NMLW Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Air France Flight 706 is a Lockheed L1049G Constellation on a 911 mile flight from Paris Orly to Tunis’s El Aouina airport (LFPO - DTTA). We have 2,500 gallons of fuel on board for this flight of about 2 hours and 55 minutes. The weather is fair with moderate to light cloud cover. We will be cruising at an altitude of 19,000 feet. Thanks to: Aircraft: Lockheed L1049G Super Constellation. The Aircraft model and original textures are by Manfred Jahn and Team. The 1956 Air France paint is by Ken Lawson. 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 at www.calclassic.com Scenery and Add-ons: MS FS2004 v9.1 Standard and: - Paris Orly by Harry Biard, Nikko Yaginuma, Jaap de Baare, Wolfgang Gersch, Tom Gibson and Bernard Leuenberger at www.calclassic.com - Tunis El Aouina 1960 by Michael “SABI†Schneider, Wolfgang Gersch, Harry Biard and Tom Gibson at www.calclassic.com - Rwy12 and EZ Static Object and Scenery Libraries. - FS2004 Classic Scenery Libraries v4 by Wolfgang Gersch at www.calclassic.com. - REX FS9 w/Overdrive SP5 for sky, cloud, weather, water/waves, runway, taxiway textures, sun and runway lighting. - Flight One Ground Environment Pro II, FS Genesis Europe and UT Europe. - HDE 2.0 grass texture enhancement by Pablo Diaz. Click to Enlarge . . . . . . Loading passengers at Paris Orly. Starting Engine number one. Taxiing out to Rwy. 2 for departure to Tunis. Takeoff and retracting the gear. Turning on course for Tunis with the River Seine below. Climbing thorough 5,000 feet south of Paris near the small community of Le Coudray-Montceaux. With the Seine snaking southward 10,000 feet below us we level out to throttle back and shift the blowers to high. Having resumed our climb we are now passing through 16,000 feet. Cruising at 19,000 about 250 miles from Paris we see the city of Lyon below. We are over the southeastern French Alps near the small commune of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban. Nearing the coast we see the small commune of La Môle off our right wing. More in the reply . . Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Click to Enlarge . . . . . . Close to the halfway point of our flight we leave France and the Côte d'Azur (French Riviera) behind as we head out over the Mediterranean Sea. Looking out over the right wing at the sea about 60 miles from the Italian island of Sardinia. The Gulf of Oristano on the western coast of Sardinia is just ahead and to our left. Cruising 70 miles from the coast of Tunisia. About forty-five miles from Tunis we begin our initial descent. Descending through 11,000 feet we are in Tunisian airspace over the Bay of Bizerte. At 5,000 feet we turn toward the airport. With Lake Tunis and Tunis Harbor in the background we line up our approach to Rwy. 11 at El Aouina. We are nearing the threshold with gear and flaps down. Touchdown. Parked at the terminal and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying Air France. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfwright Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Beautiful Constellation and a terrific set of shots to display your retro flight. I also liked the engine start effect. Jim I am a King Air fan. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Great shots, Larry! Love the Conny and all effects and co-pilot's announcements created by MJ and team!:cool: Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Great memories, I think I told you my first plane ride was on a TWA Connie in July of 1961. :cool: Fantastic flight and shots of her Larry!!! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCD Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Once again I was pleased to be aboard! A great trip without turbulence. My 1st class seat was comfortable, and the old bird didn't rattle and clatter half as much as I expected. All in all, a perfectly wonderful flight, although I cannot for the life of me remember why I wanted to go to Tunis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 Appreciate your comments Jim, Charlie, Adam & Klee. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewkif Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Real neat Larry! Love those clouds, by the way. :cool: “Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.†- Leonardo da Vinci :pilot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Thanks for commenting Andrew. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American B777-223ER Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Loving that Connie! Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Awesome "super G" flight :cool::cool::cool: This is why I'm a big fan of your Retro Flights Larry :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Thanks Darryl & Jan. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billfoushee Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Larry, any ideas as to where I could find a Super Connie in the Eastern Airlines colors. I have great memories of those bird flying over my house when I was in College. (RDU) Am using FSX and cannot seem to find same. You certainly do great work. Bill Foushee wfoushee1@comcast.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Bill, here in the libraries: https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?searchid=50562092 Eastern and a few more excellent liveries. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 Bill, There are at least 5 Eastern paints for various FS9 Connies. The FS9 Connies should work OK in FSX, but you may have to find replacement prop textures. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Larry, any ideas as to where I could find a Super Connie in the Eastern Airlines colors. I have great memories of those bird flying over my house when I was in College. (RDU) Am using FSX and cannot seem to find same. You certainly do great work. Bill Foushee http://www.virtualeastern.com/Golden%20Falcon/Fleet/LOC.htm Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Looks like a dead link Zippy! :eek::confused: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Looks like a dead link Zippy! :eek::confused: Crap! You're right! Probably should have clicked on one of the downloads before posting! Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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