G'day Mel ,That note I published was only a very small part of what they have to come and for you when you fly it,eh,eh, mums the word ,Good one RD. BP
Hark, Mel, RD & BP...
I would have done a better job of it but it seems I need to wait on my system to redraw the dang scenery. That doesn't make for a good vid in any case and that is why it was so far away, I know... Flies in the face of bad scenery showing more of the un-rendered scenery, if I can't get the scenery back on the Dell 4400 I will be switching to my Alienware Aurora™ m9700 for future flights. I don't have it loaded up with all that is on the Dell 4400 but at this rate it only can look better as stock to me...
Eventually stepped out onto the tarmac, after a long awaited rest, the Maddie Honda had been flown in for me, for this next leg of the journey, somehow I feel a little apprehensive as I climb aboard, the trusty Beech has served me so well, I feel as though I am about to abandon her....
However, I need to test out the Honda for myself, and see what she is made of........ Seems a little crowded in here, with now having a co-pilot, and my very own Geisha.
It's a great start to the day, weather is good, virtually no wind to speak off, and as we roll out I was struck by how quiet she was.
As I left Sendai, I wondered what was in store.....
Take off was uneventfull, (for a change), climbed up 25,000 with very little effort, and much quicker than the Beech.
She is a very nice craft to fly, but somehow, I still feel uneasy........... I am glad that I made arrangements for the Beech to follow me on this next leg, I still may change back............. "Better the devil you know".
You boys scratch up my airplanes and you can sweep the tarmac at NKL........with a toothbrush. We've been going over trip reports and standard telemetry data here in "the shack" and there seems to be the faint possibility the fuel loading for the long range missions are causing some sort of harmonic dissonance with the main spar where it passes through the #3 root brace between the main gear boxes. What that means gentlemen, is let's be a little more careful than usual about icing conditions. It has been determined that the harmonic could dislodge large pieces of fuselage ice which would in turn damage the elevators if they were to strike them during cruise. Just thought I would cheer ya'll up a bit......that is all, carry on.
Good advice/warning GS! Make good use of your anti icing equipment fella's. A nice warm cockpit sure beats a dip in the arctic-like waters in these northern climes. And on these long hauls, there's no chance in hell of a quick rescue. You take the plunge into these waters and you're a goner! Most ricky-tick! You betcha, oh yah!
Seems like the Honda still has some minor glitches that have not been addressed as yet,.... a call on my radio requesting me to turn back to Sendai see's me making a U *beep*..... Just when I was about to have some fun with my Geisha
FLIGHT 10 .BELIEVE THIS IF YOU MAY. Take-off from Yelizova UHPP was as normal as could be expected considering the conditions . I went on auto-pilot early and was receiving instructions from ATC .At about 6000 feet the Beech went out of control ,so I went to manual control and managed to get the wings level and in positive climb and continued on auto-pilot up to 25000feet .After flying accross the Bering Sea, with brain in nuetral , I descended down to 9000 feet at about 200 miles out from Galena PAGA . I had the GPS screen switched on to see progress and the course I was flying . ATC gave me heading instructions which I put in the heading instrument but which gave me a false reading on the GPS course by about 40 degrees .I remained on auto-pilot as I wanted to fly a ILS approach and put in course headings on the GPS manually .I had tuned the runway ILS into the GPS and was watching the red line approach to the airfield .As I got nearer ,about 3 miles it was apparent the ILS wasn't working as the heading lights and the altitude lights were still lit up so I took over manual control and watched the VOR instrument which appeared to be giving me a heading . Suddenly when I was down to about 200 feet loking for the runway it flicked 90 degrees to starboard .I was then lost without any guidance from any source .Suddenly the runway lights appeared but at right angles to my line of flight .I attempted a quick S turn and tried to align with the runway but couldn't do this so I landed on the airfield then taxied to the terminal .Proper seat of the pants flying .
Just prior to this flight 10 I had installed Windows SP3 which may have caused me my problems .
After closing down this flight and selecting other flights from my aircraft folder when I clicked on "Fly Now"all my aircraft were already flying at 25000 feet ,no airspeed, auto-pilot on, and a heading of 3xx degrees .
I removed SP3 back to SP2 deleted the Flight 10 from the saved file and flew the Flight 10 trip again with no problems ,except for the one's RD intended ,I think. Boldpilot
This whole UHPP to PAGA flight seems like it's going to be a challenge. Especially so for me when I know nothing whatsoever about ILS, much less navigating the seemingly bottomless onboard GPS system.
Seems like I'm in for a world of hurt on Flight Leg 10 of the Maddie Flight!
I've already written approximately 2/3 of my fictional status (teaser) at UHPP, including my taxi to the active runway. I'll be posting it up in the next day or three. I know that I've got countless miles of open ocean to cross on the next leg of my journey. And I'm extremely nervous about the Flight 10 posts I've seen thus far.
