mutley 4,498 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Welcome to the first leg of our Around The World Challenge IV or “Ivy” as the fourth challenge is affectionately known as by the Mutley Crew. The good news is Sharon is here to keep me company on our 242 Nm journey to one of our favourite countries, the Netherlands, home of the FS Weekend at Lelystad. Sharon has been hanging around the tower for some time now she’s goes all gooey at the sight of a uniform! Well she’s on her way back now after successfully filing our flight plan. We’ve got no navigation equipment on the Seabee so I have plugged this into my sat nav. That’s about as technical as I get! The baton was sitting majestically on its stand; will it get back here safely? It has a very eventful past, not unexpected given it’s been around the world three times already! So checks done we wheel it out of the hangar. It’s busy here today at Mutley Field, Saturdays always are, time to fire her up. We borrowed the aircraft from our friend JanKees who applied this wonderful livery. Although I have been here for many years, I still check out Rob/John's specially produced plate! Note, my Hangar is next tot the fuel farm. Dam missed our slot and the Dash 8 has pulled out in-front of us, this means a long wait. Off he goes to backtrack for zero-two, Sharon watches on, un-phased. She’s rolling, but there’s one on final we will have to wait for, we could have been on our way by now, grrr! Here’s the incoming, as soon as she is down we can get on the strip. The sight we have been waiting for. We’re off, the challenge has begun. The gear takes an age to retract, oh b*gger, I forgot to close the Hangar doors, I’ll radio in and get Micke to close them. Heading out to our VRP, the weather was actually nicer here than the sim generated, clear blue skies. One shot Brian will recognise, calling in south abeam Bishops Waltham. We head out towards Chichester and the famous Goodwood airfield, that’s our next waypoint. We heard that Dodgy Alan was at the Airfield so we heading in for a touch and go. Sharon waves to the crowds! Now off to LYD, you can quite clearly see the race track around the airfield, home to the Festival of Speed and the Revival. We carry on heading roughly east, we pass between Shoreham to our right and Gatwick to our left. The traffic into Gatwick doesn’t worry me but the GA from Shoreham could be a problem so we are keeping an eye out. We’re just crossing the M23 motorway. Having found our way to Lydd, we turn to make our crossing of the English Channel. Lydd airport is close by so there is traffic as expected. Leaving good old Blighty! It’s only a short journey across at this point, not that we are too worried about ditching! We came across some of those clouds that disappear into the sea. Navigation is pretty easy hereon in, follow the coast. Guess the airport? Nope, it’s Calais! Next up is Ostend-Brugge, you can see why they call these the low countries. We’re turning inland now in a vain attempt to follow the STAR on the plan. Having just passed Rotterdam on our way to LOMKO the start of our way in. Wheels going down early, they take so long to lock. We’re on our way in to 36C, over the huge Westeinderplassen or “West End Lakes” Hand flying her in the good old fashion way! It seems to take an age to get this far, great place for spotters! Whoa, a bit slippery underfoot but we have made it! Making out way to our stand, this is where John’s plates come in useful! At our stand and engine off, the noise is still ringing in my ears. Proof, if needed, that we have arrived at our destination! Who are you looking at? Stretching our legs, on our way to the terminal, hopefully Kasper will be waiting to hand the baton over to. Then Sharon and I can hit Amsterdam! I hope you enjoyed viewing my flight. Over to you Kasper. Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Nice flight and commentary Joe. Your new GPU is certainly paying dividends in the screenshots. They look so crisp and lifelike. I recognised where you were. You were just about where I was but you were higher. A great livery too, thanks to JanKees. A great start to IVY. PS, Sharon looked tasty with your GPU. Mmmmm! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Wonderful shots Joe - we're underway! Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Great stuff Joe. And the seebea was a bit unexpected, is it the plane or the passenger you're enjoying Mind you, those hangar doors needs some greasing, it was a pain to get them closed Better get planning before Kasper lands in Hamburg Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Great start Joe Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 That was enjoyable to follow the first flight of the IVY you folks are putting on. My first question is, how do you guys get Sharon into your AC. Aren't the pilot and pass modeled into the plane? Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 I was lucky with this model Brett Sharon comes as standard! It's not obligatory to have a picture of Sharon, she doesn't even have to be mentioned, or a imaginary shot taken. She's just a running "Joke" in the challenge, we have history! Link to post Share on other sites
SEATAC 400 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 A great all around posting Joe. We are off to a good start. Looks like I am going to have to begin planning of my leg. You don't mind if I use the Mutley corporate credit card again do you? That fuel pretty expensive. @Brett. I believe the Seabee comes with the female passenger. Lots of the add-on aircraft do. The FeelThere E175 / 195 and the JF767 come with flight attendants. We just refer to them all as Sharon. Reference this posting: http://forum.mutleyshangar.com/index.php/topic/7180-my-contest-prize/ Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Richard, You can use the corporate card for fuel and entertaining, no problem! Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Great leg, Joe. Great legs, Sharon, or so I assume. Very nice scenery and some interesting shots. @ All - Rob has added "Mutley's Hangar" to all the airports on the ATWC IV route, along with a co-located parking space #99 - his scenery upgrades are available in the File Library. I'm doing comemmerative (gaudy) airport diagrams like the one Joe has posted above for the occasion. Those will show the location of Rob's added hangar and he's including them in the zip files he posts. If you use them you'll have the opportunity to begin and end your ATWC IV flight leg at the hangar. John Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks John, I really appreciate yours and Rob's contributions to the challenge. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 See you've both lost some weight - must have been the Olympics! Thanks for a great start to the ATWC - good to know we're on our way again! Ciao - Dai. P.S. You clould let Sharon fly, you know. She got her PPL in ATWC II... Link to post Share on other sites
Kasper 14 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Good to know how the baton came to be in my grubby hands, and thanks for leaving Sharon to fly with me! Nice screenshots and a beautiful plane. Link to post Share on other sites
rosariomanzo 545 Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 The ATWC is back, can't wait to get the baton with me for a spin. I enjoyed your flight very much, may I take Sharon with me? Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted September 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Hi Ros, Sharon is back on the payroll now so yes, of course you can! Ciao Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Great leg, Joe. Great legs, Sharon, or so I assume. Very nice scenery and some interesting shots. @ All - Rob has added "Mutley's Hangar" to all the airports on the ATWC IV route, along with a co-located parking space #99 - his scenery upgrades are available in the File Library. I'm doing comemmerative (gaudy) airport diagrams like the one Joe has posted above for the occasion. Those will show the location of Rob's added hangar and he's including them in the zip files he posts. If you use them you'll have the opportunity to begin and end your ATWC IV flight leg at the hangar. John John, a picture of the mentioned "legs" are present in my review of the SeaBee. I leave it up to you to decide if they are great or not Regarding the scenery that Rob has put together, and that John has provided plates fore, a link will be published in the ATWCIV CCC forum once it's available in the file library (should be pretty soon, right Rob)... Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Oops - I thought they were already posted. John Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 No worries John, they are now... Link to post Share on other sites
Dizzy 0 Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Great start to IVY. I'm looking forward to my leg. Link to post Share on other sites
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