Hauer Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Performed a short flight recently from Vienna, Schwechat Airport, Austria to Dubrovnik, Cilipi Airport, Croatia. The city of Dubrovnik is a world heritage site.Aircraft used was an Austrian Airlines A319. The weather was good and the flight duration was 1 hour, 15 minutes.The flight schedule was based on an actual operated flight. So fasten your seatbelts and let's fly... Our flightplan from Vienna (LOWW), Austria to Dubrovnik (LDDU), Croatia Our wheels start rolling after having obtained pushback & engine start clearance Our pushback is now nearly completed and our aircraft faces the direction of where we need to taxi to. During this time our engines 2 +1 (in respective order), are spooling up Having obtained taxi clearance and after completion of the checklists, we head along the taxi-way towards our assigned runway We continue our taxi to the assigned runway 16 for take-off After take-off, we initially climb to FL50. After making the appropriate turn, you see the Vienna, Schwechat Airport in the background Our climb continues after having gained the Air Traffic Control (ATC) instruction to ascend to FL130 and later to FL290 Having achieved our cruising altitude FL290, it's time for... coffee. Just wish sometimes they would serve cappuccino! The landscape below changes rapidly to rugged mountain scenery Soon ATC advises us to initiate our descent from FL290 to FL240 and thereafter continue to FL170 An external view of our aircraft and landscape In the meantime ATC had instructed us to further descend to FL110 followed by FL90 as we get closer to our destination. We get our first glimpse of the Adriatic Sea Views of the Adriatic coastline We fly past Dubrovnik, Cilipi Airport as we need to be on the approach for runway 29 As we fly past our destination in a southerly direction, we descend further as instructed by ATC and prepare ourselves for some interesting maneuvers... We first do a sharp turn to the right bringing us over the Adriatic Sea We approach the Adriatic coastline and fly towards the rugged landscape. I was getting quite concerned in respect of our height at this stage (never mind moments later)! Having mustered all the confidence possible as we fly around a coastal mountain and flow the flightpath to the left... what can we expect around the corner??? Wow! Runway 29 in sight and... as indicated by the 4 red lights a little too low for comfort I immediately rectified the altitude situation and now continued the approach at the appropriate height as indicated by 2 white / 2 red lights... I'm still sweating at this stage! After touchdown we taxi towards the main terminal building Having arrived at our assigned gate the jetway is connected to our aircraft... welcome to the "Pearl of the Adriatic"! Airport views (Orbx product) Thanks for looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Great set of shots. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Great to see a real flight simulated, and so nicely done, Herman! I really enjoyed your quest 22 minutes ago, Hauer said: what can we expect around the corner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Grand set of shots from your flight Herman . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 great shots of a great flight, thanks for taking us along... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakashi Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Taxi, takeoff, enroute, approach, recovered landing & parking, all narrated and accomplished with professionalism! Nice flight Captain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Fantastic flight and shots Herman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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