BillD22 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) A Bering Air Cessna C208 EX flies over the rugged and snow covered deep winter landscape of southwestern Alaska to the fishing village of Iliamna. Brrrrrrrr. [click on the shots to scroll through full screen views] Climbing out of Anchorage we can see large areas of winter pack ice and ice flows along the shores of Cook Inlet. Our G1000 display shows our fight plan as we approach the high terrain of the Alaska Mountain Range on the west shore of Cook Inlet. Visible ahead are two tall stratovolcano peaks that we'll be passing in between- "Redoubt" is nearest to us on the right and "Iliamna" is in the distance on the left. Redoubt is an active volcano that last erupted in 2009. At the midway point on our route there are mountain peaks in all directions. This would not be a good spot for an engine failure!! Two large glaciers descending down mountain valleys are visible on the left side of the aircraft. Our Bering Air flight crew enjoys the view of the magnificent mountain scenery while the G1000 does the nav. After years of looking at empty sim cockpits I think the FS2020 option to add realistic looking crew avatars to your aircraft is a great step forward in immersion. No more empty seats with ghost pilots! Passing over the last mountain ridge we begin our descent into PAIL. The airport is in sight at the 11:30 position. We'll plan a visual approach to Runway 8. Thanks for looking! See the arrival in Part 2. Edited March 7, 2021 by BillD22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) Descending to pattern altitude and established on the downwind for PAIL Runway 8. In the distance on the left side of the airplane in the downwind shot you can see Iliamna Lake which is the largest lake in Alaska and the third largest lake in the United States. Local lore has it that there's a "Loch Ness" style monster in the lake and several sightings have been reported. Turning base, final, and on final Back taxiing to the turnoff on the snow covered runway Edited March 7, 2021 by BillD22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Excellent series of shots Bill! :) I always liked the 208, fun plane to fly. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugilist2 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Beautiful set of Alaska! I need to do some more flying there. 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...
lifejogger Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Great flight and super shots!!!!!! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 An interesting and beautifully captured Alaska flight with an informative narrative Bill. :cool: :cool: Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankees Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Very nice series, and it certainly looks cold. The heater in the Cessna must be outstanding, seeing your crew is in shirtsleeves... Slapping paint on flightsim models you'll find all my FSX/P3D repaints here and all my MSFS repaints here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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