mglan80 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I'm way behind on these posts (currently in Chengdu!), so forgive me for shoving so much into one post. We last left off in England at Heathrow arriving from Spain. It's now off to the Continent with stops in Paris at de Gaulle, Frankfurt and the crowd pleasing Innsbruck at LOWI. Let's start with the route overviews: Already airborne in the early morning of an English summer's day. Climbing out for the short hop over the Channel: Parked up in LFPG to disembark: When the journey continues the weather's not so great, and we hit some weather getting into Frankfurt Cleared up for a bit, then socked in for the approach and landing (non-ORBX scenery - sorry no shareable shots). After a nice evening out on the town (maybe too much time in the Bahnhofsviertel), we headed out the next morning to beautiful Innsbruck. It was still cloudy and a bit rainy at departure and for most of the way down to LOWI, but there were a few breaks in the weather. I made a complete hash of the approach, so much so I forgot to take some shots! The landing was fine, but that approach probably had some people saying a few prayers! Taxiing in to the stand Parked up and letting those poor souls off to kiss the ground! Hans is taking her all in... Next up is Rome, Greece (my favorite) and a looong flight to Dubai. Till then. Thanks for taking a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Farrugia Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Great tour and great shots! Connie is just lovely. Looking forward to Rome! cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftwd Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Really cool pics and story. Cheers, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Super flight and screen shots!!!!!! Enjoyed looking at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Excellent images with some challenging weather the further south you went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Goodness gracious! These were excellent and I especially loved the one where you're taxing in at LOWI. But ALL good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senchay Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Nice trip and pics :-) I bet this thing isnt easy to fly ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakashi Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Quite the undertaking but looks like you have it under complete control in that Connie and all of the great pics along the way to show it off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lars Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Fantastic journey and screenshots. These dark clouds look very menacing. Awesome ground shots, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Your Connie looks great and the enroute and destination weather is very realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Wonderful shots. The Connie is such a work of art. You captured that fact beautifully in both the ground and air shots. Loved them. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mglan80 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 On 9/7/2018 at 5:19 PM, Senchay said: Nice trip and pics :-) I bet this thing isnt easy to fly ! It's actually pretty gentle and fairly easy to manage, if a bit slow on the response. I don't use the period correct Sperry autopilot, just the default, but I want to enjoy my time flying! Still great fun hand flying departures and approaches. Thanks for all the kind words, fellas. I was at the AMC museum at Dover AFB this past weekend and got to see a close cousin of the one I've been flying around the virtual globe. It's a little sad to see this one - she's pretty beat up and a shadow of her former life. Cool to get close to one, though, and the profile is unmistakable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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