VH-KDK Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 In July 2012 REX stopped flying from Melbourne to Griffith but today a special flight to commemorate a new addition to my hangar. 1. Take off from Melbourne Tullamarine. 2. Sunshine with Essendon Airport and The Calder Freeway. 3. Close to Mickleham with Tullamarine in view. 4. Puckapunyal Army Camp with its airport and training grounds. 5. Mangalore Airport with Avenel to the right. 6. VH-KDK, the best plane in the world. Been on this one so many times in RL when it was with Kendell and then REX. The first SAAB340 in Australia. Good old planes never die....they just get turned into freighters. 7. Shepparton and Mooroopna. 8. The Murray River snakes past Tocumwal which had the biggest airfield in the Southern Hemisphere in WW2. Seen so many sad photos of lines of aircraft waiting the breakers torch after the war at this place. If only......... 9. Lakes near Berrigan. 10. The Riverina is as flat as, which makes it an ideal area for rice growing. Wine and wool are 2 other products from this area. 11. Descending for Griffith and over the Murrumbidgee near Darlington Point. 12. Turning finals at Griffith. 13. Ching, ching, ching, ching..... 14. Safely down. 15. Hope you enjoyed the flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lincoln Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Where did you get that Baby from,and a fabulous set mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorham Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 That is top work ,I just loved the ride,My Son today started at Rex in Wagga to be a Rex Saab Jocky. So I think I will be Downloading the 340. Thank you, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolf8857 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Wonderfull set VH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Lovely flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Great flight and top set of shots- always enjoy your Saab 340 flights. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Now I know where your forum name came from . Fantastic screenies my friend !! . Cheers Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 A great flight and screenshots. I alway enjoy your narration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyMotion Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Great shots and very nice aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankees Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 very nice shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Cracking shots mate. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 That is top work ,I just loved the ride,My Son today started at Rex in Wagga to be a Rex Saab Jocky. So I think I will be Downloading the 340. Thank you, Where did you get that Baby from,and a fabulous set mateThank you Shaun and Spok. Here are some SAAB related links:- PAD SAAB 340 http://www.premaircraft.com/saab_340/index.html All SAAB 340 textures, scroll down to find SAAB 340,VH-KDK is 6-87 http://www.premaircraft.com/aaarepaintlist.html Brett Henderson's SAAB 340 http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=FSX+Saab+340+Package&x=9&y=12 Brett Henderson's SAAB340 textures including VH-EKD http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=saab+340&x=15&y=13 Many thanks for your comments and interest. Shaun I hope your son does well with REX. I always flew with REX when I lived in Mildura and got to know KDK very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Fantastic shots & tour, with great scenery, plane and explanations. A brilliant post this is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Lovely flight Great flight and top set of shots- always enjoy your Saab 340 flights. Cheers Thanks Tom, hope to do many more as time permits. Now I know where your forum name came from . Fantastic screenies my friend !! . Cheers Brad Flown on this one many times over the years, and saw it all the time when I lived in Mildura. A great flight and screenshots. I alway enjoy your narration. Great shots and very nice aircraft! very nice shots! Cracking shots mate. cheers Iain Fantastic shots & tour, with great scenery, plane and explanations. A brilliant post this is! Wonderfull set VH!Thank you everyone for your great comments. They are always appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Schnibben Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Superb set, tour and information Martyn! And poor birds in #13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brito Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Super bright bird. Shines in this beautiful Orbx scenery and REX sky. Thank you. Cheers. Sinesio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Superb set, tour and information Martyn! And poor birds in #13. Thanks Frank. Unlucky 13 I guess. Super bright bird. Shines in this beautiful Orbx scenery and REX sky. Thank you. Cheers. Sinesio Thanks for the interest and comment Sinesio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel B. Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Hi VH-KDK, Really nice shots of your Melbourne to Griffith tour. Appreciated the addition of explanatory text too. If some kind experienced airfield modeller/s would care to help me, I would be very interested in recreating McIntyre Field circa WWII at Tocumwal, & it's associated infrastructure outfields & ranges etc. As an ex-PMG Telecom Tech who worked in Deni (Deniliquin NSW) circa Jan 1962 to Dec 1967, I became aware of Tocumwal's WWII involvement during some of my several forages "into the wilds" at the start of my 16 years & 200,000 miles of all-things motorcycling. However it was much later (about 13 years ago) that I started to become more aware of just what that "Tocumwal WWII involvement" covered.McIntyre Field was the largest airfield in the Southern Hemisphere; covering some 25 square miles, with satellite ELS's (Emergency Landing Strips), firing & bombing ranges etc. As part of my research of the Narrandera _ Tocumwal Branch Line, I started researching McIntyre Field. Not only reading thousands of documents (& downloading some hundreds thereof), this research afforded me the privilege of meeting some amazing people, who all generously assisted in various ways. The Branch Line Project was born out of a mutual desire of an aquaintance of mine; Craig Carr (lives in Bega NSW) & myself. Craig lived as a young guy half way along the line, & I used to travel on the old railmotor once a month for a couple of years to/from one-week block courses in Sydney. We have worked over most of these 13 years preparing a 'virtual world' 3D running model of the line, including McIntyre Field & the nearby RAAF #5 Field Hospital. Our choice of platform being the Trainz game. But don't be fooled by the 'game' word. It affords a great ability for very authentic replication of the real world. We were basing the McIntyre Field etc activities around WWII period, & the rest (110 miles along the route) based around 1950's through to late 1960's. However, sadly as yet this project is far from being ready for release. But, being quite interested in playing around & enjoying FSX, & the impact FTX has had on that enjoyment, I started looking at the Kimberley Region of WA. There are many old strips up there, for which I have created a folder-full of GE (Google Earth) Placemarks. I have mentioned this a few times on the OZx forums & you can find that plus associated info there:-http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/topic/20099-wa-mitchell-river-strip-progress-etc-screen-grabs/?hl=%2Bmitchell+%2Briverhttp://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/topic/17370-utilities-mitchell-river-wa-part-2/?hl=%2Bmitchell+%2Briverhttp://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/topic/17263-utilities-kimberley-region-australia-data/?hl=%2Bmitchell+%2Briverhttp://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/topic/17197-kimberley-wa-airstrips/?hl=%2Bmitchell+%2Briverhttp://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/topic/9181-mitchell-plateau-strip-wa-kimberley-region/?hl=%2Bmitchell+%2Briver#entry68409 But at present I need to finish Mitchell River strip off, & would dearly love to see McIntyre Field at Tocumwal come to life once more. Albeit an authentic 3d virtual world in FSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrhealth Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 First flight I took on one of those from YSSY to out west somewhere, sat by tyhe window watching the ice boots on leading edge expanding and popping th eice off. Fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Howarth Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Brilliant commentary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 When I was reading Nancy Cato's books, those two river names cropped up regularly. Great to see them from the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Everything is done to perfection Martyn, great job!! Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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