant to go on that flight for real today but there was too much traffic (road traffic) so I missed the flight (was meant to go for a day trip to Billund). So I flew the flight in Fs2004 instead(!) Almost as good and you don't have to pay for airport parking either(!) Anyway on with the pics.

Parked at the gate (gate 46 I think from my memory of Stansted):

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54063&d=1263249515

The route takes us to the Netherlands, Germany and then Denmark. Total distance for the flight is about 450 miles making the flight time about 1 hour 30 minutes:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54064&d=1263249529

Pushback from the gate:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54065&d=1263249537

Stansted terminal from the window:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54066&d=1263249549

Taxiing to runway 5 for a Northeastern departure. The actual departure was a Clacton departure SID which involved an initial right turn and then a left turn to follow the 268 radial to the Clacton VOR, levelling off initially at 4,000ft.

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54067&d=1263249559

Rolling runway 5:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54068&d=1263249571

Takeoff runway 5. Initial speed was 175knots (about 15 degrees nose up) with flaps 5:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54069&d=1263249584

Departure runway 5:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54070&d=1263249595

Initial level off at 4,000ft quite soon after departure the engines spool back:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54071&d=1263249608

Climbing above the clouds climbing to 10,000ft at 240knots, speeding up to 280knots after 10,000ft:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54072&d=1263249622

Continued in the reply...

[ps76]

Climbing to 35,000ft. above the clouds heading East towards the Netherlands (Amsterdam centre):

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54082&d=1263250319

In cruise at 35,000ft. Plenty of cloud down below over Northern Europe today:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54083&d=1263250330

Descending from 35,000ft near the TUSKA instersection with Copenhagen centre. Still quite a lot of cloud below although Billund was reporting wind 052 at 12 knots, greater than 20 miles visibility, clear skies, temperature -3 degrees, dewpoint -5 degrees, altimeter 3024 and landing Runway 9 (Billund has only one runway 9/27):

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54084&d=1263250342

On final approach having been vectored to the ILS for runway 9 (descending through 1,000ft or so):

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54086&d=1263250371

About to touchdown runway 9 (approach speed of 140knots):

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54087&d=1263250385

Touchdown:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54088&d=1263250397

Parked at Billund terminal with the usual Ryanair airstairs being used. Nice clear skies.

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54089&d=1263250408

The Billund terminal from the window while parked:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/attachment.php?attachmentid=54090&d=1263250419

That's all the pics I managed to take. Hope people liked the flight, now it's off to Billund town centre which is only a mile away from the airport (Denmark's second largest). Or off to Legoland which is also in Billund just near the airport.

Any comments/criticism welcome.

Many thanks,

Pierre.

[peer01]

Beautiful flight and pics Pierre :cool:

[weengo]

great shots:cool: awesome scenery:eek:

[ps76]

Hello(!),

Just to say many thanks for the replies/encourgament etc. Am about to fly the return flight in the evening back so might post the night pics too.

Many thanks,

Pierre.

[Constinator25]

Awesome shots Pierre.

[ps76]

Hello(!),

Just to say many thanks for the reply/encouragement etc. I'm quite a big fan or Ryanair (and most other airlines I guess) so cool you liked the pics of Michael O'Leary's airline(!)

Many thanks,

Pierre.

[adamb]

Those are beauties Pierre:cool::cool::cool:

Adam

[NMLW]

Nice flight and a fine group of shots Pierre. Good work.:cool::cool:

[Smutley]

Wonderful set of shots Pierre. :cool::cool::cool::cool:

[bumpkin]

Good shots Pierre:cool::cool::cool:

[ps76]

Hello(!),

Just to say many thanks for the replies/encouragement etc. I have a real flight with Easyjet to Edinburgh today so maybe I'll try to recreate that next(!)

Many thanks,

Pierre.

[ytzpilot]

Sorry you missed your flight...FS2004 is good as well.

Billund - That airport was built by the Lego Company....Good thing they didn't build it with Lego's :D:cool::cool:

[ps76]

Hello(!),

Just to say many thanks for the reply/encouragement etc. The day trip to Billund would have been pretty nice (Billund town is just next to the airport from what I read and of course Legoland is there too!). But Fs2004 was pretty nice too. I used the Aerosoft scenery for Denmark vol. 1 which has Billund airport. From what I read Billund airport has quite a lot of traffic from "real" airlines besides Ryanair and is a pretty nice terminal. Will maybe go another day though as Ryanair's fares are still nice and cheap if you book in advance.

Many thanks,

Pierre.

[radishman1]

Great shots Pierre! :cool::cool:

[EssexFireRescue]

Nice set of shots Pierre, good too see some FR.

[ps76]

Hello(!),

Just to say many thanks for the replies/encouragement etc. Yes I quite like Ryanair too (both in the sim and in real life). They fly to some pretty interesting destinations and their fares are always good if you book in advance.

Many thanks,

Pierre.