Stillwater Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 After a late arrival in Frankfurt with ... ... we have to take the last connection of the day out of Frankfurt to Hannover: LH58, the so-called "Lumpensammler" (is "ragman" the right translation?) for us. I hope all our luggage makes the connection as well... Taking off the 07C - with a camouflage plane. Frankfurt CBD to our left. Not much to see on the ground, but a nice navaid to our right side. On short base you can see Hannover airport left ahead... ... and we are way too high! But I had no interest in going around, so I extended the speed brakes, released flaps and gear as soon as possible and skipped the autoland in order to speed up. Successfully. This was the last post of my "Vacation in Australia" series. I hope you enjoyed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Nice night shots and good job of piloting on the landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 You've got better eyes than me Gerold , but then I'm sitting in FC and not flying the plane . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Nice Gerold, would loved to have seen it in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lars Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Just the other day I had to perform a VOR approach on Pago Pago during night time, and I admit I was content with myself at the 5th try. Way too steep! And now to your flight: I enjoyed it, and you can be glad it wasn't Eurowings, cause there's a good chance they would have said: "Oops, sorry, please come back tomorrow, we could have a flight for you then." Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bermuda425 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Number one set of shots! Excellent views of the night life on the Autobahn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Great set of night shots Gerold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Good last leg, Gerold. I sure enjoyed the adaptation at the end. Threw out everything but an anchor! Bet it was noisy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Fine set of shots. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Great set Gerold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
European Mountain Man Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Fantastic set of shots Gerold from you flight regards EMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 18 hours ago, lifejogger said: Nice night shots and good job of piloting on the landing. Thank you John. Maybe a really good job would have included a calm holding or a go-around... 18 hours ago, BradB said: You've got better eyes than me Gerold , but then I'm sitting in FC and not flying the plane . Cheers John If you - like many other simmers - still like to sit in the row in front of FC, it helps to have local VFR knowledge. Like I had in this case... 17 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: Nice Gerold, would loved to have seen it in the day. You´ll be served. Not this week, but surely soon. 17 hours ago, Captain Lars said: Just the other day I had to perform a VOR approach on Pago Pago during night time, and I admit I was content with myself at the 5th try. Way too steep! No ILS in pitch black night, that is a challenge. At least if it is not your home turf... BTW I would assume you were flying a 777, not the ultralight in you attempts? 17 hours ago, Captain Lars said: And now to your flight: I enjoyed it, and you can be glad it wasn't Eurowings, cause there's a good chance they would have said: "Oops, sorry, please come back tomorrow, we could have a flight for you then." Cheers! Best practice is delaying the flight in 1-2 hour intervals, before finding out there is no crew, slot, or motivation to fly (except serving the passengers, but is that a motivation?). And cancel the flight finally short after midnight. 16 hours ago, Bermuda425 said: Number one set of shots! Excellent views of the night life on the Autobahn! Thank you Erik. The A2 goes left (westwards), the A7 goes right (north). The next level of hardware might be able to add road traffic in significant amounts. 13 hours ago, adambar said: Great set of night shots Gerold! Thank you Adam. 11 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said: Good last leg, Gerold. I sure enjoyed the adaptation at the end. Threw out everything but an anchor! Bet it was noisy! You got me, Rodger, that anchor thing was basically what I was thinking of. 11 hours ago, Iain Emms said: Fine set of shots. cheers Iain Thanks Iain! 7 hours ago, paulb said: Great set Gerold! Thank you Paul. 6 hours ago, European Mountain Man said: Fantastic set of shots Gerold from you flight regards EMM Thanks for commenting, Stewart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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