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Day 12: Tabora - urambo - Uvinza - Kigoma - Kasulu HTTB - HTUR - HTUV - HTKA - HTKU We're heading back across the plateau to Lake Tanganyika, via a number of small strips. Departing Tabora, we have to make almost a 180 degree turn from the runway, which means we should have a bit of a tailwind. Which is nice We still have the thunder storms from yesterday. Unfortunately my screenshots never seem to catch them. Oh well! The savannah is a bit greener here. Turning final for another strip. Approaching the lake. The airfield is at he far side of the town. "Kigoma is surrounde

Traffic seems to be the closest to the aerial photos. There's 09-27 grass and 18-36 grass, both 3000-odd feet. There's evidence of an 04-22 grass, no longer maintained (you need to look hard), and a short 04H-22H asphalt helicopter runway

Day 11: Sumbawanga - Kalemie - Mpanda - Inyonga - Tabora HTSU - FZRF - HTMP - HTIY - HTTB A long leg today. We're going to cross Lake Tanganyika for a brief stop at Kalemie in DRC before heading back across into Tanzania. Taking off from Sumbawanga A lok back at Lake Rukwa And our first glimpse of Lake tanganyika. Lake tanganyika is the largest of the Rift Valley lakes. It's the world's longest freshwater lake, the second largest by volume. At 4,820ft it's the second deepest in the world, after Lake Baikal in Siberia. Isn't Wikipedia great? Gratuitous wide shot! The

Day 10: Chunya - Mbeya - Sumbawanga HTCH - HTMB - HTSU The direct route to Mbeya takes us over some pretty high mountains, even if they don't look it. We're starting from 5000ft, and our destination is at 5500ft. With the mountains rising to 8000ft, we' take the easy way, and go around them. Mbeya started off as a gold mining town in the 1920s. The climate here is generally cool. Average rainfall is 900mm, with most of that between December and March. The abundant rainfall has led to extensive agriculture (but not in FS). This area has been called the Scotland of Africa, bec

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Hehe - you should try it. Just head west from Dodoma; you can't miss it. It fully bisects the lake and runs roughly NE-SW. I don't know exactly how far it goes, but it stretches at least to the horizon in both directions. The sides are not as sheer in the default though, due to the lower res mesh. Oh, the lake isn't present in the default - I guess the water drained out!

Day 9: Dodoma - Kilimatinde - Mvumi - Chunya HTDO - HTKT - HTMV - HTCH Heading back towards the great lakes... An early departure from Dodoma Lake Sulunga. There's a curious line feature crossing the lake in the distance. I think we'll investigate Red five, I'm going in... Use the force, Luke! The trench turns out to be 3000ft deep, and not much wider than my wingspan. It's also in the default, so it's not the fault of OpenVFR. If you look carefully, you can see a vector line element, which appears to be clamped to sea level. Moses would have been impressed! Flying over t

Day 8: Ngerengere - Dakawa - Kongwa - Dodoma HTNG - Z28Y - HTKO - HTDO Today's trip takes us across the savannah to Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania. Departing Ngerengere. Google shows a parallel taxiway and an apron with several resident aircraft, but they're not in FS There's almost nothing on the Web about this area! approaching the strip at Dakawa. And on again. The savannah textures are quite reasonable close up, but from a distance they look very beach-like. This is mainly because the autogen trees (which provide most of the greening effect) don't get drawn far out. Bri

Hehe, wait till you see the touch & go on the top of Mt Kilimanjaro...

is this for the new Planet of the Apes film? I'm quite looking forward to it... :icon_thumbup:

There are no inoperative gauges on my Duke, so I really don't understand that comment. It is a perfectly good and solid (if fuel-hungry) IFR platform.

Day 7: Iringa - Morogoro - Ngerengere HTIR - HTMG - HTNG This leg takes us back, almost as far as Dar es Salaam Departing Iringa, and yet again we'll be following the road, although not this road. This one goes to Dodomo, the country's capital. The road we want starts back in town the other side of those hills, but we shall pick it up. The Mtera reservoir provides Iringa's water supply. The reservoir was built in the late 1970s, and the dam at the Northern end is the largest in Tanzania. A ridge, near Image village As we get closer to Mogoro, we touch the edge of the Mikumi Na

