NMLW Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Flight Springbok 195 is a Douglas DC-4 in a late 1950s South African Airways/Suid Afrikaanse Lugdiens livery flying from Cape Town, South Africa to Port Elizabeth, SA, (FACT – FAPE). There are 1,100 gallons of fuel on board and the total flight time is about 2 hours and 20 minutes. The weather for our early morning takeoff consists of a thunderstorm with moderate rain and heavy cloud cover. We will be cruising at an altitude of 15,000 feet. Thanks to: Aircraft: Douglas DC-4 in a late 1950s South African Airways/Suid Afrikaanse Lugdiens livery. Aircraft model, original textures and 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 Scenery: FS2004 Standard and: - Cape Town and Port Elizabeth 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 - 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. Click to enlarge . . . 1. Passengers loaded, engines started and performing final cockpit checks. 2. Taxiing out to Rwy. 01 for departure. 3. Liftoff and packing up the gear. 4. We’re climbing through 3,000 feet with rain and gusty southwest winds. 5. At about 7,000 feet we leave the stratus layer and enter the thunderheads. Heavy lightening abounds. 6. Climbing through 10,000 feet we continue to skirt the thunderheads as best we can. 7. At 12,000 feet the clouds begin to lighten and break up a bit. 8. Finally at our cruising altitude of FL150 near the Rivirsonderend Nature Reserve. 9. We're now close to the City of George, SA with the storm well behind us. 10. Having passed the small resort town of Nature's Valley we see the South Atlantic below and off to starboard. More in the reply . . . . . . . . . Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Click to enlarge . . . 11. Passing the small town of Humansdorp a light industry and farming hub. We are about 50 miles from Port Elizabeth. 12. We begin our initial descent to 7,000 feet. 13. About fifteen miles from Port Elizabeth we begin a turn to the south. 14. Now descending to 2,900 feet we head south toward the Atlantic near Kini Bay. 15. Off Sardinia Bay we turn to intercept Rwy. 08 at Port Elizabeth on the Western Cape. 16. We are on our final approach about three and a half miles out with flaps full and three green. 17. We are now just a little over a mile from the runway. 18. Touchdown with a bit of a bounce. We will keep the lid on the tip jar this time. 19. Taxiing to parking at gate one at Port Elizabeth. 20. Engines off and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying South African Airways/Suid Afrikaanse Lugdiens. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Marvelous set of retro shots once again Larry!! :) The DC-4 and scenery look fantastic as usual! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I second Adam: beautiful DC-4 and stunning retro scenery. Awesome post Larry :cool::cool::cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pchmck Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Excellent set of shots !! AMD FX-8350 8 CORES 4.0/ovrclckd 5.0GHz, GIGABYTE GA 990FXA-UD7, RAM 32GB/2000MHz, GeFORCE GTX TITAN, 2xSSD 256GB, 2*HDD 2TB, 3x42" LCD, SAITEK PRO FLIGHT, MCP+EFIS PANEL, ANDROID TABLET FOR FMC AND EFB, WIN8-64BIT, FS9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av8tor98 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Very nice array of retro pics! Love the bad weather themes....excellent all of the way around :) JOE- Asus P8Z68- V Pro; CPU: Intel i7-2600K 3.4ghz OC'd 4.6Ghz, 8G Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3-1600, EVGA 1080Ti 11G ACX Cooler Samsung 500G OS drive, 3 WD 1T Raptor HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Great pictures and super flight Larry and I always like your commentary. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviator66 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Wow!!! very nice pic's Larry As a P-51 pilot said :pilot: "She Climbs Like A Home Sick Angel":pilot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Thanks for your comments Adam, Jan, Peter, Joseph, John B., & Dan. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Men In Black Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Terrific set Larry, enjoyed every one of them! Been wanting to backdate my FS for months now, and go fly back in time for a while, but I seem to fail miserably in trying to end the constant flow of modern-day flights on my to-fly list. I keep saying "OK, I shall backdate after this short A321 hop...as a matter of fact, one more E-175 flight across the Dover Strait wouldn't do any harm....and since I'm talking about Embraer...why not an ERJ-145 regional flight from Zurich to Valencia before backdating?". It's just so tempting...BUT...I've managed to do 2 flights without adding any new modern-day flight on the list, that's a good sign:D I shall configure my sim for 1970s era first, for some proper jet action, then I'll go back to the 40s and 50s, and enjoy the goodies at CalClasic myself. Your shots are super tempting, can't wait to go back in time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Appreciate your kind remarks Dorel. Good luck with your travel back in time. :) :pilot: Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brigs2381 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Nice plane, and great pics :) i5 4670k 3.4Ghz -- Gigabyte Z97X-SLI MB -- Windows 7 64bit 8G 1866 G.Skill Sniper -- Radeon HD5870 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Thank you Brigs. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omega7 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 My kind of post and shots Larry, beautiful shots amigo:cool::cool: gonzalo [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Awesome shots, flight and commentary Larry. You can beat a vintage bird, I'm now going to have to find your other 44 flights to enjoy. I used to fly jets, but I got fed up with them calling me a retard every time I tried to land...:pilot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Thanks for your kind comments Gonzalo & Matt. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf2 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 really love this one larry! the shot w the lightning is especially cool. Phil Colvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Thanks Phil. I didn't realize I had captured the lightening until I reviewed the shots after the flight was completed. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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