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[Herman]

Several hints in the image, Peter!

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[Herman]

Anyone else want to take a guess?

Hint #1: Think, "tennis"!

Now that should get some of you thinking... 😉

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[Wheatsack]

Hmmm tennis ... Wimbledon... no,  French open Paris.. no,  Australian open..Melbourne..no....Sydney..Blue moutains are a bit like that..no. Argentina, Brazil, USA, China,..... no ?

[Herman]

Peter, your'e getting closer... try the alternative name for the French Open Paris and see if you can make the link.

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[Wheatsack]

Ah got it... a very small target Herman...'Reunion Island'    Roland Garros airport in the back ground. and Air France (KLM) fly there ...of course.

[Herman]

Bingo, Peter! 👏 Well done! 🏆

Herman 😁

[Sailjunkie]

Peter, you are the champion!  Very well done! 

[Herman]

Russian Roulette
 
The flight with an Aeroflot A319 takes us from Nurnberg (EDDN), Germany to Moscow, Sheremetyevo Airport (UUEE), Russia.
A reasonably smooth flight with considerable cloud cover.
Flight time: 2 hours, 47 minutes
 
Our flightplan

 
Ready for departure at Nurnberg Airport

 
We are instructed to taxi to runway 28 (280 degrees) for take-off

 
Taxiing along snow-covered airport grounds

 
The Control Tower advises that we can enter runway 28

 
With engines screaming, we race down the runway and reaching our rotational speed, we head for the skies above

 
Climbing into the skies over snow-covered landscape

 
Above the clouds

 

 
Having reached our cruising altitude of 35,000ft (FL350), it's time for... you guessed it, a coffee break!

 
Eventually over White Russian territory

 

 
Upon getting near to our destination, we are required to make a number of turns in accordance with Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) procedures

 
Cockpit view from 8,000ft (FL80)

 

 
External view

 
As we further descend, we line up for our approach. We can faintly make out the airport runways in the distance

 
We are assigned to land on runway 06R (60 degrees, right-hand side)... our landing gear is lowered and flaps are fully extended

 
On the approach

 

 
Having landed at Moscow's Sheremtyevo Airport, we make our way to our assigned terminal

 
Whilst parked at our gate, it starts snowing

 

 

 

 
Hope you brought your fur coat as the outside temperature is minus 13deg.C
 
Thanks for looking & I hope you enjoyed the ride.
 
Herman

[Sailjunkie]

Another good series, Herman.

 

However, I see that the First Officer is still missing.  Given Aeroflot's record, over the years, this time he was probably passed out in the washroom. 

[justshootit]

Used to love doing this at Cleveland Hopkins airport but no time to do it any more. Great series!!

[Herman]

Thank you, Don! I find it especially very relaxing during the current COVID-19 crisis.

Next series will involve an Air Canada A321 flight from San Fransisco (KSFO) to Vancouver (CYVR).

Flight AC561 now boarding...😉

Cheers - Herman😀

[Herman]

Heading North

 

The flight today was with a scheduled Air Canada A321 flight from San Fransisco to Vancouver.

Flight time is 2 hours, 4 minutes. Conditions calm with scattered clouds.

 

Our flightplan

 

Our aircraft parked at Gate F88 with refueling in progress

 

Pushback from the terminal. Our assigned runway is 28L (280 deg. left)

 

Starting our ascent into the skies above. We are initially advised to climb to 5,000ft (FL50)

 

Downtown San Fransisco on our right. 

 

Passing over San Fransisco Bay with the airport in the background from which we had departed

 

Heading north

 

We continue our climb which at the moment has been set to 32,000ft (FL320)

 

Our aircraft at a cruising altitude of 38,000ft (FL380)

 

Views from the cockpit

 

 

Flying past volcanoe territory

 

 

Directly over the city of Eugene, Oregon

 

Approaching the Canadian border

 

Closing in on Vancouver. We are advised to descend to 4,500ft (FL45) and thereafter to 3000ft (FL30)

 

 

A sharp turn to the right so as to line up for the approach. Our assigned runway is 08L (8 deg. left)

 

Our runway in sight

 

Landing on the assigned runway... welcome to Vancouver!

 

We head towards the terminal building

 

Heading towards our parking spot at Gate 75

 

Happy passengers leave our aircraft and cargo is being off-loaded

 

 

Hope you enjoyed the flight.

 

Now I wonder if Mark is at home for a cuppa... afterall he's only a +/-37km drive from the airport! 

 

Herman 

[Sailjunkie]

Hi Herman,

 

I'm enjoying my morning coffee while I read this. 