I don't know if my skills are up to meeting this particular challenge if it comes down to an ILS landing. I am SOL in that regard!
I'm currently stacked as number two for takeoff behind a big Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154B and have another Tupolev creeping up the taxiway to my aft. The snow is coming down so heavily that there's no room nor possibility for me to turn around or cancel my flight without putting the Tupolev's seriously behind schedule!
Unfortunately for me, neither of the Tupes are Alaska bound. Both are outbound for Asia and beyond!!!
Stay tuned folks.
"Things are bound to get interesting right about now."
Thank you very much RD, for putting me in "this fine mess"!!!
If you see or hear nothing more from me within the next 24 hours, you'll know I went down in the Bering Sea. If I'm the least bit lucky, maybe I'll be rescued by a crab boat operating far out at sea. In which case, maybe you'll see me expelling my soup over the rail on the next episode of "Deadliest Catch"!!! :-& :-&
Well.......... After finally transfering back into the Maddie Beech, I eventually arrived at this god forsaken ice park.........
I had to unpack my luggage in order to find some warm clothes before I stepped out onto the tarmac........
I am off to get something warm inside me, a few hours sleep, then study on the next leg flight 10......... Think I had better swat up on my GPS setup again.... somehow, I think I am gonna need it.
In spite of the world wide news coverage of our flight, the Russian immigration authorities at Kamchatsk [UHPP] would not permit me to leave the airport until my passport and travel visa information could be confirmed.
I was invited to spend the night at their on-site security barracks---completely at the expense of the Russian State!---while my documents were ratified. Jeez, that was awful nice of them, but I was hoping for better digs. I asked if there might be a private room at the Russian equivalent of Airport Flight Services? A telephone inquiry was made.
Sorry, all booked up.
In the end, we worked out a deal. My Maddie was to be hangared and that I would be restricted from traveling beyond the hangar itself.
I was taken across the airfield to a remote hangar where my Maddie sat waiting for me. I fixed up a small microwave dinner and washed it all down with an orange soda. In order to burn off a little nervous energy I put on my jogging shoes and much to the dismay of the half dozen visibly armed guards stationed at every hangar exit, I ran fifteen laps around the interior of the large hangar building. During a slow, cool down walking circuit of the hangar, I attempted to make some small talk to each of the sentries, but they didn't seem to be in a talking mood.
I was awakened at 3:00 a.m. by a young, twenties-something army lieutenant named Gregoryants who delivered back to me my official travel documents, all nicely stamped and repackaged.
I tore open the package and inspected the contents against my list carefully labelled on the outside of the package, in my own handwriting.
The main hangar door had been raised and all I could see was a wall of falling snow!
Then with a sweep of his arm, Lieutenant Gregoryants displayed a large, toothy grin and said, "You are now free to travel at will, anywhere in Russia that you might care to go!"
To which I simply replied with a wink of my eye, "Nuts!"
I made it known that I wanted to depart this corner of the world as soon as possible, but I had to wait another couple of hours before a bevy of snowplows eventually scraped out a pathway to the main taxi ways. By the time the route was cleared, I had filed an IFR flight plan and was anxious to get the heck out of the USSR. The snow was coming down at such a furious rate that no "Follow Me" truck could escort me back to the main taxi way. I had no choice but to taxi behind the snow plows making their way back to the main thoroughfares.
When I arrived near the Kamchatsk main terminal, I saw a Soviet Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154B airliner being pushed back from it's gate. I set my parking brakes and waited for her to roll out on taxi to the active runway. The big Tupolev was preceded by three large snowplows and I followed danger close right behind! That's how hard the snow was falling. This was one of those rare instances where taxi lights were more trouble that they were worth. Causing too much glare against the heavy falling snow. My windscreen wipers were barely able to keep up even though I was feeding most heating power to my fore windscreen. Even as a Minnesota--Winter Wonderland--resident, I've rarely seen snow coming down at this fantastic rate!
At the active, the big Tupolev sat and sat and sat while the snowplows worked the runway once more. A few moments later, I observed the taxi lights of another Tupolev approaching from my rear. While waiting for the runway to be declared clear of snowplows, I took the opportunity to fix up a thermos of hot chocolate and stash a few goodies under my seat for the early portion of this upcoming flight. Finally, the Tupolev to my front received take off clearance and rolled out down the runway and disappeared into the swirling snow toward some destination in Asia.
Okay, my turn! I quickly scanned my instruments, tapped up Terrain view on my Garmin GPS 500 and zoomed out just enough to show terrain features and obstacles and orient myself toward my eventual flight path vector. A few minutes later, I received takeoff clearance.
Boy's and girl's, be mighty careful on your climb out when departing from Kamchatsk [UHPP] and intercepting your vector to Galena, Alaska [PAGA]. Clean off your spectacles (if any) prior to takeoff and keep your eyes wide open on climb out!!! S'all I have to say!
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