D0S Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Today I went for another VFR flightseeing adventure around the Chugach Mountains to the north east of Anchorage. The route started from Graham Strip (48AK), tracking east along the Matanuska River to the terminus of the Matanuska Glacier. Upon reaching this point, I turned south to follow the glacier up to its head climbing to 10,500 feet AMSL in order to clear the ridges of the Chugach Mountains. Crossing the saddle at the crest, a beautiful vista of the Harvard Glacier opens up, where I turned to follow its passage to the sea and innated a gentle descent down towards College Fjord in the Prince William Sound. Following the course along waterway towards waypoint SOBGE, I then turned west into Passage Canal for a landing at Whittier (PAWR) on it’s shoreline. The .PLN file from Little Nav Map is attached for anyone else wishing to recreate this flight. An alternative landing site at Girdwood (AQY) has been included due to autogen trees at the landing runway threshold at PAWR. Bing Maps satellite photo coverage isn’t the best in the area, so I suggest creating a weather theme with around 10cm snow depth to cover the areas missing photorealistic ground textures. The Orbx Alaska mesh is obviously a must for accentuating the mountainous topography in the area! IFR Graham (48AK) to Girdwood (AQY).pln 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Stunning shots Andy. The glaciers look so real. Cheers Graeme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Stunning shots indeed Andy, great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Super nice bunch of Alaskan goodness here with these. I especially love that final shot of your landing with the light bloom and the tire smoke from the landing...great stuff! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Great shots these. cheers Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mac Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Top class shots! John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Beautiful shots Andy!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 superb shots, all look very real..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0S Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Thanks for the kind words guys, much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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