OzWookiee 151 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 After a fortifying coffee I decided to have a quick look around Lukla before loading back into the Spartan with Flores to head on to Paro. Met this nice chap who gave me some tips on mountain photography. Here he is here without his jaunty green cap he'd just taken off for the photo. Got a few nice shots and thought I'd return to the bird with some warm goats milk for Flores. Only one problem... SHIT. Where's the bloody plane??? It was then I got a txt message from Flores who was apparently stuck in the Spartan as it was being towed back to Kathmandu for "extended parking in a 15min zone". So that's what that sign was for.... Told Flores to sit tight, I'd get it sorted out once I got to Paro with the baton, I couldn't come back and get her as I was already running late. Thank fully a quick call to HQ and I was able to "commandeer" the fresh new Tara Air Twin Otter sitting on the apron. Quick run through the check list and it's down the runway and off!! And what a view of the mountains we had! Since I only had the twotter, I didn't want to fly right over Everest so this is as close as I got. At this point I was at about FL210 and the DHC-6 was starting to really struggle in the thin air. We only JUST made it through this pass into the valley below And a whole lot of this for miles and miles. Eventually I crossed out of the mountains and back into the plains around VEBD where I had to drop off the Otter and procure another ride. And WOW, what a ride! Had a guy meet me at the terminal who, funnily enough, had the same green cap my friend in Lukla had. Oh well he said that this plane had to be delivered to her new owner in Paro and if I knew anyone that could fly her there. I certainly wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to fly a DC-3. Even a cheap Russian knock-off. Making the turn at VE44 heading north to the PRO VOR. Some amazing rivers flowing out of the mountains into this area. This was not going to be an easy trip, short though it might have been. To make matters worse, the camera broke during landing so I can't even show you how pretty Paro was once I (eventually) landed. Wonder if I can claim that on expenses.... Anyway, time to try find Jess in the lounge somewhere I guess and hope she didn't get too board waiting for the damn rookiee to show up! Sim Details X-Plane 11 FSRealWX for weather injection (real world) UnRealistic Carolina Blue Skys Ortho4XP RWDesigns DHC-6 Twin Otter VSkyLabs DC-3 Project AFL LI-2 CCCP 63885 livery 3 Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Superb PIREP BeeJay, so pleased you made it safely, we were worrying about you! Great work on the scenery it looked reaaaly good. That was a tough assignment, well done Link to post Share on other sites
Jess-b 420 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Great read, and for the record, I'm in the Bar! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Nice combination there Beejay! Must get planning my own trip! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OzWookiee 151 Posted September 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 10 hours ago, Jess-b said: Great read, and for the record, I'm in the Bar! Yea rounds are on me, not the Giza Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,315 Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Great choice of aircraft Beejay and another fine PIREP. Hopefully you will soon be flying in warmer climes but you can't beat those snowy views. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 nice one Beejay, great PIREP and some really fantastic shots........ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OzWookiee 151 Posted September 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Thanks folks. Kinda glad that sector is over for me. SOOOOO much damn work.. Must be a sucker for punishment though as am now prepping my (possibly unofficial) BCAR 2017 attempt. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Well done Beejay, two great pireps under your belt. Great pics and commentary throughout. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 997 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Cracking flight, and nice scenery too Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Very nice job BeeJay. Great views and changes of VCenery kept it interesting throughout. Cheers! Oh, and you may regret offering to buy Jess' drinks...just saying, you said "rounds". Link to post Share on other sites
rosariomanzo 545 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Suberb, Beejay! The landscape is amazing, what a ride it was. Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted September 16, 2017 Report Share Posted September 16, 2017 Great ride Beejay! The scenery looks sooo good. I think Everest fails miserably in fsx. Better get my leg sorted out now that I'm fresh back from holiday.. Link to post Share on other sites
OzWookiee 151 Posted September 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2017 2 hours ago, hlminx said: Great ride Beejay! The scenery looks sooo good. I think Everest fails miserably in fsx. Default Everest fails in ALL Sims but can be amazing with a little effort using free tools and free resources =) I just loaded up P3D to take some snaps of Everest I had made with that but forgot I'd removed (deleted) the scenery as I've almost run out of storage.... Link to post Share on other sites
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