RTW Retro Flight #122 Berlin to Moscow . . . . 1962 Part I

[NMLW]

Aeroflot flight SU112 is an Ilyushin IL-18D on a flight from Berlin to Moscow (EDDB - UUEE). We have 3,000 gallons of fuel on board for the two hour and forty minute flight. We have good weather with moderate cloud cover for the entire flight. We will be cruising at 15,000 feet.

 

Thanks to:

Aircraft: Ilyushin IL-18D. Stepan Gritsevsky, Dmitry Dobronravin, Valery Bocharnikov, Peter Yashin. Aeroflot CCCP 75554 1960s Textures by Dmitry Shevtsov.

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, MS Windows 7 Pro and:

- Berlin Schonefeld airport is from the East Germany package by Mike Stevens. At www.calclassic.com

- Moscow Sheremetyevo airport is by Michael “Sabi” Schneider. At www.calclassic.com

- Aeroflot timetable for Winter 1961/62 from Timetable Images at www.timetableimages.com

- Rwy12 and EZ Static Object and Scenery Libraries at www.flightsim.com.

- FS2004 Classic Scenery Libraries v4a by Wolfgang Gersch at www.flightsim.com

- REX FS9 w/Overdrive & SP5.

- Flight One Ground Environment Pro II

- FS Genesis UT Europe.

 

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1. Aeroflot International Services Nr. 1 Winter Timetable 1961-1962.

 

2. Passengers loaded, initial cockpit checks completed and engines started.

 

3. Taxiing out to runway 7R for departure for Moscow.

 

4. In the air and packing up the gear.

 

5. On course for Moscow climbing through 6,000 feet.

 

6. We have left Germany behind and are cruising at 15,000 feet in and out of clouds passing over the Vistula River near Swiecie, Poland.

 

7. We are passing over Goldap, Poland nearing the border with Lithuania.

 

8. With the city of Vilnius below the clouds with snow on the ground we are about 20 nm from the Russian border.

 

9. Thirty nm inside Russia near the town of Viarenki we see more snow and some small lakes.

 

10. The city of Vitsyebsk (birthplace of artist Marc Chagall) is below the clouds and about 250 nm from Moscow.

 

11. Cruising near the small town of Sychyovka Russia about 110 nm from Moscow.

 

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[NMLW]

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12. We are about 60 nm from Moscow with dusk coming on.

 

13. Thirty nm out of Moscow we receive instructions to begin a descent to 5,000 feet.

 

14. Descending through 8,000 feet.

 

15. At 5,000 feet we turn toward Sheremetyevo Airport.

 

16. Descending to 2,600 feet on approach.

 

17. Lining up our approach to runway 7 at Sheremetyevo.

 

18. On short final with flaps 30 and three green.

 

19. Touchdown.

 

20. Turning off the runway.

 

21. Heading to the terminal we receive parking instructions.

 

22. Parked, systems powered down and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying Aeroflot.

[plainsman]

I can feel the rattle in the monitor! Great Shots Larry!

Those old turboprops were noisy!

[darrenvox]

well done... is this fsx or 2004? is there one for either

[doering1]

Fantastic lighting in that last series!

[azzaro]

I can feel the rattle of the vodka glasses. Ypa! -- Bobski

[Downwind66]

Very nice pics and storyline to go with them. When you get to your destination, do they speak to you in Russian or does Flight Sim take care of all that?

 

Just curious! Nice job Larry, thanks for sharing!

 

Rick :cool:

[DAVIDSTRAKA]

Another great historic flight Larry. Definitely like the lighting in the second set. :pilot:

[BillD22]

Great stuff Larry. I'm really a fan of the big old 4 engine turboprops like the IL-18 and L188. Hoping some of them eventually show up in FS2020!

[Bwoinbeerr]

Cool! Love those airplanes from this era

 

FS9 is still my no 1 simulator!

 

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[NMLW]

Thanks, glad you liked it Bob, Darren, Laurie, Bobski, Rick, David, Bill & Brun.:)

[djfierce]

Awesome share. Long live FS9!

[Rupert]

Another great series!! I always enjoy the extra research and information you provide as well!! ;):cool:

 

Michael

[adamb]

Very nicely done Larry! :) Looking forward to the next retro post. :)

[NMLW]

Thanks Adam. The FS9 ground scenery sucks even with UT, but the airports and aircraft aren't too bad and much of it doesn't work with well with the newer sims. :( I'm keeping an eye on MSFS for a possible future move. :)