VH-KDK Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Well as I seem to do most of my flying these days in North America I decided to splash out on the venerable Beaver. Always a much liked aircraft I used to see them at Moorabbin over 20 years ago when I would take an extended lunch break when working in the area. A great looking package with no less than 46 different aircraft which at about 55c each works out at excellent value. Taking off from Birchwood, which has become a popular airport for me, I will fly up the Eagle Valley before attempting a landing at Hardee Field. 1. Ready for the off from 01L. 2. Over Birchwood with the Knik Arm behind the Beaver. 3. Entering the Eagle Valley from the highly detailed cockpit. 4. Over the eastern end of Eagle River. 5. The Eagle River with Rendevous Peak on the left and Roundtop on the right. 6. Eagle Peak. 7. Part of the Chugach Mountain range. 8. Close to Hardee Field with the Eagle River Glacier in the distance. 9. Another view of Eagle Peak. 10. Nearly there. 11. Oooops. More practice required. 12. Luckily its flight simming so the Beaver is as good as new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Fantastic shots Martyn , one thing tho I think your CG is a little off in shot #11. Ha Ha . Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 What a nice trip mate, nice to see I'm not the only one getting the stop wrong on occasios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Smashing shots indeed. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 That is a beautiful area you are flying in, great shots of it. Also you have to be careful with the breaks when landing a tail dragger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasi31 Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Great shots as always Martyn. Beautiful area to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Very nice set of shots Martyn and a not so nice landing !! Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Great shots here and by the way, the aircraft you flew seems to belong to Johnny May, out of Fort Chimo (the repaint shows Fort Chima). Fort Chimo is now Kuujjuaq and Johnny May used to fly around the Ungava Bay and Hudson Bay when I worked near the Arctic Circle. One day, he landed in Inukjuak, had problem with one of his brakes, but had to continue the ride so he invented something on the spot to make sure the break would hold on and just took off to finish his run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Superb shots Martyn - and the livery also offers a nice contrast within the green/blue colourtones of this great environment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 Superb shots Martyn - and the livery also offers a nice contrast within the green/blue colourtones of this great environment! Great shots here and by the way, the aircraft you flew seems to belong to Johnny May, out of Fort Chimo (the repaint shows Fort Chima). Fort Chimo is now Kuujjuaq and Johnny May used to fly around the Ungava Bay and Hudson Bay when I worked near the Arctic Circle. One day, he landed in Inukjuak, had problem with one of his brakes, but had to continue the ride so he invented something on the spot to make sure the break would hold on and just took off to finish his run Very nice set of shots Martyn and a not so nice landing !! Adam Great shots as always Martyn. Beautiful area to fly. That is a beautiful area you are flying in, great shots of it. Also you have to be careful with the breaks when landing a tail dragger. Smashing shots indeed. cheers Iain What a nice trip mate, nice to see I'm not the only one getting the stop wrong on occasios Fantastic shots Martyn , one thing tho I think your CG is a little off in shot #11. Ha Ha . Brad Thank you all. I think I should have chosen a larger runway for the first landing attempt. I have done a couple of better landings since, not that they could be any worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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