NMLW Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Malév flight MA348 is an Ilyushin IL-18D on the first leg of a flight from London Heathrow to Budapest via Brussels Zaventem (EGLL - EBBR). We have 1,200 gallons of fuel on board for the 190 nm flight. We will have moderate cloud cover for the entire flight. Our cruising altitude will be 8,000 feet. Thanks to: Aircraft: Ilyushin IL-18D. The Model is by Pavel Hvatkin. Flight Dynamics Version 2.0 by Peter Yashin. The 1950s/60s Malév paint is by Dmitry Shevtsov. 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, MS Windows 7 and: - London Heathrow Airport is from the 1961 London Heathrow Scenery by Wolfgang Gersch and Tom Gibson. At www.calclassic.com - Brussels Zaventem Airport is from the 1961 Central Europe – Belgian Airports scenery package by Harry Biard, Nikko Yaginuma , Jaap de Baare, Wolfgang Gersch, Tom Gibson and Bernard Leuenberger. At www.calclassic.com - The 1961 Malév 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. Click to Enlarge . . . . 1. Malév International Summer Timetable, July 1 to October 31, 1961. 2. Passengers boarded, cockpit checks completed and starting number one. 3. Heathrow ground control sends us out to runway 9R for departure. 4. Takeoff. We have positive rate of climb and are retracting the gear. 5. Climbing through 1,800 feet and turning on course for the North Sea and the Belgian coast. 6. Fifteen miles southeast from London at 7,000 feet near the bottom of the cloud layer. 7. Cruising at 8,000 feet near Gravesend we see the Thames River and the North Sea ahead. 8. Having left the southeast coast of England behind we are about halfway across the North Sea cruising at 225 knots. 9. Nearing the Belgian coast we begin to see more shipping. 10. Making landfall at the Belgian coast with the sandy beaches and airport of Ostend off our left wing. More in the reply . . . . Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 Click to Enlarge . . . . 11. We are over West Flanders with the municipality of Torhout off the right wing. 12. Thirty nm from Brussels over East Flanders the city of Ghent is off our left wing partially obscured by clouds. We see the Scheldt River just ahead and above the aircraft’s nose. 13. Beginning our initial descent with the city of Aalst just ahead and to the right. 14. Having been routed south of Brussels we now turn to the northeast. 15. Holding at 2,000 feet about 15 nm southwest of the airport. 16. With Zaventem airport in sight we turn to intercept runway 02. 17. About two and a half nm out we are lined up with gear down and flaps full. 18. Touchdown. 19. Taxiing to parking at the terminal. 20. Parked, all systems shut down and passengers disembarked while the aircraft is being serviced for the onward flight to Budapest. Thanks for flying Malév. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDSTRAKA Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Larry I must admit these retro flights you put together just amaze me. I really enjoy them! 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...
Downwind66 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Nice flight again Larry! Your fleet of the older prop liners are really fantastic and you do show them off "so well!" Thanks for sharing! Rick :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 Thanks David & Rick. Some of the flights take a lot of research to find all the right elements, but it's fun to do. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Larry I must admit these retro flights you put together just amaze me. I really enjoy them! Larry, I couldn't agree with David anymore than I do!! The time and effort is astounding!! Thanks so much for posting again!!! Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 Thanks Michael. As a simi-youthful gent from the propeller age I like trying to recreate flights from the days of long ago. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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