Aharon Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Shalom and greetings all my pals, Presenting a cargo flight from YMML Melbourne Airport which is the second busiest airport in Australia located 14 miles northwest of the city centre of Melbourne to YFLI Flinders Island Airport located 2 nautical miles northwest of Whitemark on Flinders Island Cargo plane being loaded with last minute heavy spare parts needed for emergency repairs of machines, trucks, and cars in the small island of Flinders Island Opps they forgot to load one more cargo bin therefore delaying departure time Starting engines!! Taxiing to short of runway 34 with background view of Qantas cargo terminal Still taxiing Holding short of runway 34 awaiting for take off clearance Entering into runway 34 to start take off run Airborne on climb to FL210 to start the flight route CWS EXROM HELIX FLIWI FLIWH Still climbing past nice green pastures Passing through clouds Passing town of Melton Passing suburb of Deer Park which signals beginning of city landscape of Melbourne Passing Braybook suburb of Melbourne Passing railroad tracks of Sunshine Railway Line Linear Reserve located in suburb of West Footscray of Melbourne Passing center of Melbourne where you can see Marvel Stadium seen on left side of plane and M2 highway bridge crossing Yarra river seen behind right wing where you can see row of buildings on end of big river that are DFO South Wharf and Melbourne Convention Center Passing suburb of Bentleigh Passing southern Melbourne suburb's YMMB Moorabbin Airport that once was Australia's second busiest airport with 274,082 aircraft landings in year 2011 Passing Patterson River where you can see golf course of Patterson River County Club in front of left wing Passing town of Dromana that is renowned for wine vineyards where more than 22 separate vintners operate within this area Below the wing is waters of Ticondergo Bay and the strip land of towns of Portsea and Sorrento Cruising at FL210 Passing wing view of Philip Island renowned for surf events such as the Rip Curl Pro and the Roxy Pro Women's Surfing Festival and for Philip Island Nature Park located on southeastern tip where groups of little penguins can be seen Cruising across waters of Bass Strait Descending from FL210 to 10,000 ft just above clouds Now at 5,000 ft Approaching view of Flinders Island Passing unhabited Goose Island where you can see Goose Island Lighthouse Now at 4,000 ft Passing also unhabited Badger Island that is renowned for tons of birds such as sooty oystercatcher, pied oystercatcher, Cape Barren goose and White-bellied sea eagle In order to approach runway 32, you have to fly around 3,000 ft high mountain called Mount Strzelecki located in Strzelecki National Park Arrghhhh why trees in front of runway??? On final runway approach above trees ARGHHHH got to avoid the trees in front of runway Making sure not to hit top of trees Gonna watch out for high trees off left wing! Yahhhh safe and seconds before touchdown TOUCHDOWN Braking down hard Backtracing!! Taxing on runway 14/32 with background view of light green waters of Arthur Bay Conservation Area Exiting from the runway into another runway 05/23 to continue taxi Taxiing on the 05/23 runway Dig those rich trees Some stupid tractor driver is trying to beat me in race Looks like he lost the race and resumed farming the land Approaching end of runway passing parked GA planes Airport terminal in sight!! Leaving the runway to enter into taxiway toward gate Parked at gate after finishing 180 degree turn Look at the waiting guy hoping for free ride back to Melbourne! Waiting for someone to unload last minute emergency supplies Nice view of the airport and the guy is waving at you hoping you would say yes to give him free ride back to Melbourne Nice view of entire small airport Thank you for viewing and stay tuned for next exciting flights!!! Regards, Aharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 A great flight Aharon. enjoyed it and the screenshots!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Nice set of shots and great narration. I learned a lot on this flight. And by the way, the yellow is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Aharon, really enjoyed the flight and the narrative as you took us on this trip. Really well done! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aharon Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 Thanks all for very kind words Lifejogger, your screenname looks VERY familiar to me. Have we discussed flightsimming in other aviation forums?? Regards, Aharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Great shots and story Aharon. I particularly like the IPEC livery too. My dad used to work for IPEC when they were still known by that name. Which addon aircraft is that by the way? Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aharon Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Scott Harmes said: Which addon aircraft is that by the way? @Scott Harmes, Thanks for your kind words and it is freeware HGJ DC-9-30 series model base Regards, Aharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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