RTW Retro Flight #79 Abu Dhabi to Doha . . . . . 1961

Gulf Aviation (a subsidiary BOAC Associated Companies) flight 162 is a de Havilland DH-114 on a flight from Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi to Doha, Qatar (OMAA - OTBD). We have 200 gallons of fuel on board for this short 162 mile flight of about one hour and ten minutes. The weather is fair with moderate high cloud cover. We will be cruising at an altitude of 12,000 feet.

 

Thanks to:

Aircraft: de Havilland DH-114 Heron SRS1. Model, panel & textures by Derek Palmer, Fraser McKay, Dave Booker, the CBFS team and Gary Jones. Repaint 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. At www.calclassic.com

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

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

- Rwy12 and EZ Static Object and Scenery Libraries.

- FS2004 Classic Scenery Libraries v4a by Wolfgang Gersch 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. The flight plan has been filed, flight checks completed, passengers loaded and engines started.

 

2. Taxiing out of the gate.

 

3. Heading for the turnaround for our departure on runway 14.

 

4. On the takeoff roll we kick up some debris from the improved dirt and sand runway.

 

5. Rotation and we are airborne. Fixed gear on this aircraft.

 

6. Turning toward a course of 286 degrees for Doha.

 

7. Climbing through 5,500 feet leaving the northwest coast of Abu Dhabi behind.

 

8. Passing up through 9,000 feet through moderate cloud cover.

 

9. Now at 11,000 feet we are nearing our cruising altitude.

 

10. Cruising at 12,000 feet over the Persian Gulf.

 

11. We are 30 minutes into our flight and about half way to Doha.

 

 

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12. We are cruising about 60 miles from Doha.

 

13. About 27 miles from Doha we make a turn and begin descending to 6,000 feet.

 

14. Passing down through 8,500 feet.

 

15. Continuing our descent and turning toward Doha City we see a cruise ship below.

 

16. Now descending to 1,500 feet we have been assigned an ILS approach to runway 34.

 

17. We couldn’t pick up the ILS on 109.500, so we are lining up for a visual approach with flaps down.

 

18. We are on short final to runway 34.

 

19. Touchdown.

 

20. There are no taxiways here, so we turn around and head back down the runway to the terminal.

 

21. We are nearing the turnoff for the terminal and parking.

 

22. Parked at gate 3 and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying Gulf Aviation.

:cool::eek: once more It's all there again my friend, this is why I love your Retro Flights so much :pilot::cool:

Excellent job once again with your retro post Larry, nice work! :)

Thanks for your comments Jan and Adam. :) I do have FSX installed, but I haven't taken time to tweak it and add the aircraft, panels and sounds that I have with FS9. I am a retro fan and until I can get retro scenery that is updated to P3D I am just not willing to spend the time to move on from FS9. when I get out of north Africa the FS9 ground textures should improve. :)