RTW Retro Flight #43 Walvis Bay to Luderitz . . . . 1960

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This is a Cessna 195 in a 1952 Comair SA livery flying from Walvis Bay, South-West Africa to Luderitz, S-W Africa (both now in Namibia), FYWB – FYLZ. The pilot who is also a dog trainer is delivering a year old German Shepherd named Fearless to a couple of ladies who want a dog for security reasons. There are 80 gallons of fuel on board and the total flight time is about 2 hours and 15 minutes. The weather is fair with medium cloud cover. We will be flying at an altitude of 8,000 feet.

 

Thanks to:

Aircraft Cessna 195 in a 1952 Comair SA livery. Aircraft model and original textures by Joe Binka, paint by Andre Reimers.

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:

- Walvis Bay and Luderitz 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.

 

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1. The security dog Fearless is aboard and we are starting the engine.

 

2. Taxiing out to Rwy. 9 for departure.

 

3. Liftoff.

 

4. Turning toward a course of 172 degrees for Luderitz.

 

5. At three thousand feet we are over the western edge of the Namib-Naukluft National Park.

 

6. Climbing through five thousand feet.

 

7. At our cruising altitude of FL80 about 25 miles out of Walvis Bay.

 

8. Now eighty miles out of Walvis Bay over the Namib Desert. The Atlantic Ocean is about twenty miles to starboard with lots of sand below.

 

9. Fearless seems to be happy in the right seat.

 

10. We are now at the halfway point with nothing of note but the Namib Desert below.

 

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11. About seventy miles from Luderitz we see the half-moon behind the cirrus clouds.

 

12. Thirty five miles from Luderitz we throttle back in anticipation of our descent.

 

13. We have been directed out over the Atlantic for a visual approach to Rwy. 4 at Luderitz.

 

14. Descending through five thousand feet on the crosswind leg.

 

15. At 2,400 feet over Luderitz Bay we turn toward the airport about 8 miles distant.

 

16. On short final to Rwy. 4.

 

17. Touchdown.

 

18. Taxiing to parking with no other aircraft in sight.

 

19. Parked, engine shut down and ready to take Fearless to meet his new owners.

 

20. A close up of the new owners. Lucky Fearless!

 

Thanks for flying Comair SA.

[pchmck]

Awesome set !!

[KCD]

Enjoyed the flight, Larry, good dialogue and great airplane to be showed off; you did it well, my friend.

[NMLW]

Appreciate your comments Peter & Klee. :)

[peer01]

Great choice for a retro flight, this beautiful Cessna. Great story, great pics Larry! :cool::cool::cool:

[NMLW]

Thanks Jan. That 195 is fun to fly. :)

[adamb]

Fantastic looking shots and 195 there Larry, great job!!! :)

[NMLW]

Thanks Adam. Gotta get out of the desert though, it's a tough slog. :p