BillD22 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) Here are some shots of a flight from Djibouti (HDAM) in the Horn of Africa out to Diego Garcia (FJDJ) , an atoll in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia is a joint U.K./U.S. military base. Let's fly along as a USAF C17 "Globemaster III" makes a 5 hour logistics support flight out to the island. Ready for takeoff. The map insert shows our route of flight. View through the HUD. Rotate and climb out over the Horn of Africa's coastal desert terrain. Starting our descent from cruise after the long over-ocean segment. The island comes into view under scattered clouds as we descend and maneuver for our approach to Runway 13. Edited August 30, 2022 by BillD22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) On final for the 11,000-foot runway. The C17 can land in as short a distance as 3500 feet. Touchdown, roll out, and turn off the active. Leaving for the return flight to Djibouti we get a good view of the airfield and the island with its large interior lagoon. The RW island. Edited August 30, 2022 by BillD22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downwind66 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Very nice Bill! Great pics and storyline! Rick :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 A fine flight to Diego Garcia in the big C-17 Bill. Super set of pics. of it as well. I like your remote island series. :cool: :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Great flight and shots Bill. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankees Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 another excellent addition to a nice series! Slapping paint on flightsim models you'll find all my FSX/P3D repaints here and all my MSFS repaints here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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