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RTW Retro Flight #121 Budapest to Berlin . . . . . 1962


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Deutsche Lufthansa flight DH-617 is an Ilyushin IL-14P on a flight from Budapest to Berlin Schonefeld (DDR), (EGRF – EDDB). We have 450 gallons of fuel on board for the 370 nm flight of about 2 hours. Fair weather with a slight chance of rain is forecast. We will be cruising at an altitude of 8,000 feet.

 

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Aircraft: Ilyushin IL-14P. The model and original textures are by Jens B. Kristensen. The 1959 Deutsche Lufthansa paint is from European liveries v2 by Mike Stevens.

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

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- Budapest Ferihegy Airport 1961 is by Juan Martinez C. At www.mediafire.com/file/2qdtwidjgo1i1k9/LHBP_Ferihegy_1961.zip

- Berlin Schonefeld Airport is from the East Germany 1963 scenery package by Mike Stevens. At www.calclassic.com

- The 1962 Deutsche Lufthansa timetable is 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. Deutsche Lufthansa Timetable 1 April – 31 October, 1962.

 

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2. Passengers loaded, cockpit checks completed and engines started.

 

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3. Taxiing to runway 31L for departure.

 

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4. Takeoff and retracting the gear.

 

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5. Turning on course for Berlin.

 

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6. Climbing through 2,500 feet over the Danube north of Budapest.

 

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7. Cruising at 8,000 feet 30nm from Ferihegy near Esztergom, Hungary.

 

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8. Now over Czechoslovakia near the town of Topoľčany the cloud cover is becoming heavier.

 

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9. About 135nm from Budapest we run into some moderate rain.

 

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10. As we break out of the rain the cloud cover is starting to thin out.

 

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11. The town of Trutnov not far from the Polish border is off to the right.

 

More in the reply . . . . . . . . .

Larry

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12. Approaching the Polish border about 8nm east of the city of Karpacz we see the Karkonosze mountain range.

 

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13. Now in Polish air space about 10nm southeast of Jelenia Góra.

 

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14. Passing over the cities of Görlitz, Germany and Zgorzelec, Poland. Görlitz is on the left bank of the Lusatian Neisse River and Zgorzelec is on the right bank.

 

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15. We are about twelve nm northwest of Cottbus near the small municipality of Straupitz.

 

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16. About 20 nm from Berlin near the small town of Märkisch Buchholz we begin our initial descent.

 

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17. Five nm from Berlin Schönefeld having been assigned runway 7R we begin to line up our approach with flaps 20 and gear down.

 

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18. Descending through 2,000 feet we have been cleared to land.

 

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19. Lined up on short final.

 

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20. Touchdown.

 

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21. Turning off the runway and heading to parking.

 

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22. Parked, systems powered down and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying Deutsche Lufthansa.

Larry

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Another fantastic historic flight. I so much enjoy these! :pilot:

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Nice pics Larry. Great landing, you held that nose gear off the runway very well. The gear looks so long that it might appear very susceptible to breakage, but with an aircraft that size, they would have to build it with some very forgiving materials! This is a very nice looking aircraft!

 

Thanks for sharing Larry!

 

Rick :cool:

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Thanks David, Rick & Michael. I like doing these flights, but the research sometimes takes a long time.

Rick, I always figured that the long landing gear on the IL-14s was for poorly drained "high water" runways. :)

Larry

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Thanks David, Rick & Michael. I like doing these flights, but the research sometimes takes a long time.

Rick, I always figured that the long landing gear on the IL-14s was for poorly drained "high water" runways. :)

 

Okay, that makes sense Larry! It is a very long landing gear, both nose and mains!

 

Thanks, Rick :cool:

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Thanks David, Rick & Michael. I like doing these flights, but the research sometimes takes a long time.

Rick, I always figured that the long landing gear on the IL-14s was for poorly drained "high water" runways. :)

 

Okay, that makes sense Larry! It is a very long landing gear, both nose and mains!

 

Thanks, Rick :cool:

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