NMLW Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Deutsche Lufthansa flight DH-601 is an Ilyushin IL-18D on a flight from Moscow to Berlin (UUEE - EDDB). We have 3,300 gallons of fuel on board for the three hour flight. The weather will be good with moderate cloud cover for the entire flight. We will be cruising at 14,000 feet. Thanks to: Aircraft: Ilyushin IL-18D is by Pavel Hvatkin. The early 1960s Deutsche Lufthansa repaint is by Alexander Doronin. 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: - Moscow Sheremetyevo airport is by Michael “Sabi†Schneider. At www.calclassic.com - Berlin Schonefeld airport is from the East Germany package by Mike Stevens. 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. Click to Enlarge . . . . . 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 7 for departure. 4. In the air and retracting the gear. Sheremetyevo’s domestic terminal is off to our left. 5. Turning on course for Berlin. 6. Climbing through 9,000 feet. 7. Cruising at 14,000 feet with the Istra River below. 8. We are about 100 nm from Moscow near the town of Sychyovka. 9. Cruising 250 nm from Moscow near the city of Vitebsk. 10. Now across the border into Lithuania. Vilnius is below the clouds. 11. We have crossed into Poland and see the Goldapa River below. 12. Now near Gdansk with the Baltic Sea in the distance off our right wing. More in the Reply . . . . Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Click to Enlarge . . . . . 13. The town of Pila is below. We are about 125 nm from Berlin. 14. Twenty five nm from the German border we see the Warta River as we make a slight turn. 15. A little over twenty nm from Berlin descending through 12,000 feet. 16. Passing through 8,000 feet west of Muncheberg continuing our descent to 3,000 feet. 17. Turning to intercept our approach to runway 7R at Berlin’s Schonefeld Airport. 18. Beginning our approach with flaps 15 and gear down. 19. Flaps now 30 as we continue to descend and line up our approach. 20. We are lined up with flaps 40 and have the runway threshold in sight. 21. Touchdown. 22. Off the runway taxiing to the terminal. 23. Parked, systems powered down and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying Deutsche Lufthansa. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfierce Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I love this. What a beautiful airplane! - James Intel i7-10700F 2.9 gigahertz - 16GB Memory DDR4 3000 megahertz - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB - 480GB SSD + 1TB HDD - Windows 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainsman Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Great shots, Larry! I have never flown on one, but it looks noisy? I7-9700K, RTX-2070, Asus Strix Z-390-H MB, 32gb G Skill 3000 CL15, Corsair Obsidian 750D case, WD Black 1tb M.2, Crucial CT500MX SSD, Seasonic Prime 750W Titanium PSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDSTRAKA Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Thanks for another detailed early flight experience! Loved it! :pilot: Senior Rookie Bragware: FSX Gold - Acceleration | HP Omen Obelisk Desktop | Intel Core i7 3.2 Ghz |16GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 1TB HD | 256 GB SSD (Gaming Computer) REX Worldwide Airports HD AS16 + ASCA ORBX Global BASE ORBX Freeware Airports ORBX HD Trees [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwoinbeerr Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Now THIS is flightsimming! Really love your threads here! Love seeing those old birds Do you use fs2004 atc? Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-A505FN met Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 An interesting series and narrative. Love the old 4 engine turboprops -IL-18, L188, and CL-144. :cool::cool: Hope some of those classics show up in or get ported from FSX to FS2020! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 Thanks James & David. Bob, it is noisy but is a good flyer. Brun I do use Fs2004 ATC. Bill I'm sure there will be many port overs. it'll just take time. Then I might try 2020. :D Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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