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RTW Retro Flight #42 Livingstone to Walvis Bay . . . . 1961


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This is a Handley Page HP81 Hermes 4 in a 1961 Air Safaris livery flying from Livingstone, Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland (Now Zambia) and Walvis Bay, South-West Africa (now Namibia), (FLLI – FYWB). There are 1,500 gallons of fuel on board and the total flight time is about 3 Hours and 10 minutes. The weather is fair with scattered high clouds. We will be flying at an altitude of 16,000 feet.

 

Thanks to:

Aircraft Handley Page HP81 Hermes 4 in a 1961 Air Safaris livery. Aircraft model, original textures and Air Safaris paint by Jens B. Kristensen.

Propliner AI & Traffic: CalClassic & FS Aviator - Tom Gibson, Mike Stevens, Jason Krogmann, Manuel Jagmann, Bill Towers, Nikko Yaginuma, Richard Wright, Frederick Coleman, Dave Jones, Paul Haak, Marty Lochmiller, Ake Lindberg, Harland Sandberg, Richard Wright and Gary Harper. www.calclassic.com

AI Garwood Cruiser: Wooden cruiser on the Zambezi by Lynn & Bill Lyons.

Scenery: FS2004 Standard and:

- Livingstone and Walvis Bay Airports from the 1960 Africa Scenery Package by Wolfgang Gersch, Harry Biard, Jaap de Baare, Mike Stevens, Tom Gibson, Nikko Yaginuma and Johan Dees. Available at www.calclassic.com

- Victoria Falls, spray effects and Zambezi River land class with channels & islands by Holger Sandmann. Victoria Falls Bridge and beta testing by Johan van Wyk.

- Rwy12 and EZ Static Object and Scenery Libraries.

- FS2004 Classic Scenery Libraries V3 by Wolfgang Gersch.

- REX FS9 enhancements for sky, cloud, weather, water/waves, runway, taxiway textures, sun and lighting.

- Flight One Ground Environment Pro II.

- HDE 2.0 grass texture enhancement by Pablo Diaz.

 

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1. Passengers loaded and engines fired.

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2. Taxiing out to Rwy. 10 for takeoff.

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3. Up, away and retracting the gear.

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4. We’re turning south to give the passengers a look at Victoria Falls.

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5. Flying slow at 4,000 feet above Victoria Falls we can see the wake of the Garwood Cruiser heading up the Zambezi just above the tail.

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6. We are now on course for Walvis Bay climbing through six thousand feet over Zambezi Nation Park.

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7. Passing through eleven thousand feet and light clouds.

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8. At our cruising altitude of FL160 we have crossed into Botswana.

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9. Flying over the large Okavango Delta and grasslands that is home to great numbers of African wildlife.

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10. We’re now over the northwestern Kalahari Desert near the Gcwihaba Caverns with its large array of caves.

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Larry

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11. With the sun in the west we are a hundred and fifty miles from Walvis Bay over the western Kalahari well into South-West Africa.

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12. The city of Windhoek is about 45 mils off our port wing.

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13. Thirty five miles from Walvis Bay we begin our descent.

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14. Having been assigned a visual approach to Rwy. 9 at Walvis Bay we turn down wind toward the Atlantic Ocean.

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15. We see the Walvis Bay inlet just above our starboard wing.

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16. We are on the cross wind portion of our approach descending through 2,800 feet.

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17. About seven miles from the airport we turn up wind toward Rwy. 9 at Walvis Bay.

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18. We are about four miles out at 2,000 feet with full flaps and have the runway in sight.

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19. Touchdown.

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20. Off the runway we are taxiing to parking and see a Beech stagger wing that landed just before us.

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21. Parked, engines shut down and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying Air Safaris.

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Larry

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