peer01 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Iraqi Airlines was founded in 1946, was operated under the Iraqi Railway Ministry's office of Aviation transportation in the 40's and early 50's. They started with a DH-89, the Vikings and a DH-104 Dove were added to the fleet in 1947. The main routes were taken over by Vickers Viscounts in 1955. The Vikings were used until 1958 when the monarchy was Overthrown. A hot flight over loooooots of sand, from Erbil to Beiruth in Lebanon. Freeware Vickers Viking by Rick Piper, Iraqi Airlines livery (there are 4 of them) by Jorge L. Rechani Freeware Erbil airport scenery Freeware Lebanon mesh Freeware Lebanon airport scenery Freeware Drzewiecki grass textures Freeware HDE-V2 clouds Please click on the pics to enlarge Climbing out over the meandering river Euffrat Over the city of Aleppo, completely destroyed these days......:( More in the reply******** [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 Please click on the pics to enlarge Hours of sand to cross... Te terrain is changing near the Lebanon border, some higher mountains ahead.. Beiruth in sight Descending over the city The landing in the reply****** [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 Please click on the pics to enlarge. The Cargo Ramp, for years the home base of the yellow-green 707 freighters of TMA Thanks very much for your visit! GREETS!:):) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Looking pretty good! :D All of that water had me worried a bit, though! I'm sure the passengers were wearing the proper flotation vests?? :eek: Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Did you paint this Jan? If you did turn the flag round on the starboard side, I've made this mistake in the past so I'm not trying to be clever mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 Zippy, Colin: thanks VERY much for your comments! :):) Zipster: Due to my amazing flying skills they knew they were all in good hands! Colin: Wish I was able to do repaints.....:eek: Colin: Please click on the pics for a better view And thanks again:) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Nice shots sir!! Who'd you have fly the plane? It appears to have stayed dry!!:p Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 The pilot Sir, was a very talented and pretty young Dutchman! :mad: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightsimg Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Great flight, Peer!! :pilot: Great views of Beirut airport and approach! a aparté: maybe flying over such a dryness is a good antidote to water landings, isn't it?! :):):):) Gérard Guichard, Dijon, Burgundy, France. i5 Intel processor, 4 Go of Ram, Nvidia GeForce 920MX, DirectX 12.0, and FSX Gold Edition with SP1, SP2. My personal flightsim website is at http://flightlessons.6te.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 Never seen so much sand...........:rolleyes::eek: Merci Gerard! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 The pilot Sir, was a very talented and pretty young Dutchman! :mad: Wait a minute.......this is the only young Dutchman I know of! Don't see any pink sunglasses on him:confused:;) Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 This means 4 flat tires! :mad: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Nice work with the shots of your desert flight Jan. Hope you took along plenty of liquid refreshment. :D The Viking is one of my favorite planes to fly. :cool: :cool: :cool: :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner simpilot Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Jan you rarely post, but when you do amazing screenshots. Love these classics. Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzaro Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 This means 4 flat tires! :mad: Jan, your comment reminded me of a song from a Toronto band from the 80's called The Government. So here it is in all it's minimalist neo-punk reto-glory. Enjoy. -- Bob [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i7-7700 3.6GHz / GTX1660 6GB / 32GB RAM / 49" Samsung CHG90 / WIN10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 Larry, Kenny and Bob, your comments are appreciated! :):):) Kenny, I did about 49.650 posts I think since 2003.......:eek::pilot: Bob: Great song! A complete song about only one flat tire.....;):D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeh Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Now that's a proper aeroplane. :) Cheese War Enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Hi Paul :) Very proper I may say! ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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