RTW Retro Flight #105 Munich to Vienna . . . . . 1961

British European Airways flight 522 is a Vickers Viscount 806 on a flight from Munich to Vienna (EDMR - LOWW). We have 600 gallons of fuel on board for the 196 nm flight of about 1 hour and 5 minutes. We have good weather with moderate cloud cover for the first part of the flight, but we expect thunderstorms and heavy overcast beginning about the halfway point. We will be cruising at an altitude of 17,000 feet.

Thanks to:

Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 806 The model and original textures are by Rick Piper. The panel is by Fraser McKay and the 1958 BEA repaint is by Garry Russell.

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 and:

- Munich Riem and Vienna Schwechat airports are from the 1961 Central Europe scenery package by Wolfgang Gersch, Harry Biard, Michael Schneider, Jaap de Baare, Nikko Yaginuma, Tom Gibson, Bernard Leuenberger and Mike Stevens. At www.calclassic.com

- BEA International timetable 1 July – 31 October, 1961 from 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.

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1. BEA International Timetable 1 July – 31 October, 1961.

2. Passengers loaded, cockpit checks completed, engines started and we are ready to go.

3. Taxiing to runway 7 for departure.

4. Up and away. Goodbye Munich.

5. The gear and flaps are up as we turn on course for Vienna.

6. Climbing through 9,000 feet we see the River Inn below.

7. Up through the clouds at 12,000 feet.

8. Cruising at our assigned 17,000 feet.

9. About 80 nm from Munich now over Austria with Lake Attersee off our right wing.

10. Near Linz we run into heavy cloud cover so we cannot see the River Danube below.

11. The clouds have darkened and we see occasional lightning. We calculate we are near Amstetten.

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12. About 40 nm from Vienna we begin our initial descent.

13. Descending through 6,000 feet in heavy overcast, rain and lightning. Vienna reports the airport is still open with a ceiling of 1,500 feet and visibility of 2 - 3 nm with moderate rain and fog.

14. Heading toward the airport at 2,500 feet we start to see some breaks in the clouds.

15. Four Hundred feet below the cloud ceiling we report the runway in sight and turn to intercept it.

16. Lining up the approach to runway 29 we have the gear down and full flaps.

17. Looking OK on short final.

18. A bit short of the threshold we begin to flair.

19. Touchdown.

20. During the rollout we see a Lufthansa Viscount taxiing out for departure.

21. We are off the runway and heading to the terminal.

22. Parked, systems powered down and passengers are on the bus going to the terminal. Thanks for flying BEA.

Larry - Very nice pics and a well presented story line to go with them! That heavy cloud layer does look very threatening, especially the lightning presence!

Thanks for sharing! Rick