bernd1151 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 This is the second leg of my journey from Hong Kong to Almaty (UAAA) in Kazakhstan. The runway in Bhutan is with 6,500 ft somewhat short for a plane such as the Tu-114, so we depart with no pax and just enough fuel to bring us safely to Almaty. Flight time will be around 4 hours. Here we go, it is 6:15 am, we have 18 degrees Celsius. I know that this is just a simulator, but I am a bit nervous, I have to admit Yezzzzzzzzzzz, good girl Now we need to carefully navigate through the valleys until we have reached a safer altitude The best view in the plane can be enjoyed from the navigator’s seat in the plane’s nose What a scenery. This is just Global, Vector and FS Ultimate The huge Taklimakan Desert is further out to the West, but doesn’t look that impressive in the sim We get closer to our destination and approach the Issyk-Kul lake, in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgystan. It is some 180 km (112 mi) long, 60 km (37 mi) wide and with an area of some 6,200 square km ( 2,400 sq m) it is the second largest mountain lake in the world after Lake Titicaca. It lies at an altitude of around 1,600 meters (5,200 ft) and reaches 670 meters (2,200 ft) in depth. Long final into Almaty Welcome to Almaty, former capital of Kazakhstan. What a journey, I loved doing it Thanks for viewing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Another great trip and shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Very interesting trip! Great shots! Voyager From iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Wonderful set Bernd. It is amazing how engrossed some of us get when things are a bit dicey. My thoughts were, if you can get it into the air half the battle won, then you have to thread yourself through the mountain valleys. The navigator really had the best view of any airliner flying in those days. The Tu114 was a remarkably safe aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Blue Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 16 minutes ago, VH-KDK said: Wonderful set Bernd. It is amazing how engrossed some of us get when things are a bit dicey. My thoughts were, if you can get it into the air half the battle won, then you have to thread yourself through the mountain valleys. The navigator really had the best view of any airliner flying in those days. The Tu114 was a remarkably safe aircraft. +1 - Thanks for taking us on this journey with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Thank you very much gents for your kind remarks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Grand shots, liked the flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1252 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Great stuff, Bernd! Lovely to see some of these places, and thanks for introducing me to this Tu-114 - I've grabbed a copy and will certainly have some fun with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehowell57 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Great shots and fascinating flight. Very immersive Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanvito Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Beautiful pics! Are you using any graphics mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Thanks a lot, dear friends 5 hours ago, andy1252 said: Great stuff, Bernd! Lovely to see some of these places, and thanks for introducing me to this Tu-114 - I've grabbed a copy and will certainly have some fun with it. Cool, I think Andy, you will like it, alone the sound is addictive, when you slowly spool up the engines 1 hour ago, Juanvito said: Beautiful pics! Are you using any graphics mods? Hi Juan, the only thing I do after having hit the "V"-key is that I resize and sharpen the images a little bit. Everything else is straight out of the box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanvito Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Thanks, the sharpening looks neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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