Day 6: Njombe - Sao Hill - Iringa HTNJ - HTSH - HTIR Getting out proved to be no sweat for the Caravan. Now bear in mind that this airstrip is at over 5500ft elevation - in Europe it would be considered an 'altiport' (as would many strips in Tanzania). You'd really struggle to fly here in a piston prop... Our first waypoint is left of and beyond that distant ridge of hills. Ans yes, we're still following the road (well kinda). Any of you decided last night to take the bus, well we'll pass you pretty soon! BTW, many of these roads have traffic on them. Not sure if that's part of OpenVF

Day 5: Songea - Karonga - Njombe HTSO - FWKA - HTNJ Today we're going to visit the first of the African Great Lakes: Lake Malawi, aka Lake Nyasa. This is the third largest lake in Africa, and the second deepest. 580km long, 75km wide, and 706m (2300ft) at its deepest! This is, of course, the Great Rift Valley, where Africa very slowly pulls itself apart... Lake Malawi is bordered by Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. Here we're looking back from the Malawi side. To give you an idea of scale, the lake surface is at 1500ft elevation, and the tops of the mountains on the far shore are j

I think Zanzibar and Dar-es-Salaam are the only third party airports anyone has made for Tanzania; at least I didn't find any. Anyhow, I wanted to keep it so the only change over default was OpenVFR, otherwise it could be misleading. ADE (Airport Design Editor) has a tool for fixing airport elevations. It produces a stub file (it's a cut down version of the AFCAD) that goes into scenery\world\scenery. With only 49 airports in Tanzania, it shouldn't be too big of a job (Orbx adjusted over 400 for their Pacific North West!). I think its well worth doing as it's also a good selling point; withou

Day 4: Masasi - Tunduru - Songea HTMI-HTTU-HTSO We're leaving Masasi and continuing our climb into the interior. Msanjesi is our first Game Reserve of the trip. There are large populations of lions, elephants, hippo, crocodiles, buffalo, Sable antelopes and Kudu, and it acts as corridor for elephants moving up and down on the Selous – Niassa Wildlife Corridor. This is one of the few reserves that still allows hunting. Approaching Tunduru. According to Google, both the town and the airport should be several miles further North. The airstrip is right in the middle of town, althoug

Day 3: Mwwara - Nachingwea - Masasi HTMT - HTNA - HTMI Today we start heading inland. Our first reference point is this seasonal lake at Mtama. Approaching the Lukuledi river valley from the Makonde Plateau. This river runs East, back to Lindi, although only the last 40km or so never dry out. This valley pretty much doesn't exist in the default scenery. Even so, the cliffs in real life are pretty much sheer. It's I Follow Roads again! According to the map, the airstrip is right by the road; and it's not wrong! The anglican church in Nachingwea is twinned with Stapleford in Ca

Remember those two nice days we had at the beginning of the month? Well, I did some flying...

Yes - I wanted a planner that was "me-proof", and ended up writing it meself...

Day 2: Mafia Island - Kilwa Masoko - Lindi - Mtwara We're going to head down the Indian ocean Coast HTMA - HTKI - HTLI - HTMT Crossing the Southern tip of Mafia Island. We're heading for Kilwa Masoko on the mainland. This port town is known for its Ottoman Arab era ruins. This whole area is part of the Lindi region The desertification of FSX, even in Africa. And I'm flying in the Rainy Season too! OpenVFR doesn't include textures, although Flight1 has recently released GEX Africa, which may well improve things. I chose the Carenado Caravan for this trip, and we'll see later

I'm in the process of reviewing Open VFR's Tanzania scenery package, and what better way to see the heart of Africa than to mount a safari? So over the next week or so, we're going to embark on a major tour of the country We're going to start from Dar es Salaam, on the Indian Ocean coast, and follow a route approximately clockwise through and around the country. We'll take in the major sights, from the ocean to the plains, the Great Rift Valley and the African Great Lakes, the mountains and volcanoes, and the exotic spice islands of Zanzibar. Day 1. Dar Es Salaam to Mafia HTDA-HTUT-HTMA

Something else you might consider is EL Wire or EL Tape - that's what I used on mine: Cost me about £15, including a USB powered inverter. and it's available in a variety of colours, e.g. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=el+wire&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=7225917033&ref=pd_sl_3lx2mo9rk2_b You can also get LED tape, e.g. http://www.simplelighting.co.uk/categories/LED-Tape/Single-Colour-LED-Tape/

Sorry chaps, brain fart! CSoul was right; it is Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays Memo to self: Don't go on the forums before drinking coffee! (for some reason, I read his answer as being Lord Howe Island )

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The clue is: 7 weeks after Easter...