November 16, 20187 yr Hi, you wonder about the topic's title? Well, I tested a rather unusual approach to Mestia, Svaneti, Georgia, that has the shape of an Eight "8". It was shown at this video (extreme time lapse) and is rather unusual, as the approach is usually flown not above Mestia town, but behind the mountain ridge south of it. However, I wanted to test it, and I choose the Aeroprakt A-22 Ultralight plane (thank god it made it over the almost 10,000 ft high Svaneti range). Take off at Telavi: Gaining height above the Alazani Valley, in Eastern Georgia Hours later, after crossing Tbilisi and most of Georgia, the Western Caucasus (containing the highest summits, here: Mt. Shkhara 5,200 mt.) comes into sight. The church below the plane marks Latpari Pass, 2,830 mt. high. It is actually a dummy, as the real church is much smaller. The western slope of Mt. Tetnuldi (ca. 4,900 mt. high). Some weeks ago in real world, I went up this slope by car up to more than 3,000 mts - quite as high as this plane flies. Now Mt. Ushba, landmark of Svaneti, rises over Mestia Carving the "8" Final approach Scenery: Telavi and Mestia freeware scenery by Georgian Virtual Airports, adapted to FS2004 by myself Plane: Aeroprakt A-22 freeware (beta) by Vlad Zhyhulsky I hope you like the pictures. Have fun! Regards, Harald Harald Geyer Gründer der Messerschmitt Freunde Dresden v. V.
November 17, 20187 yr That's what we used to refer to as a "Graveyard" approach. If you weren't on it properly, that's where you would end up. Great video. Thanks. Thank you. Rick $Silver Donor EAA 1317610 I7-7700K @ 4.5ghz, MSI Z270 Gaming MB, 32gb 3200, Geforce RTX2080 Super O/C, 28" Samsung 4k Monitor, Various SSD, HD, and peripherals
November 17, 20187 yr 18 hours ago, HaraldG said: Hi, you wonder about the topic's title? Well, I tested a rather unusual approach to Mestia, Svaneti, Georgia, that has the shape of an Eight "8". It was shown at this video (extreme time lapse) and is rather unusual, as the approach is usually flown not above Mestia town, but behind the mountain ridge south of it. However, I wanted to test it, and I choose the Aeroprakt A-22 Ultralight plane (thank god it made it over the almost 10,000 ft high Svaneti range). Take off at Telavi: Gaining height above the Alazani Valley, in Eastern Georgia Hours later, after crossing Tbilisi and most of Georgia, the Western Caucasus (containing the highest summits, here: Mt. Shkhara 5,200 mt.) comes into sight. The church below the plane marks Latpari Pass, 2,830 mt. high. It is actually a dummy, as the real church is much smaller. The western slope of Mt. Tetnuldi (ca. 4,900 mt. high). Some weeks ago in real world, I went up this slope by car up to more than 3,000 mts - quite as high as this plane flies. Now Mt. Ushba, landmark of Svaneti, rises over Mestia Carving the "8" Final approach Scenery: Telavi and Mestia freeware scenery by Georgian Virtual Airports, adapted to FS2004 by myself Plane: Aeroprakt A-22 freeware (beta) by Vlad Zhyhulsky I hope you like the pictures. Have fun! Regards, Harald Nice shots, HaraldG!
November 17, 20187 yr Author Thanks Patrick, Rick and Claudio for commenting. The approach may be demanding, but Svaneti has such a beauty landscape and nice people which are rewarding all difficulties at the journey, may it be by plane or by car. Harald Geyer Gründer der Messerschmitt Freunde Dresden v. V.
November 18, 20187 yr What a nerve-racking approach in the video! Thanks for it, Harald! It feels like one could almost reach out and touch the mountains, they are so near! Plus the appearance of occasional cloud-covers.... You must've had a challenge (carving the "8") even in the SIM. Very nice post!
November 18, 20187 yr Author 10 hours ago, P_7878 said: You must've had a challenge (carving the "8") even in the SIM Thanks for commenting! That's why I choose that slow plane - almost still too fast... Harald Geyer Gründer der Messerschmitt Freunde Dresden v. V.
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