Guest J van E Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Since a week or so I stopped flying from A to B in a straight line and at a safe height: now I fly low and slow and I follow the terrain, if possible. Today I plotted a route from Mt. Beaty to Geehi in such a way that I could follow valleys and rivers and stay low almost all the time. Flying has never been more fun. Here is the route: And here are some pics, in chronological order (click for bigger ones): Dawn above the mountains: A dam. And still people say water at High 2x is useless... : If possible I like to follow roads. Autogen at extremely dense makes it look a lot more real (hiddden in the trees): Leaving the wilderness for a while: A wide valley: A wide vally continued: A nice shortcut: No, that's not the destination yet, but Corryong. It's great to fly low and look into the turns you make: Into the wilderness again. Hm, it's getting pretty narrow: the airfield should be at the right somewhere over there...: It should be there somewhere: it's pretty hidden! A little field in the middle of nowhere: That should be the landingstrip... oh boy... small, short and uphill...: Luckily my C185F has no problems with it. Sorry for not taking any external short, but I never leave the VC during my flights... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HercFan Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 GREAT shots J! Exactly my type of flying as well. No shortage of possible flights like that also. Thanks for this great set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J van E Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 No shortage of possible flights like that also. Very true! Here is the 'same' flight using another path through the mountains: ...you can go from A to B in numerous ways and it will never look the same. The straight GPS route is a thing from the past for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwho Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Beautiful Shots!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_A Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Very nice -- I'll be passing through there on my tour soon (well actually I did a couple of days ago, but it's taking me a while to post the pics! Anyhow you had better weather than me!) And *boy* is it a tricky strip!! Nice food at the lodge though -- fresh caught fish, right out of the stream. Yum!! Have you tried Cabramurra, a little ways to the North? That's another "interesting" strip, at 5000ft elevation, on the top of a mountain. Definitely need to watch your density altitude with that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Nice, but you need a better map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J van E Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 No, that's not the destination yet, but Corryong. It's great to fly low and look into the turns you make: Er... I meant Khancoban of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.