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Re: new Auster at the pond
Posted: 09 Jul 2009, 00:53
by migman29
And to think I once mentioned the good old Airfix Auster.............
A Walk Around on Day Five...
Posted: 10 Jul 2009, 15:56
by petermcleland
I popped over to the marina at KORS to get a fuel top-up and took the opportunity to walk around with my camera:-

Here I am docked in the marina and annoying this fisherman with my camera.

Here is the Pump Attendant...He gets bored and waves to everyone...
The rest of the sequence, including seven brief animations, can be seen by clicking this address:-
http://forum.fsscreenshots.com/dcboard. ... =full&page
BTW...Don't forget to click the seven animations
Thanks for looking :flying:
Low Slow Cruise Five...
Posted: 15 Jul 2009, 18:28
by petermcleland
Day Five of my floatplane cruise...After my walk around at KORS, I decided to explore some of the nearly Seaplane Bases. I landed at a few of them but the scenery was just FS9 default so I didn't bother to take any pictures. However, I did manage to find this little pearl, Victoria International Seaplane Base...A part of Holger's scenery:-

It looks pretty nice and there is a seaplane just taxying in.

And there is a marina inside the seawall...There are also some mud banks that I must be careful of.

Well I made it into the pontoon.

There is even some fuel here...But I don't need any at the moment.

Tomorrow I will set off to look at some more Georender scenery.
Here is a brief video of my landing into the swell...click on it to view:-
http://www.petermcleland.com/video/VictoriaLanding.wmv
Thanks for looking :flying:
Re: new Auster at the pond
Posted: 15 Jul 2009, 22:21
by DispatchDragon
Gorgeous stuff Peter
If you look in the Gallery at the Pond you will see Ive been flying Pauls Swallow Beta in your part of the world
Leif
Re: new Auster at the pond
Posted: 15 Jul 2009, 22:56
by Molyned
Great video clip Peter
I confess, it brings a big happy smile to my face (not a pretty sight) watching the Auster being flown. Thinks - and I wondered if there's be much interest in the aircraft on floats - glad I listened to Leif ;-)
Cheers CHEERS
Dave M(oly)
Re: new Auster at the pond
Posted: 16 Jul 2009, 14:29
by petermcleland
DispatchDragon wrote:If you look in the Gallery at the Pond you will see Ive been flying Pauls Swallow Beta in your part of the world

Yes I had noticed that Leif...There is a huge amount to see in Glacier Bay so stay a while

Re: new Auster at the pond
Posted: 16 Jul 2009, 14:34
by petermcleland
Glad you are enjoying it Dave M(oly)...I'm certainly enjoying this low level seat of the pants stuff but I must admit that it was a bit hair raising yesterday in intermittent very poor visibility :o
Re: new Auster at the pond
Posted: 16 Jul 2009, 17:04
by DispatchDragon
Thanks Peter
Actually Im flying one of the VA's 780s out of Juneau at present enjoying the scenery -- I was a bit disappointed to find that Sitka isnt included in GB but
found a nicee bot of scenery for it - Off to Ketchikan this evening hauling cargo as a Fedex sub contractor.
Leif
Re: new Auster at the pond
Posted: 16 Jul 2009, 17:36
by petermcleland
DispatchDragon wrote:I was a bit disappointed to find that Sitka isnt included in GB
Sitka is in the next bit along Leif..."Tongass Fjords" and very beautiful it is too! However, TF is payware, as is Misty Fjords the next bit along from that

Low Slow Cruise Six...
Posted: 23 Jul 2009, 20:08
by petermcleland
Day Six of my floatplane cruise...This day is a bit different as we need to climb over some mountains on route:-

Here we are taking off from Victoria International Seaplane Base.

Reminding ourselves what it looks like.

We need to cross a lot more high ground on the way to our next destination.
The full sequence, including four short video clips, can be seen by clicking this address:-
http://forum.fsscreenshots.com/dcboard. ... =full&page
Thanks for looking :flying: