RTW Retro Flight #77 Dubai to Abu Dhabi . . . . . 1962

Misrair (United Arab airlines) flight 196 is a Douglas C-47 on a flight from Dubai to Abu Dhabi (OMDB - OMAA). We have 225 gallons of fuel on board for this 73 mile flight of about 31 minutes. The weather is clear with moderate high cloud cover. We will be cruising at an altitude of 8,000 feet.

 

Thanks to:

Aircraft: Douglas C-47 model by Manfred Jahn and team. The 1962 Msrair paint is by Andre Reimers.

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. Available at www.calclassic.com

Timetables & Images: Björn Larsson and David Zekria at http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/list.htm

Scenery and Add-ons: MS FS2004 v9.1 Standard and:

- Dubai Intl. and Abu Dhabi Intl. Airports from the 1961 Trucial States scenery package by Juan Martinez and Julius Czarnecki. Available at www.calclassic.com

- Rwy12 and EZ Static Object and Scenery Libraries.

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

- REX FS9 w/Overdrive & SP5 for sky, cloud, weather, water/waves, runway, taxiway textures, sun and runway lighting.

- Flight One Ground Environment Pro II.

- HDE 2.0 grass texture enhancement by Pablo Diaz.

 

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1. MISRAIR (United Arab Airlines) 1962 timetable cover.

 

2. Passengers loaded and engines started.

 

3. Taxiing out of the gate.

 

4. Heading for the turn around on runway 30.

 

5. We are up, away and stowing the gear.

 

6. Turning on course for Abu Dhabi.

 

7. Climbing through 2,500 feet over the southwest side of the city.

 

8. Passing up through 5,000 feet through moderate cloud cover.

 

9. Almost twenty miles out of Dubai nearing our cruising altitude.

 

10. Cruising at 8,000 feet over the Persian Gulf just off the coast with a couple of ships below.

 

 

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11. We are nearly half way to Abu Dhabi.

 

12. About 20 miles out we begin our descent.

 

13. Passing through 5,500 feet and turning toward the city of Abu Dhabi.

 

14. Down to 4,000 feet we see the coastline.

 

15. About 6 miles out we turn toward the airport with gear down and ½ flaps.

 

16. We are over the city at about 3,000 feet lining up for a visual approach to runway 14.

 

17. Lined up on our final approach with full flaps.

 

18. Touchdown. Another improved dirt and sand runway.

 

19. Turning off the runway and heading to terminal parking.

 

20. Parked and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying Misrair, United Arab Airlines.

:cool::cool: Stunning retro flight Larry! Beautiful livery on the DAK and as always, I love those old airfields! Very well done! :cool:

Well documented set Larry, and a wonderful bunch of pictures to go with it.:cool:

Very nice retro flight and pictures. Dubai sure has changed since 1961. Jim

Thanks for your comments Jan, Bernardo & Jim. Much appreciated. :)

There are a few "retro sceneries" from Calclassics available for FSX, I'll install them and let you know...:)

Well done Larry as always, love the retro stuff! :)

Thanks Adam. :)

Superb.

Thanks Paul, happy that you liked it. :)

Nice old scenery and airplane, nice to see that some still love it.

Appreciate your comments Leon.:)