 

Having flown that route (on Rouge, an Air Canada subsidiary), I can say that I'm very impressed with the realism.  One small detail:  Air Canada FO's don't cower in the washroom - they read the hockey scores from the night before!     

[Herman]

Ha,ha! 😁 I just don't seem to have any luck with co-pilots, Mark!

Enjoy the coffee...

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[Herman]

Kelowna here we come!

 

I thought, whilst being in Canada, why not do a short domestic flight from Vancouver to Kelowna (also in BC Province).

Unfortunately, conditions were very cloudy which resulted in me flying much lower so as to provide some views at the very least.

Flight time was just under an hour due to the slight detour from the pre-defined flightpath.

 

Our flightplan

 

Ready for departure from gate C1, Vancouver International Airport

 

During our pushback sequence, both engines roar to life

 

Looking down on Vancouver suburbs during our initial assigned climb to 5,000ft (FL50)

 

 

At this stage we continue our gradual climb to our cruising altitude of 25,000ft (FL250)

 

 

 

Some time after flying at 25,000ft (FL250), I decided to start an early descent so as to try and get some views of the landscape below

 

 

 

 

We eventually get to the Okanagan Lake where Kelowna is situated on the eastern shore

 

We follow the lake in a southerly direction until we are in the Okanagan Valley and then having flown past our airport we do a 180 degree turn

 

On our approach to runway 34 (34 deg.)  A little too low and battling the forces of nature

 

 

Our landing at Kelowna International Airport 

 

A long backtrack to our terminal. Kelowna accommodates many smaller aircraft

 

 

A Marshall greets us at our terminal gate

 

Passengers disembark from our aircraft via the jetway

 

Baggage & cargo in the process of being off-loaded

 

 

Welcome to Kelowna.. now let's go skiing!

 

Hope you enjoyed the flight.

 

Herman 

[Sailjunkie]

Nice flight, Herman, but snow in Vancouver?  That must have been the one day in January 2020 when it did snow! 

 

As for Kelowna, while Big White Ski Resort is close to town, Kelowna is more of a summer resort town.  If you ever get a chance to visit, the local vineyards have an international reputation and are well worth visiting. 

[Herman]

Thanks, Mark. The airport developers have created standard winter scenery overlays for their products (airport & surroundings) subject to geographical location and these have been associated with particular months of the year.

The weather environmental programs used are, however, offering "near realtime" weather conditions which in my case is updated every 5 minutes.

Mark, at least you have the option to throw "virtual" snowballs whilst snow is shown for the Vancouver area! 😁

Herman 😀

[Sailjunkie]

Mark, at least you have the option to throw "virtual" snowballs whilst snow is shown for the Vancouver area!

Herman

 

   

[Herman]

Just 3 random images this time from my flight yesterday departing with an Emirates A330-300 series aircraft from Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport...

 

Was more of a test flight due to a recent update applied to this aircraft series.

 

 

 

 

Enjoy your weekend.

 

Herman 

 

Three more...

 

 

 

This one shows Ben Gurion Airport that we have taken off from and downtown Tel Aviv on the horizon

 

 

 

 

 

[Herman]

A short flight from Stockholm, Arlanda Airport en-route to Kiruna in northern Sweden.

All checklists and flightplan settings had been inserted so as to shorten the video.

It starts at the time of pushback from Gate 10. Unfortunately, my PC encountered a CTD just into approximately 32 minutes of flight.  

Thought I'd share it anyway s I haven'tbeen posting much lately... I intend to repeat the full flight at another time.

Thanks for looking.

 

https://youtu.be/WWJX0q_yySA

 

 

 

 

 

[Herman]

Three screenshots of my early evening flight to Zurich, Switzerland.

 

 

 

 

[Wheatsack]

We popped in to Zurich back in 2012 Herman... in daylight though ... a short trip back to Budapest after getting off the A380 from Singapore... a short stop over.. didn't leave the airport.

 

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[Herman]

Great images there, Peter!

I flew to and via Zurich several times. Experienced the most turbulant flight ever on an approach into Zurich with a SWISS Bae146 but... got my feet back safely on the ground!

[Herman]

Another video attempt... this time Lufthansa flight LH1120 from Frankfurt (EDDF) to Zurich (LSZH). The aircraft is an Airbus A319.
All flightplan data, initial checklists and push-back procedure has been completed. The aircraft at the start of the video is ready to taxi...

Link: https://youtu.be/hAGL4k0QbM4

Thanks for looking.

Herman😀