petermcleland 48 Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Here are a bunch of shots that I took today as I continue my tour:- Continuing on from Juneau Airport I dropped into Juneau Harbour which has a seaplane landing area. Taking off again to do a fly around... ...crossing the container port... ...and passing the little town on my left (Juneau)... ...and here is one of the two marinas. Setting course now for my next port of call. The direct way to it is mountainous so I am climbing. Cresting a ridge I start a dive back down towards my objective. There is the runway ahead, jutting out into the water. I'm still diving as I enter a left base for a tight left turn... ...onto the runway. Down safely and coasting to a stop. This place is called Snettisham (same name as a place in England where I used to go to Motor Racing School!). Taking off again and... ...setting off for a place called Taku Lodge. That glacier is not named on my map. Taku Lodge had me fooled a bit...when I got directly over it on the map, there was only water with a few sand bars. I landed on one of the sand bars and then zoomed in fully on the map...The red symbol on the map then showed an anchor. So Taku Lodge is an anchorage. I taxied back into the water, lifted my gear and taxied to the correct position. However the anchorage has a nice beach so I lowered the gear again and beached the Icon to leave till tomorrow's tour. Thanks for looking Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Quality shots as always Peter, You are certainly finding some interesting places to visit. Cheers, Joe Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Thanks Joe, The intention is to visit every airfield and seaplane base in FLIGHT's Alaska...That is a LOT of touring! Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Great! Looking forward to your adventures, as I doubt whether I will get to see it first hand. Cheers.. Joe Link to post Share on other sites
charlie 6 Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Lovely shots Peter, plenty to see up north! Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Fantastic ! Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Today, I moved from Taku Lodge to Taku Harbour...About a half hour flight. I beached the Icon there and took a few photos of it:- Beached at Taku Harbour which in a well protected inlet. The exit from the harbour is to the left of this picture. The rest of these shots are devoted to my favourite Icon. Note the "Sawtooth" leading edge...Exactly like the later marks of Hunter. Note also the many differing shapes of the pine trees. The tail design. The propeller follows the modern fashion of having the most curved edge as the leading edge rather than the older trailing edge. The cockpit with instrumentation that is designed for VFR flight. The very large opening canopy makes it easier to get in and out. A central view of the panel and controls. Thanks for looking Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Here is the Carbon Cub that comes included in the Alaska Pack...I look forward to flying it when it has its Virtual Cockpit, which I believe will shortly be offered for download:- Thanks for looking Link to post Share on other sites
aeromax 10 Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Great shots and nice outcome! Keep on ! Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 I moved to Entrance Island SPB yesterday and discovered an error in its location:- Here I am beached at Entrance Island SPB according to the FLIGHT map...with the map fully zoomed in the aircraft is in the Anchor Pink Spot. Here is the Overhead View from that same screenshot image...The white cross is the aircraft and as you can see it is not at the island but on a peninsula. Here is the Google Earth map showing the Entrance Island SPB. And here I have repositioned the aircraft to the correct location. Here is the aircraft in the correct location in Spot View Thanks for looking Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Great shots, Peter - Thanks for sharing and keeping us up-to-date with M.S. Flight. BTW - how do you keep the cockpit so tidy - do you have a valet service?!? Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Nice shots Peter! Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Thanks for your comments Gents Link to post Share on other sites
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