AotD for 2/2/13 - Herschel Island Oil Rig

[basys 4]

Hi Folks

 

Herschel Island Oil Rig is a worthy 200th anniversary AotD.

Nice find Sergiosky47.

 

ATB

Paul

[188AHC 2,138]

Whatsa matter Paul? Didn't think I was going to post this? :LMAO: :LMAO:

 

I went out of town and was a bit later getting back than I planned. Thanks for posting the AOTD for today.

[AlbacoreTunaMan 16]

What a great find Sergiosky47! Good work and keep up the great exploring you do. I have not figured out where the edge of the grid is yet. On the Pacific side of Alaska, the small Islands of St. Paul and St. George are there, but the large airports Gambell and Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island are missing. I'm sure Meshman knows why.

[Air1 136]

This was a very nice find indeed, and a long flight! Talk about a needle in a hay stack! I had to buzz the rig a couple of times but could not rouse anyone! It was a bit cold but I had to open the doors to get a good shot. Back on the ground at Barter I LRRS to warm with a cup of joe.

 

Steve

[LuisFelizTirado 33]

You were cold, Steve? :lol: Get a load of this!

 

Ice, ice everywhere!

 

 

 

 

I had made a flight plan from Barter LRRS to the rig, then continued on to Aklavik where there is... nothing! :rolleyes:

 

 

 

 

Anf farther on to Zubko - more nothing.

 

 

 

 

What else could I do but return to Barter Island? Talk about a long flight.

 

 

 

 

Parked in front of the hangar. Let me in, it's cold out here!

 

 

 

 

I love the shadow of the airplane on the hangar door.

 

Best regards.

Luis

[188AHC 2,138]

Long flight indeed. So long in fact that I decided to land on Herschel Island and spend the night camping under the wing of my CC.

 

 

 

Thank you Sergiosky47 for finding this jewel and sharing it with the community.

Also did you notice that this cache carried the heaviest points of any yet? 6K.

[Azone 39]

I wonder if this platform was always there or did MS add it recently for the purpose of the AOTD?

[Air1 136]

Also did you notice that this cache carried the heaviest points of any yet? 6K.

I think I remember another not to long ago that also had 6K. I could be wrong.

 

Steve

[Heimi 91]

We had Aerocaches that had 10k.

[188AHC 2,138]

We had Aerocaches that had 10k.

 

Which ones?

[basys 4]

Hi Folks

 

I have not figured out where the edge of the grid is yet.

On the Pacific side of Alaska, the small Islands of St. Paul and St. George are there, but the large airports Gambell and Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island are missing.

Low res data for all 4 top leftmost red squares.

Hi res data for subset of, (sorry - I've misplaced un-pak'd data during disk migration, PANIC).

 

Its always surprised me that I'd seen no comments

regarding the missing Alaska content from 1101.

i.e. everything W of Amatignak Island

e.g. Shemya/Eareckson Air Station or Attu.

 

 

 

I wonder if this platform was always there or did MS add it recently for the purpose of the AOTD?

Mike -

Certain the rig has always been there, (as per FSX, and probably FS9).

Suspect there might possibly be a few more yet to be found.

 

 

 

Highest scoring aerocaches -

Diff - XP - AEROCACHES

5 - 10000 - Curvature of the Earth

5 - 6000 - Source of the Skeena

3 - 6000 - Herschel Island Oil Rig

All others are 5000 or less.

 

 

 

HTH

ATB

Paul

[MattNeffer 1]

I wanted to try to slip the Cub down onto the helipad without disturbing the cache, but it popped on me on my first pass.

 

I did manage to land there, though, eventually, which was a first for me.

[jandjfrench 3]

Hi,

 

It appears that Herschel Island is at the end of the world.

[AlbacoreTunaMan 16]

:lol: