Stillwater Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 There are no scheduled flights from Singapore to my destination of today, but at least in exactly that direction. The shiny 787 gets cleared early... ... and leaves Singers with the morning light, ... ... waving g´day to the city. Flying southwest we cross Sumatra, which - to me - shows itself surprisingly big and rugged. Interesting for the future with OLC Asia. Some hours of Indian Ocean flying later (shortened by the QW jump function) Mauritius comes into view, ... ... and then the coast of Madagascar. This is the place to descend today. Looks interesting, but unfortunately slightly covered. Luckily Antananarivo airport shows up... ... but this bird feels somehow misplaced here ! Interesting expeditions to come, I am sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Nice flight and shot Gerold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberhard Haberkorn Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Great set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 4 hours ago, adambar said: Nice flight and shot Gerold. Thank you Adam. Some surprising new regions to see for me, and these were only traces of Sumatra and Madagascar... 26 minutes ago, Eberhard Haberkorn said: Great set! Thanks Eberhard. More to come, as you may already have expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 great set of shots, I have this but don't know what QW jump function is?.... I couldn't give you a like, apparently I have done it too much today?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Cool shots. Why do they call it Singers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: Cool shots. Why do they call it Singers? Uh, I don´t know that Jack. There we need some Aussies to jump in... 4 hours ago, wain71 said: great set of shots, I have this but don't know what QW jump function is?.... I couldn't give you a like, apparently I have done it too much today?... Thanks Wain. In the 787 users manual on page 249 you´ll find it: Go to the INFO page of the MFD displays, menu item "JUMP AHEAD". There you can select any waypoint of your flight plan and it will jump to that point. Fuel is consumed, but no step climbs are done - and the elapsed flight time is also not correctly increased. But I find this better than flying some hours over an Ocean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schtroumf Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Great flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 4 hours ago, schtroumf said: Great flight Thank you Olivier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerribleT Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Lovely shots of your new area of exploration - I believe "Singers" was an English slang word for Singapore from the days of the British Empire when Malaya was a British Colony - the nickname still continues to this day amoungst many cultures and languages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean marc Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 And now a small cub to vfr fly looking for delicious voatsy pepper and huge baobabs ... Take care with the aye-ayes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 14 hours ago, TerribleT said: Lovely shots of your new area of exploration - I believe "Singers" was an English slang word for Singapore from the days of the British Empire when Malaya was a British Colony - the nickname still continues to this day amoungst many cultures and languages Thanks for your comment and the historical eplanation, TT! 5 hours ago, jean marc said: And now a small cub to vfr fly looking for delicious voatsy pepper and huge baobabs ... Take care with the aye-ayes I will not go down to a cub - the island is just too big for that slow toy. I´ll try to take care and post the next leg in a few minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lars Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 So cool, Gerold. An Indian Ocean diagonal traverse is still on my list, along with the South Atlantic crossing. SIA flies from WSSS to FACT via FAOR. That's probably what you were referring to, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Captain Lars said: So cool, Gerold. An Indian Ocean diagonal traverse is still on my list, along with the South Atlantic crossing. SIA flies from WSSS to FACT via FAOR. That's probably what you were referring to, too. That´s it, exactly. I could have done this flight and "eventually" divert to FMMI... but I chose the "chartered" flight. Unfortunately the SIA flights go through pitch black night, I did not like such a simulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/14/2020 at 5:20 PM, Stillwater said: Uh, I don´t know that Jack. There we need some Aussies to jump in... Thanks Wain. In the 787 users manual on page 249 you´ll find it: Go to the INFO page of the MFD displays, menu item "JUMP AHEAD". There you can select any waypoint of your flight plan and it will jump to that point. Fuel is consumed, but no step climbs are done - and the elapsed flight time is also not correctly increased. But I find this better than flying some hours over an Ocean... thanks for the explaination, I may try that at a later date....this is an aircraft I really do like, hope they do update to p3d5 at some stage.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Super shot's Gerold !! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 hours ago, BradB said: Super shot's Gerold !! . Thanks for flying with me, John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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