hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Hi all! Better post these now, or I'll never get them up! Here's my Dragon Rapide flight from Alderney to St. Mary's. Someone nicely warmed up the engines, so no need for me to hand crack the engines over (this is done on the first flight of the day, which was this one in the real world - it's to clear any blockages and get fuel flowing in the inverted cylinders) Better get a move on, a C-172 is coming up behind me! Power is on, from the VC The tail's up And MEBAR0022 is airborne (MEBAR002 is my code, with the extra 2 denoting leg) Some, ahem, interesting landforms courtesy of Microsoft Nothing but sea next The 2-D The English coastline I thought this was quite nice! St Marys is ahead Another dark cloud Scottish Airways in the South A zoomed shot of St Marys A zoomed out shot of the VC The island awaits! ATC contact is made, 'St Mary's Tower, this is Mutley Air Rally 22, type De Havilland Dragon Rapide, requesting permission to land' 'Mutley Air Rally 22, this is St Mary's Tower, you are cleared to land on the concrete runway of 15' 'Cleared to land, runway 15, Mutley Air Rally 22' Making another low landing Touchdown Turning around They've given me permission to do a photoshoot next to the low aircraft signs That's it, thanks for viewing! Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Good post, Chuck! I like your traffic - makes it more realistic. Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Well done Chuck, nice flight! Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Chuck, is that you? John Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Yes, it's me John ! Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 That must be one of the strangest looking planes I've seen for some time. Great shots though.. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 945 Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Ah, de Havilland's DH.89 'Dragon Rapide', renowned as the most successful shorthaul passenger aircraft of the 1930's and the mainstay of many airlines and air forces of the times. A far more refined and comfortable successor to the DH.84 'Dragon', it was a scaled down version of the four engined DH.86 'Express'. Its' twin 'Gipsy Six' engines were incredibly reliable and spawned a whole series of aircraft engines that were still in common use into the 1980's. In fact, a 'Gipsy Six' variant powered the DH.88 'Comet', 'Grosvenor House', the winner of the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 I don't think she looks that strange - was thinking actually what a single-wing Rapide would look like! Thanks for the comments! Link to post Share on other sites
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