Hello there,

 

I have not posted for a long time, but now I'm finally back into business :Loser:

 

I just discovered how great "bush flying" is. I'm usually a heavy metal flyer, but with great GA add-ons popping around I had to give GA flying a try. Here is a report of today's flight from Olympic Field to Diamond Point, in the Pacific Northwest. So, here we go (with a little fictionnal story):

 

 

 

 

Despite quite strong winds, this summer morning is ok for a little flight around the Discovery Bay. From Wikipedia: Discovery Bay is located on the Olympic peninsula of Washington State. The bay enters the Strait of Juan de Fuca between the Miller and Quimper Peninsulas. The bay's mouth is just south of Protection Island, a small Federally-protected nature preserve. Discovery Bay is 6–7 miles in length, and a bit over a mile wide at its mouth. It is fed by Snow Creek, among other small watercourses ( http://en.wikipedia....Bay,_Washington)

 

Today's airplane is a Bonanza A36 N4725T, with state-of-the art flight instruments. But today is a good old VFR flight and my eyes will be my best "flight instrument":

 

 

 

 

After the usual aircraft exterior checks, I can start the engine and prepare for that nice (and shaky) flight. Olympic Field is a very small airfield, with one grass runway and one water "runway". The taxi sequence to the runway is really bumpy. As you can see in the next screenshot, the windsock clearly shows that i'll get a crosswind take off. Oh well, this can make for an interesting experience

 

 

 

 

That's a cool runway, isn't it? That was definitely a crosswind take-off!

 

 

 

 

A few seconds after departure, left turn and wow, what a view!

 

 

 

 

A couple of minutes later we already have a clear view of Diamond Point. The little island you see behind Diamond Point is called Protection Island. This is our next destination:

 

 

 

 

Now vertical of Protection Island, right turn for a nice overfly and then preparation for landing in Diamond Point.

 

 

 

 

Diamond Point has a tiny concrete runway. With quite some wind today, I really hope to land safely. If not I will end up into the Pacific Ocean :Praying:

 

 

 

Ouch, that was close! Sorry, no landing pics, but I was fighting too much with both the yoke and the wind :P . Taxiing back to parking:

 

 

 

Engine shut down, It has been a very quick but enjoyable flight above a very nice-looking bay and great scenery overall. Now I need a beer ^_^

 

http://i.imgur.com/HkNYf.jpg

 

Add-ons used for that flight:

 

Carenado Bonanza A36

ORBX NA Pacific Northwest

ORBX 2WA1 Diamond Point

REX 2

 

Thanks a lot for watching, do not hesitate to comment!

 

Cheers,

 

Ps: I don't know why the last screenshot doesn't show. I get a message stating Sorry, but you have posted more images than you are allowed to, but I only posted 10 pics, and only 9 appear. Does anybody got an idea?

Amazing pictures. Looks so real!

unbelievable quality!

Awesome!

Absolutely gorgeous shots!!

Excellent shots Thomas!!!

 

Darryl

Quality all the way Thomas :)... Suuper set :)

 

Stian

Yikes! Great post Thomas!

Wow, how do you get these shots so clear?

Stunning shots Thomas!

I too am yearning to get some GA flying in and put the Boeings/Buses and EMBs in the hangar for a bit. Since I'm transitioning into FSX (slowly), I've been drooling over the Carenado 340, Caravan, Malibu, C-90 and the RealAir T-Duke. Trust me if I could afford it (and had the time to fly them all), I'd have all of them in my hangar, LOL

 

Maybe after I've done a few more EMB paints I'll treat myself to ONE of the aforementioned, but man its gonna be a hard choice. And probably right after I buy it, PMDG will release the 777, which is a must have for me (my favorite flightsim aircraft to fly, but not to fly in....real world, that would be the 767 hands down. OK...the L1011 and DC-10, 707 and DC-8 were nice too hehe).

 

Regards,

Steve Dra