Rupert Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 AS I often do, I am simulating a trip that was featured in either the AOPA magazine or in this case Flying Magazine. We're in Courchevel at LFLJ. The sim shows the runway as 5-23 but according to Flying it's now 4-22. Airport elevations run from 4,500' to 8,000'. The take off is on 5 rolling down hill, landing is on 23 rolling uphill. Though it didn't appear the runway was simulated as steeply as described, it was definitely noticeable, What I found most challenging was getting up from and back down to the runway end with over 10,000' alps almost all around. You definitely have to follow the valleys both departing and arriving!! And yes, a better climber such as a French D-140 would have been much easier for the climb out part!! This flight wore me out flying a sim. And yes, I certainly didn't nail the first landing attempt!! I was way too high!! Though that did help a bunch on my turn to go around. RW I'm sure it's a flight to remember, even as a passenger!! :eek::eek: Having said that, according to Flying, an EASA issued mountain rating as well as additional training is required for Courchevel. Typical training cost, if you already have lots of other ratings and do well in training is estimated at about 6,000 Euros or $6,900 +- depending on the exchange rate that day. Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 "The von Peerhoven Flight School For Talented And Honest Airmen Inc." has better offers for special ratings. I like your pics again Sir, cold but awesome! :cool::cool::cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daspinall Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Sorry I missed the flight. I peeped out the curtains and went back to sleep........ Great shots! ASRock X570 TAICHI Mother Board AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.79 GHz *Overclocked* Corsair 240mm H100i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Intel/AMD CPU Liquid Cooler Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB 64GB 3600MHz *Overclocked* MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24GB SUPRIM X Ampere. 1000W PSU. Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD. HP Reverb G2 + Oculus Quest 2 Samsung Odyssey G9 C49G95TSSR - QLED monitor - curved - 49" - 5120 x 1440 Dual Quad HD @ 240 Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 Sorry I missed the flight. I peeped out the curtains and went back to sleep........ Great shots! This winter seems to drag on so long I've done that a dew times myself lately. :rolleyes: Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av8tor98 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I thoroughly enjoy challenges like Courchevel, Lukla, Paro, etc. Awesome pics! JOE- Asus P8Z68- V Pro; CPU: Intel i7-2600K 3.4ghz OC'd 4.6Ghz, 8G Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3-1600, EVGA 1080Ti 11G ACX Cooler Samsung 500G OS drive, 3 WD 1T Raptor HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 I thoroughly enjoy challenges like Courchevel, Lukla, Paro, etc. Awesome pics! I've done Paro and found it to be quite the challenge. However I don't recall doing Lukla. thanks for the suggestion!;) Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankPilot Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Yep, nice pics indeed. Cheers. Frank’s MS Flight Sim https://youtube.com/channel/UCqCzobOlQLeGycCFnavVrPg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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