CaptHill 0 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Guys i did my flight this afternoon, the shots will be up tommorro, (Thurs 4th June). CaptHill Link to post Share on other sites
The red barron 41 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 good to hear that you are down safe, can't wait to see the pics Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Thanks for the HU Capt Looking forward to the flight. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
CaptHill 0 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Hi guys, here is Leg 42 across to St Maarten. Awaiting boarding at Honduras, time is 6.30am local time. Early Start! For this leg of the journey we were treated to something different. Alaska Airlines had heard of our challenge and offered us an aircraft for this leg. This aircraft took 24 days and nights of solid painting to complete. It is thought to be the most complex paint work on any aircraft. As we pushback the sun comes up. Here we go then, rolling start from runway 1. Climbing - just breaking above the early morning cloud. Making our turns The cruise Our destination for the baton on this leg......the famous Princess Julianna airport, people line the beaches for photos as they have heard our challenge is nearly over! Starting our decent Preperations being made for landing, time to get slow and dirty. Short final, people get the cameras ready for our approach! Nearly down, as we cross the famous beach exiting the runway after we turned at the end of runway 9 parked up, a view from within the terminal.....not like you see Alaska airlines round here often i wouldn't have thought. beach spotter got hold of this shot. The baton is in St Maarten safe and sound, I hope it makes its' onward journey to London where i started it all without a hitch. Good Luck Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Well Done Capt Hill :biggrin: A well documented flight, great shots too :blush: Thanks for getting us back to St.Maarten and the Caribbean proper, that has to be one of the most unusual re-paints I have seen, perfect for the challenge!! Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
fighterpilot 0 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Good shots Captain! Now I nned to choose my airplane to begin my flight to Bequilla tomorrow... :biggrin: Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Great shots Capt', Where did you get the St Maarten scenery? Cheers Needles Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Grerat shots and a good flight by the looks of it. Fantastic livery too, probably the best so far Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Great shots, well done! Is that the 737 PIC? Link to post Share on other sites
CaptHill 0 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Thanks for your comments guys, hope I did the famous beach approach justice. That was indeed the PIC 737 from just flight....fantastic add on, my first ever purchase for flight sim in fact. The scenery is from Fly Tampa, with AES from aerosoft added in order to give the active gates and ground veichles etc. (NOW AVAILABLE FOR FSX) http://www.aerosoft.com/cgi-local/re/ib ... 490,D10333 The paint job was from avsim, and yes it has to be the strangest i ve ever come across. I tracked it down after reading a copy of Airliners and it was the front cover. CaptHill Link to post Share on other sites
wisemanp 0 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Great leg CaptHill, definitely up to the mark! What a livery eh? Link to post Share on other sites
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