NMLW Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Dan-Air flight 109 is a Douglas DC-3 on a flight from Rotterdam to Liverpool Speke (EHRD - EGGP). We have 300 gallons of fuel on board for the 278 nm flight. We are expecting moderate cloud cover and good visibility for the flight. We will be cruising at 6,000 feet. Thanks to: Aircraft: Douglas DC-3. The model is MS FS2004. The 1950s Dan-Air paint is by Ed Knapp. 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: - Rotterdam Airport is 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 - Rotterdam Airport is from the 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 - Liverpool Speke Airport 1960 is by Tom Gibson. At www.calclassic.com - Dan Air summer timetable effective May 20, 1962. At 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. Click to enlarge. 1. Dan-Air timetable for summer 1962. 2. Cockpit checks completed and boarding passengers. 3. Buttoned up and starting number one. 4. Taxiing to runway 6 for departure. 5. We are up and away. 6. Turning on course for Liverpool. 7. Climbing through 4,000 feet heading toward the coast. 8. Cruising at altitude over the North Sea we see a lot of shipping. 9. Now midway across the North Sea. 10. We make landfall in England at Lowestoff and can see Lake Lothing the saltwater lake that flows to the North Sea at the port of Lowestoff. More in the reply . . . . . . . . . Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Click to enlarge. 11. With farmland below we are about 10 nm southeast of Norwich. 12. Cruising about 10 nm north of the town of Nottingham. 13. We are north of Matlock the county town of Derbyshire. 14. A look out to the right near the village of Longnor in the Staffordshire Peak District. 15. Leaving the Peak District and the Staffordshire Moorlands for the flatter lands of the county of Cheshire. 16. We begin our initial descent about 13 nm from Liverpool near the town of Northwich. 17. Lined up on final approach to runway 26 at Liverpool Speke airport. 18. Touchdown. 19. Taxiing to parking. 20. Parked at the gate, engines shut down and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying Dan-Air. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDSTRAKA Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Another fantastic flight and narrative! :pilot: All that happening in the summer of 1962. I was just a few months old! Thanks for bringing that history alive. I so enjoy these. Senior Rookie Bragware: FSX Gold - Acceleration | HP Omen Obelisk Desktop | Intel Core i7 3.2 Ghz |16GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 1TB HD | 256 GB SSD (Gaming Computer) REX Worldwide Airports HD AS16 + ASCA ORBX Global BASE ORBX Freeware Airports ORBX HD Trees [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Glad you enjoyed it David. I made my first flight on a DC-3 in 1961 just out of high school. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poko Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Nicely done! Love the whole feel of your post Larry and the pictures are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downwind66 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Very nice Larry! Scenery is great and I do like the colors on that DC-3! Such a noble bird and a pleasure to fly! Rick :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightsimg Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Real summer flight. Never saw so much clear skies over the UK :):) Gérard Guichard, Dijon, Burgundy, France. i5 Intel processor, 4 Go of Ram, Nvidia GeForce 920MX, DirectX 12.0, and FSX Gold Edition with SP1, SP2. My personal flightsim website is at http://flightlessons.6te.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 I appreciate your comments Gary, Rick and Gerard. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I was born in Rotterdam as you know and I remember the airport in the 60's and 70's very well. Spent many hours there. There were lots of scheduled flights to the UK those days and I saw all the the long forgotten companies. So good to see them in your Retro flights again. Also good to see Speke in your sim. :cool::cool::cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwoinbeerr Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I really love your retro flights! Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-A505FN met Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlexibleFlier Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I made my first flight on a DC-3 in 1961 just out of high school. :) Hey, Top Gun, Nice flight...brings back memories. I graduated High School in 1959 (so we're both "old farts") with my Private Pilot License in my pocket. Got my Commercial, etc. a few years later and managed a copilot flight in a DC-3 in 1963; I even got a couple of hours stick time, but no takeoff or landing :(. Wound up with a full 47-year professional career, including 5K hours helicopter. What a life. :pilot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 Thanks for you comments Brun and Michael. :) Jan, I'm surprised at how many different airlines there were back then. It's fun trying to replicate their flights. :pilot: Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I know all about it....:cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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