April 27, 201610 yr Shalom and greetings all my pals, Presenting via era 1960 Kodak photography style a very nice maiden flight by DC-8-43 for Canadian Pacific airline from CYVR Vancouver International Airport located on Sea Island in Richmond 8 miles from downtown Vancouver to CYYC Calgary International Airport situated 11 miles northeast of downtown Calgary. Taxiing to de-icing area Being covered with greenish de-icing stuff Engines roaring with spew of smoke to start taxi to short of runway 08L Still taxiing Holding short of runway 08L awaiting for take off clearance from controllers in the control tower seen in background Take off clearance is granted as the plane's engines start to go on full thrust power spewing black smoke Airborne on climb to FL310 with nice background view of downtown Vancouver where you can see BC Place Super Dome Still climbing Passing through clouds More clouds to pass through Still climbing to FL310 now at FL200 Passing 10,781 ft high Mount Baker which is an active volcano located in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington and you can see snow capped 9,131 ft Mount Shuksan in background Still passing the two same mountains while you can spot Mount Rainer in much further distance in background Time to turn to north toward destination with background view of Skagit Valley Provincial park Cruising at FL310 Passing town of Penticton, Canada where you can see Skaha Lake in front of third engine and Okanagan Lake on bottom of the screenshot Passing the same town area where you can see CYYF Penticton Regional Airport located 1.8 nautical miles southwest of Penticton, British Columbia Because of the regulations of the forums not allowing more than 20 screenshots per post, please be kind enough to go to this hyperlink as seen below to view rest of the exciting flight. Here is the link: http://vatil.org.il/forum/index.php/topic/43561-dc-8-43s-maiden-flight-presented-in-old-photography-style/ Thank you for viewing . Stay tuned for next exciting flight. Regards, Aharon
April 28, 201610 yr Look like PostCards :smile: Nice!! 100%75%50%d8a34be0e82d98b5a45ff4336cd0dddc Patrick
April 28, 201610 yr Nice shots! My brother in law, use to fly DC-8's in the 70-80's. Beautiful plane. Rob
April 28, 201610 yr Very nice effects. Renders a true period look! Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
April 28, 201610 yr Great effort to show us these magnificent shots and explain the scenery. Thanks a lot! Hans
April 28, 201610 yr Commercial Member You really captured that old era....well done KROSWYND a.k.a KILO_WHISKEYMajestic Software Development/Support Sys 1: AMD 7950X3D, NOCTUA D15S, Gigabyte Elite B650, MSI 4090, 64Gb Ram, Corsair 850 Power Supply, 2x2TB M.2 Samsung 980s, 1x4TB WDD M.2, 6xNoctua 120mm case fans, LG C2 55" OLED running at 120Hz for the monitor, Win11. Sys 2: i7 8700k, MSI GAMING MBoard, 32Gigs RAM, MSI 4070Ti & EVGA 1080Ti. Hardware: Brunner CLS-E-NG Yoke, Fulcrum One yoke, TM TPR Rudder Pedals, Yoko TQ6+ NEO, StreamDeck, Tobii Eye Tracker, Virpil VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Base with a TM gripSIMULATORS: MSFS2020/XP12/P3D v5.4 & v6: YouTube Videos
April 29, 201610 yr Lovely effects on a classic. Diesel powered!! Nice landing too! My first ever holiday abroad and in fact my first ever flight on an airliner of any kind was in 1982, as a wide-eyed 16 year old, on a charter DC-8 (Arrow Air?? maybe, I forget). She was tired even then. The overhead lockers didn't exist - it was just open racking like you'd find on a bus or coach! It was supposed to be a non-stop flight from Gatwick, UK to Denver, Colorado. However, due to unexpected headwinds we had to land at Bangor in Maine before continuing on. I loved it because we got double the amount of takeoffs and landings! Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
May 6, 201610 yr Author Highbypass, Thanks for your kind words and thanks for your interesting flying experience. My apologies for late reply. Regards, Aharon
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