mutley 4,498 Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Just to let you know I am sat here in Guadeloupe, in the bar, with Mulletman after having a successful flight from Saint Maarten. I will post first thing tomorrow as the 36 hours since Sam's post (Yes Sam 36 not 28 :mrhappy: ) is not up until 04:36BST tomorrow :mrhappy: Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
mulletman 0 Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Will check out the shots as soon as i get to the internet cafe in Barbados! Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 :mrhappy: to leg 47. This is probably one of my ambitious posts to date :yes: I video'd the flight and took screenshots as we flew. Dave was no help as ever as he spent most of the flight sleeping off last nights excesses, much to Sharon's annoyance! You may look at some of the shots and think "No way!" Well artistic licence comes into play! Most of these shots you will recognise in the video. One word about the video, I was running FSX at pretty much top settings. FRAPS I found is a FPS killer under these conditions so you'll notice that too. The video link is at the end of the post Some free advertising here for Just Flight and Fly Tampa :mrhappy: Yes Sam, Dave (and the Legacy), Sharon and I have been making the most of our time in paradise! We had a do in the Rum Jumble Bar. Sam passed out after two Babycham's so the crew for the next flight decided to get an early night, I sat up with some books. The history of the island is quite long and interesting (Wake up Dave!) The island of Sint Maarten-Saint Martin is the smallest land mass in the world to be shared by two different nations. Only 37 square miles are owned by France and the Netherlands Antilles. The French territory covers about two thirds of the island and is technically a part of Europe and the European Community. The Dutch side is a member island of the Netherlands Antilles and part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not considered European territory. Saint Maarten is the home of the Caribbean's largest lagoon, Simpson Bay Lagoon, landlocked with the exception of two narrow channels with draw bridges. I was up early enjoying the sunrise. The airport is early to rise too, the surrounding hotels are a spotter's dream. I was surprised to find out I had been walking along "Mullet Bay Beach" That Fred sure is a lucky bloke to own that! A shot from Google. Sharon was having a good clean up and polishing the Baton. Here we are pushing back and starting the engines, I was fumbling (for want of a better word) with the FMC. There's already a lot of movements, the early morning arrivals are filling up the apron. The sun worshippers are yet to get their position. OK we're ready, turn up the sound! A beautiful rotate if I might say... In the video you will notice the nose was pitched up to an almost impossible angle but the twin Rolls-Royce AE3007's powered us through! We are going to do a circuit around the island. There's Grande Case TFFG in the French quarter. Dave took this one, I think there's something going on between them two, they're inseparable at the moment :wub Overhead TNCM now heading South with the birds! You can clearly see Mullet Bay Beach below, Ah memories! The business end. Our clearance gave us FL200. We've just passed the ANU VOR and on our way to the next intersection at KASKI Yeah? Whatever! :eyebrow: Gear down, it's only a 160 mile flight, about 20 to go. Flying the standard Northern approach STAR Mutley bringing us in nicely. Just a small correction, I turned the AP off early. Touched down on terra firma, a nice flight. I thought I would run amok in Paintshop In our position, in true VIP fashion, welcome to Le Raizet! As usual Fred is watching in the terminal striking a pose with his posse ! I hope you enjoyed this flight, now if you can stomach it, here's the vid! http://www.simtube.com/view_video.php?v ... 7244d104ce All the best. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Great shots and excellent commentary - well done, Joe and Dave, you make a good team! Seems that young Sharon's doing well, too..... Loved the Vid, Joe - magic music and perfect editing - sometimes I think you're wasted on us Old Hangarians - but many thanks for your time!! Cheers - Dai/David. :wink: Link to post Share on other sites
hello_basil 0 Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Pretty impressive stuff Mut as per usual, running amok in the Paintshop proved to go down very well! :wink: PS: If you don't mind, what is the music in the video? :shock: Link to post Share on other sites
dgor 0 Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Joe, FSX looks amazing! I need a new system so I can get it looking that good :shock: . Fantastic video too, really well done! Thanks for a great post mate :-) Dave Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Theo the music which starts and finishes the vid is Kinobe -"Slip into Something More Comfortable" :wink: Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
B77W 0 Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Beautiful Shots and Video alike! Think you left the TO abit late (all the smoke). When I was on the beach watching it, I thought you'd released some more nasty gas! :wink: Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Wow! The master has spoken! Incredible. 92 on the video view log when I looked at it. :wink: John Link to post Share on other sites
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