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Shakedown / Photo-op

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Some pics from a shakedown flight of my freshly restored Handley Page Hampden after departing Ardmore Airport - with a photo-op in front of the Auckland skyline :)

 

Mangemangeroa Creek (right) and Turanga Creek (left), with Cockle Bay / Shelly Park on the right,

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Lining up with Waitemata Harbour ahead

 

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Auckland CBD

 

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Pulling up once the the Harbour Bridge was behind me

 

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I love the shape of the exhaust...

 

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Still gaining altitude and heading north

 

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Rangitoto Island in the foreground, Motutapu in the background

 

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Reached the clouds, engines running smoothly, crew complaining about the available space on board - everything going fine

 

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Looping back over Waiheke Island

 

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And Turanga Creek once again below us

 

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FSX DX10, Virtavia Hampden, Godzone NZ

 

Cheers

 

Mallard

Very nice. You can tell it's not P3D from the beatiful clouds.

 

"Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people".

Wonderful scenery and interesting early WW2 bomber....thanks for sharing!

HLJAMES

Fantastic flight, Mallard and a great plane to enjoy the scenery

Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds

My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080

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