dgor 0 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Hi all, Thought I'd share these with you. They are the shots I took of my arrival into LA-Ontario as MetroAir flight 427 from Seattle. Coming from the north the ZIGGY4 arrival is used a lot at Ontario - and it's one of my favourite approaches as it gives some fantastic views of the high mountains which surround KONT and make it such an interesting place to operate from. It's worth noting that my FS PC is absolutely ancient and these shots are nowhere near the quality I'm seeing elsewhere on these forums, but I'll give it a go anyway Just starting our descent from 37,000ft, enroute to the Shafter (EHF) VOR. Turning at Palmdale (PMD). As we descend we get an exciting (or scary, depending on how you feel about flying) view of the mountains surrounding the San Bernardino Valley. A quick cockpit shot showing the route and altitude constraints we'll be using to pick our way between the mountains. Beautiful scenery provided by FSGlobal. We've been given runway 08L which necessitates flying around the airport, over the Greater Los Angeles area. The STAR tells us to fly to the Paradise (PDZ) VOR and then take radar vectors to final approach. Taking our vectors and getting lower and slower as company traffic is shown on approach on the TCAS. A spotter catches the daily Seattle flight as we configure for landing. Around 5nm from the threshold of 08L, the A319 is lining up with the localiser. I've had a run of bad landings lately and apart from being a little off-centre I was pleased with this one. Slowing down. The Electric Jet shut down and deplaning at a near-deserted MetroAir terminal. Thanks for reading, comments welcome Sorry again about the quality, there's been so much time away from FS I've forgotten how to make it any better! Perhaps a hardware upgrade is necessary Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Very nice shots Dave Link to post Share on other sites
fighterpilot 0 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Dave! Really good shots there, I love the Metroair livery, when did you join and is it so great they say they are? Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 0 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Dave!Really good shots there, I love the Metroair livery, when did you join and is it so great they say they are? second on that motion. Looking good Dave Link to post Share on other sites
fighterpilot 0 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Very nice pics, love the color and soon I will fly the same plane with the same color! :biggrin: :smile: Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 One of the best landings I have seen you do Dave, you must be getting the hang of it! Great post as well good to see teh detail. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
wisemanp 0 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Lovely Dave, your posts are always so interesting to read. So much so that one hardly notices the scenery, although it's not that bad really... Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 :biggrin: Link to post Share on other sites
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