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RTW Retro Flight #53 Lindi to Iringa . . . . 1960


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Air Safaris Flight 037 is a Vickers Viking flying from Lindi, Tanganyika Territory (now Tanzania) to Iringa, Tanganyika Territory (HTLI - HTIR). We have 465 gallons of fuel on board for the three hundred twelve mile flight. The total flight time is about 1 hour and 53 minutes. The weather for most of the flight is for scattered cloud cover. We will be cruising at an altitude of 8,000 feet and our entire flight with take place within Tanganyika Territory.

 

Thanks to:

Aircraft: Vickers Viking in a 1960 Air Safaris livery. The FSDS Viking model is by Rick Piper. The repaint is by Garry Russell.

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:

- Lindi and Iringa Airports are 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.

 

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Passengers loaded and starting engine #1.

 

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Heading out to Rwy. 4 for takeoff from Lindi.

 

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Airborne and packing away the gear.

 

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Out over the Indian Ocean turning on course for Iringa.

 

http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q621/NMLW3/Retro%20Flights/R53/Air%20Safaris_05_zpsnsxzh2kx.jpg Climbing through 4,500 feet into light clouds.

 

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At 7,000 feet we are in and out of scattered clouds.

 

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Cruising at our assigned altitude of 8,000 feet near the small town of Matapwa.

 

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A look out over our right wing with the small town of Mtondo below. We are very near the Selous Game Reserve.

 

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We are now just over halfway to Iringa with nothing much to see but the wilderness below.

 

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About a hundred miles from Iringa we have just crossed the Rufiji River.

 

 

More in the reply . . . . . . . . .

Larry

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We make a course correction over the town Ifakara. It is near the railway and is the main trading center for several districts in the area.

 

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As we approach the Udzungwa Mountain Range we begin to encounter hillocks. The main peaks can be seen in the distance.

 

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After clearing the highest of the hillocks we begin our descent about 20 miles from Iringa.

 

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Passing through 6,500 feet over the town of Iringa.

 

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Turing toward Rwy. 2 and Iringa. Altitude at the airport is 4,678 feet.

 

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Full flaps and gear down we are lined up on approach.

 

http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q621/NMLW3/Retro%20Flights/R53/Air%20Safaris_17_zpslqfycz0u.jpg Just under 4,800 feet at 90 knots we are looking good for touchdown.

 

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Touchdown just past the terminal.

 

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After turning around we head toward parking and see an East African Airways DC-3.

 

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Parked and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying Air Safaris.

Larry

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