NMLW Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Flight Springbok 818 is a Vickers Viscount 814 in a 1958 South African Airways/Suid Afrikaanse Lugdiens livery flying from Durban, South Africa to Bloemfontein, SA (FADN to FABL). There are 800 gallons of fuel on board and the total flight time is about 1 hour and 45 minutes. The weather for our late afternoon takeoff is fair with scattered cloud cover. We will be cruising at an altitude of 16,000 feet. Thanks to: Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 814 in a 1958 South African Airways/Suid Afrikaanse Lugdiens livery. The aircraft model and original textures are by Rick Piper. The paint is by Gary 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: - Durban and Bloemfontein 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. Click to enlarge . . . 1. Passengers loaded and we are taxiing out to Rwy. 6 for an early morning takeoff. 2. Holding at Rwy. 6 to let a Lockheed Electra L-10 land. 3. We are up heading toward Bloemfontein and retracting the gear. 4. Climbing out over Northwest Durban. 5. Continuing to climb through 7,000 feet about eighteen miles out of Durban. Fuel heaters and power unit deicers activated. 6. We are nearing 14,000 feet with the town of Richmond below. 7. We have crossed the border into the British protectorate of Basutoland at our assigned altitude of 16,000 feet. 8. Continuing to cruise near the small town of Mohlanapeng. 9. We are just past the Senqunyane River in West central Basutoland. 10. About seventy miles from Bloemfontein we are crossing the border out of Basutoland near Maseru on the Caledon River. More in the reply . . . . . . . . . Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 Click to enlarge . . . 11. About 45 miles from Bloemfontein we change course and begin our initial decent. 12. We are passing through 12,000 feet over the small city of Botshabelo, South Africa. 13. Twenty miles from Bloemfontein we are descending though 7,500 feet. 14. Have been assigned a visual approach to Rwy. 2 we change course to intercept it. Fuel heaters and power unit deicers have been deactivated. 15. At about five miles out at 6,500 feet we have the runway in sight. 16. A mile from Rwy. 2 descending through 4,700 feet on short final. 17. Main gear down. 18. Nose wheel down. 19. Heading to the gate at Bloemfontein. 20. Parked, systems shut down and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying SAA/SAL. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eezeejet Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Superb shots and narration Larry, good work. The Viscount was always a graceful bird. :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Corsair TX850 PSU, Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 motherboard, Intel i7-2700K @3.5GHz w/ARCTIC Freezer Xtreme Rev.2 heatsink, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB, 8GB Kingston DDR3 RAM, Seagate 3.5inch Barracuda 1TB HDD + 64GB SSD, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pchmck Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Awesome set !! AMD FX-8350 8 CORES 4.0/ovrclckd 5.0GHz, GIGABYTE GA 990FXA-UD7, RAM 32GB/2000MHz, GeFORCE GTX TITAN, 2xSSD 256GB, 2*HDD 2TB, 3x42" LCD, SAITEK PRO FLIGHT, MCP+EFIS PANEL, ANDROID TABLET FOR FMC AND EFB, WIN8-64BIT, FS9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Stunning retro flight and narration Larry, the Viscount sure is looking good. I used to fly jets, but I got fed up with them calling me a retard every time I tried to land...:pilot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Great flight Larry, I really enjoy your retro flights. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Great plane choice for this flight Larry :cool::cool::cool: I enjoyed them as usual my friend, GREAT!! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 Glad you enjoyed the post and appreciate your comments eezeejet, Peter, Matt, John B. and Jan. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Always look forward to your retro posts Larry and your time and effort have paid off once again, super job indeed!! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Thanks for your continued interest Adam. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fscabral Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Very nice flight and shots Larry :pilot: Intel i9 - 64 GB Ram - ASUS RTX2070 - HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks Fabio. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Men In Black Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Superb flight and screenies Larry, and beautifully presented. I'm using Jens B. Kristensen's Viscount, I wonder which one's more realistic.... http://i.imgbox.com/kSiYXhEH.jpg http://i.imgbox.com/pyXudHYD.jpg http://i.imgbox.com/5ifdw5OX.jpg http://i.imgbox.com/XNZslyxr.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Thanks Dorel. :) I also have JBK's 700 and 800 Viscounts. They are very nicely modeled and fly well. I think Rick Piper's flight characteristics are more realistically modeled. If you don't manage the engines, fuel and deicing properly you will experience difficulties. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Men In Black Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Gotta try that one too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhardt7 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Very nice pics... Your attention to detail makes for an very enjoyable viewing experience! i7 920 quad core 3.24ghz / Geforce GTX 660 2Gb GDDR5 / 12Gb DDR3 RAM / 1Tb HDD Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Running FSX Classic SP1 & SP2 (tweaked) + addons [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Thanks for your kind words Bernhardt. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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