RTW Retro Flight #82 Cairo to RAF Luqa . . . . . 1961

RAF flight 1960 is a HP-67 Hastings C2 on a flight from Cairo to RAF Luqa, Malta (HECA – LMML). We have 2,100 gallons of fuel on board for the 918 nm flight of about four hours and forty five minutes. We have good weather with moderate cloud cover and we will be cruising at an altitude of 18,000 feet, most of it over the Mediterranean Sea.

 

Thanks to:

Aircraft: Handley Page HP-67 Hastings Long Range C2. The model, original textures and 1960 RAF paint is by Jens B. Kristensen.

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:

- Cairo’s King Farouk Airport from the 1960 Africa scenery package by Wolfgang Gersch, Harry Biard, Jaap de Baare, Mike Stevens, Tom Gibson, Nikko Yaginuma and Johan Dees. At www.flightsim.com

- RAF Luqa, Malta Airport from the 1960s scenery package by Ian Elliot. 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/wave, runway, taxiway, sun, grass textures and runway lighting.

- Flight One Ground Environment Pro II.

 

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1. Troops loaded, cockpit checks completed and engines started.

 

2. Taxiing out to runway 5 for departure.

 

3. We are in the air and retracting the gear.

 

4. We see Cairo’s main terminal at about 700 feet below.

 

5. Turning on a northwesterly course for Malta.

 

6. Climbing through 5,000 feet over the Nile River we see pyramids off our left wing.

 

7. With the Nile still below us we are passing up through 8,500 feet about 17 miles from Cairo.

 

8. Now at 15,000 feet over the El Beheira Governorate of Egypt.

 

9. At our cruising altitude of 18,000 feet we are nearing Alexandria and the Mediterranean Coast.

 

10. Over the Mediterranean Sea about 350 miles from Cairo.

 

11. Though we cannot see it, the Greek island of Crete is about 140 miles off our right side.

 

 

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12. We are 550 miles from Malta with Benghazi, Libya about 135 miles off our left side.

 

13. Now 250 miles from Malta. Not much to see but clouds and the Mediterranean Sea.

 

14. Cruising 125 miles from Malta.

 

15. Thirty miles from Malta we turn and begin our initial descent.

 

16. Descending through 12,000 feet as the light begins to fade.

 

17. Down to 5,500 feet about 15 miles from RAF Luqa we have been assigned runway 32.

 

18. We turn to begin lining up our approach at Luqa.

 

19. We are on short final to runway 32 with gear down and flaps 40.

 

20. Touchdown.

 

21. Taxiing to parking via runway 14 we see the backsides of a squadron of Vickers Valiant B (K) Mk 1 Bombers.

 

22. Engines shut down and the troops disembarked. We are parked between two Avro Shackleton MR. MK 2 long range patrol aircraft. Thanks for flying the RAF.

These are beautiful again Larry :cool::cool::cool: The Hastings is a beautiful plane and the sceneries are awesome again. Very well done once more.:)

 

I was also having retro fun nearby with British vintage planes:

 

Over Cairo with a Middle East Airline Bristol Freighter:

 

And over Iraq With an Iraqi Airways Vickers Viking

Thanks for viewing Jan. The Hastings hand flies very nicely. :cool: I also have some Bristol Freighters and Vickers Vikings I need to fly one of these days.

Lovely pix, thanks!

Apreciate your comment Phil. :)

Beautiful shots indeed Larry, awesome job once again!!! :)

Thanks Adam. :)

Great flight Larry, liked the shots!!!!!

Appreciate your comments John. Nice seeing you here again. :)

Some pics of the Calclassic Nice 1960 scenery in FSX, LOVE it! :cool: