Hauling in PNG

[JD_LincsUK 0]

Hi Peeps, here's a number of pics from my latest hauling venture in PNG, using the Bush Pilot and Trekker scenery from PIS.

Most are self-explanatory and all have been resized to 1024xxx

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A haggle of haulers?

I just hope I'll be able to fit my Herc in between those trees! :icon_yikes:

JD

[hurricanemk1c 195]

Superb shots 'Zebedee'! :biggrin:

[rob16584 42]

Superb shots, looks like it would be a lot of fun flying there

[mutley 4,498]

Hi JD,

After enjoying your shots if feel like decamping out to PNG!

I love the gaggle of haulers, no fighting now!

Thanks for sharing.

Joe

[ManuelL 0]

Excellent shots - and some exciting approaches :001_th_smiles89:

[ddavid 149]

Nice set, Jay-Dee! Bet you had your work cut out with some of those landings, eh?

Two things - Wanna borrow my chainsaw for that odd tree? And which ATR model did you use, please?

Cheers - Dai.

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Thanx, guys :001_th_smiles89:

Yeah, some of those strips are really difficult to spot, even with GPS help. It has been a lot of fun, though.

I did damage the undercarriage on the ATR72 on my first landing on the mountain - it slopes upwards, so getting the right angle is very important. A lot of the strips are like that - and some are bumpy, too.

The ATR is the Flight 1 ATR72-500. I like it - but I don't touch the FMC, I just dial in the navaid frequencies (fortunately there are a lot) and follow the pointers. Sometimes they are out of range, so I follow the heading in the FSX flight plan until the needle starts twitching. It's a very fun way to fly - then the challenge of getting it into the strip, too. A lot of them don't have any length information, which adds another bit of spice to the whole experience.

I started in career mode and sold the C172 straight away and bought the Carenado C185F - which is very well suited to this kind of flying. Now I bought a Kodiak amphib to try some of the water 'strips' too.

JD

btw - I'm based at AYMD - Madang, and I trimmed all the imported aircraft ranges so I'd get the local strips (with the distance setting in AH all the way to the left).