jpreou Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Leg 16 - Jeffman (WASS) to Ratulangi (WAMM) Made the move from Papua New Guinea (West Papua) to Indonesia, on a dawn departure from Sorong/Jefman overhead Babullah (North Maluku islands, Indonesia) and on to Ratulangi, nr Manado (North Sulawesi island, Indonesia). Total flight time some 3¼ hrs or so. Leaving Jefman at dawn; what a sky! Settled into the cruise at altitude witha tailwind and my normal 145kt - 150kt cruise is pushed to 190kts over the ground! However, in short order it got pretty bumpy, so I reduce power back to around 160kts or so and climbed to 9500ft into cleaner air; still making good time though It's a beautiful day Finally, some humans! Overhead at Babullah Weather is closing in again Approaching Ratulangi I'm going to need to slide underneath this gunge Joining the downwind for 18 I take an extended downwind, since there is no other traffic, just to overfly this little settlement to the north. The approach is a little tricky; there is a rise just on finals which means you have to hold some altitude and then drop in; I was a little long on the approach for this one, but that's a looong runway for an RV, so no problem. Short finals Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Fantastic post Jeff , those first two shots are pure magic . I look forward to your next installment . Cheers Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaseman007 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Fantastic post Jeff , those first two shots are pure magic . I look forward to your next installment . Cheers Brad +1 Bring on Leg 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnR Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Fantastic post Jeff , those first two shots are pure magic . I look forward to your next installment . Cheers Brad +2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Pugwash Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 +2 +3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 On You way Jeff - keep on! Great shots again! Looking very much forward to Your next tour-entry here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Very nice set of shots ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpreou Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 Thanks Guys, I was really quite pleased with those first two. Sometime; just sometimes, I manage to capture something a little better than my normal average fair! I didn't make Taiwan this evening, but leg 17 is posted and I think I've improved the night shots a little with post-editing (a tweak to brightness and contrast) Thanks for the kind comments. Very much appreciated. I'm enjoying this tour. I can stay a little lower for the next few hours as I trek up the Philippines and then over to Taiwan. Hopefully I'll be able to grab some reasonable shots of the scenery, if only this incessant cloud and thunder activity would take a hike! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasi31 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Beautiful shots again Jeff. #2 is my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Flying in that part of the world means you're going to deal with frequent heavy weather, so I'm not surprised hearing you about turbulence and CB's. That's what is magic with real life weather, the experience is even more realistic. Great story and captures. I'm following the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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