NMLW Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Airwork Ltd. London flight 196 is a HP-81 Hermes on a flight from RAF Muharraq, Bahrain to Cairo (OBBI - HECA). We have 3,000 gallons of fuel on board for this 1,042 mile flight of about four hours and thirty minutes. We have fair weather with partly cloudy skies and we will be cruising at an altitude of 20,000 feet. Thanks to: Aircraft: Handley Page HP-81 Hermes 4. The model, original textures and 1956 Airwork Ltd London paint is 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. At www.calclassic.com Scenery and Add-ons: MS FS2004 v9.1 Standard and: - Bahrain’s RAF Muharraq Airport from the 1961 Trucial States scenery package by Juan Martinez and Julius Czarnecki. At www.calclassic.com - Cairo’s King Farouk Airport from the 1960 Africa scenery package by Wolfgang Gersch, Harry Biard, Jaap de Baare, Mike Stevens, Tom Gibson, Nikko Yaginuma and Johan Dees. At www.flightsim.com - Rwy12 and EZ Static Object and Scenery Libraries. - FS2004 Classic Scenery Libraries v4a by Wolfgang Gersch at www.flightsim.com - REX FS9 w/Overdrive & SP5 for sky, cloud, weather, water/wave, runway, taxiway, sun, grass textures and runway lighting. - Flight One Ground Environment Pro II. Click to Enlarge . . . . . . 1. Passengers loaded, flight plan filed, cockpit check completed, engines started and we are ready to taxi to runway 30 for takeoff. 2. Up and away and stowing the gear we see the civil side of the airport. 3. Just a little further on and a view of the military side of the airport. 4. Climbing out over the Gulf of Bahrain. 5. At about 7,000 feet we are now over Saudi Arabia with the city of Dmmam below. 6. Climbing through 14,000 feet about 10 miles northwest of Dmmam. 7. We have been cruising at 20,000 feet for quite some time now over the An Nafud Desert. 8. After flying over the bleak remote deserts of Saudi Arabia for several hours we now see the Jordanian port city of Aqaba sited on the Red Sea’s Gulf of Aqaba about 260 miles from Cairo. 9. We have flown over the Sinai Peninsula and can now see the Gulf of Suez off our port wing. 10. A look over the starboard wing about 80 miles from Cairo. 11. We turn west and begin our initial descent to 10,000 feet. More in the reply . . . . . . . . . Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 Click to Enlarge . . . . . . 12. We continue to descend as we head out over the Gulf of Suez. 13. Passing through 11,000 feet we leave the gulf behind and make landfall over Egypt. 14. We turn northwest holding at 10,000 feet. 15. As the sun lowers we can see the Nile River in the distance. 16. Near the Nile we begin to descend to 3,000 feet. 17. Turning northeast toward Cairo’s King Farouk airport. 18. Passing through 2,400 feet with flaps 30 and gear down we begin to line up our visual approach to runway 5. 19. We are on short final with flaps 40 at about 800 feet. 20. Touchdown. 21. Taxiing to parking. 22. Parked among a large group of aircraft. Our engines have been shut down and the passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying Airwork Ltd. London. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Outstand retro post as always Larry, nice work! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Thanks Adam. :) Haven't seen you around for a while, hope all is well with you. Miss your posts. :pilot: Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Craig Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 ***We have 3,000 gallons of fuel on board *** Did you mean 3000 pounds of fuel??? Hey, I only know what I read... HP.81 Hermes Max. takeoff weight: 86,000 lb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Hermes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Beautiful flight and a great plane chocie Larry! :cool::cool::cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Appreciate your comments Jan.:) Allen, Actually I had 2,958 gallons on board. I just rounded it up to 3,000 gallons in the narrative. Even so, I was 2,902 lbs. under max gross weight for takeoff. 6 lbs. per gallon is commonly used for aviation gas weight and balance computations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgas#Properties Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I'm here Larry, just not very much going on these days at this forum. I. don' know what the problem is. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Adam, Larry, and all other forum friends: I think it's a good thing when there are lots of screenshots to be seen here. I ususally don't post more than 2 posts on page 1, but I have more than enough posts "in the pipeline" and I know there are more members who can post a lot more than they do now. Shall we post more to keep this great forum a bit more "vivid"? :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 Hey Jan, I'm just a semi-youthful gentleman and not as fast as I once was, but I'll give it my best. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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