WEATHER!

[adysmith]

Headed out East recently, first leg to Tehran, weather 1500 metres in mist, cloud at 200 feet.

I am legal to land in that weather in RW flying so off I went, only to discover, less than a mile from the runway at Tehran, that the ILS was not aligned correctly with the runway (FSX default scenery)!

Result - Hard Landing.

Next leg to Calcutta (or Kolkatta if you wish) where it has been 3500 metres in haze for long enough.

Once again the ILS is not correctly aligned with the runway, but at least I had enough time to correct it and make a decent landing.

Got in, and out of, Kathmandu without issue, Calcutta still poor weather but I was ready for it.

Paro (VQPR) is difficult enough in gin clear weather, but cloud was at minima (10,500 altitude!) and took two attempts to get on the runway, second was successful but another hard landing, unsurprising with such a steep, offset approach through the mountains to a short runway. Plant it and be done!
(Back to Calcutta in much the same weather, getting good at this last minute realignment)

Kai Tak (VHHX) RW13 from the IGS was a doddle in comparison!

[TSR2]

Sounds like a bit of a challenge

What were you flying? I’d a couple of stinkers like that flying the Hunter out to Aus following Paul’s Mac Air Race, no ILS either so it was a case of how low dare you go.

[adysmith]

Super VC10.

Weather was within limits if the ILS was aligned right.

[TSR2]

I really miss the VC10 and Trident.

[Tako_Kichi]

Reminds me of all my flights through Northern India/Himalayas at this time of year. I used to take part in the flight sim community 'Round the World Race' every year and you were almost guaranteed bad weather with severe low visibility in that area. Most of the time we didn't have the luxury of large airports with ILS or even lights in some cases due to routing constraints so the landings were always high on the 'pucker factor' scale!

[Nigel H-J]

I still have the VC10 in my hanger but it is long time storage until I decide to re-install FSX but that is now unlikely as have X-Plane 11 and 12 and MS2020. X-Plane 11 staying put as waiting for the time when aircraft are updated to V12 whenever that will be!!

As for the Trident I only wish that some-one would try to update it for MS2020, that is my favourite aircraft and would be flown in the sim a lot.

Regards
Nigel.

[TSR2]

Me too Nigel, I loved the T2 for speed, but using the boost engine in the T3 was strangely satisfying. I don't think we'll ever see one again tbh. All those with the memories are getting older now, and then you need someone with the talent to make one.

[cstorey]

Talking of the Trident, has anyone heard from Peter McLeland recently?

[TSR2]

Talking of the Trident, has anyone heard from Peter McLeland recently?

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[Nigel H-J]

Talking of the Trident, has anyone heard from Peter McLeland recently?

Me too, have been wondering whether or not to raise this question as he has not been around lately, I know on some occasions he does have a habit of being away for some time before suddenly appearing.

Hope he is OK.

Regards
Nigel.