Jim Robinson Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Not sure why or how I came up with this flight, it was sort of on a whim without much planning but it ended up being a great flight! Orbx NRM region, Carenado F406 Caravan II. We've got snow a little earlier than normal this year so NRM's seasonal textures are just about perfect. Start and warm up at S27 Taxi was short, less than 100 yds to Rwy 13 Taxiing into position, ugghh, weather's not looking great in the general direction we're going Did a left climbing turn back over the airport before leaving, looks like we'll need to amend our proposed cruise altitude of 9500' in favor of 7500'. That'll cause a problem with clearing the mountains between us and Helena but I think we can handle it. We fly almost due South over Flathead Lake towards St Ignatius. That wasn't exactly the planned route but we're lacking the altitude to go straight across with the current cloud ceiling. The plan is to find a low spot at the end of that mountain range on the left to cross over into the Seely Lake area. From there we should be able to pick our way through the valleys into Helena. If not our alternate is Missoula through a valley or we can return to Kalispell as a last resort. Looks like we can fly straight towards that low canyon and make it across with room to spare. (more in reply) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Robinson Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Seeley Lake and the Seeley Lake airport (23S) Can't decide if I should turn South towards Drummond and fly the valleys or make a straight shot to Helena. Clouds appear to be lifting the further East we go but clearing the mountains will be tight at 7500'. I think we'll risk it, we're fueled for Helena and back to Missoula if we need to turn back. As it turned out the clouds dissipated and we were able to climb to 9500', clearing the mountains with ease. Turning downwind for Rwy 27 at KHLN. On final. Best landing I've made in 3 months, lol. And a couple shots on the ramp with the doors open. Hope you enjoyed my Sunday flight as much as I did! Thanks for looking! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 A nice flight beautifully captured with a good narrative Jim. Glad the weather cleared so you could safely cross the mountains. :cool: :pilot: Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfierce Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Really enjoyed this one. Love the scenery! - James Intel i7-10700F 2.9 gigahertz - 16GB Memory DDR4 3000 megahertz - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB - 480GB SSD + 1TB HDD - Windows 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Robinson Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 Thank you Larry and James! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugilist2 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Great looking set of winter shots! Intel i-9 13900KF @ 6.0 Ghz Cpu, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X 24GB Videocard, MSI MAG CORELIQUID C360 Water Cooler, MSI Z790 A-PRO WIFI Motherboard, MSI MPG A1000G 1000W Power Supply, G.SKILL 48Gb Ram @76000 MHz DDR5 Ram, MSI SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2TB Drive, Windows 11 Pro Ghost Spectre x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Great looking set of winter shots! I agree!! They made me shiver!! :eek::eek: And once again ORBX is up to snuff!! You could say, leads the charge!! Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Robinson Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 Thanks much Michael and puglist! (I'm sorry, I don't know your name :o ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDSTRAKA Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Sweet! :pilot: 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...
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