FS2004 Crossing the Atlantic - the Russian way

[HaraldG 559]

Hi,

some days ago a saw screenshots from a flight Zurich-Philadelphia. It looked quite easy: Taking off at Zurich... Landing at Philadelphia. Some hours of flying in between.

But what to do when your plane consumes Kerosene the way a Siberian drinks Vodka?

At first find a place where they can maintain a Tupolev in the western hemisphere. I thought of Havana:

Due to fuel consumption, a planned to cross the Atlantic in three legs: Havana - Bermuda; Bermuda - Acores; Acores - Germany.

Flying the Tupolev means work for a crew of four:

Getting up.

Bermuda in sight:

The next day: En route again!

Hours in the cockpit with only clouds and water in sight:

Reaching Europe: The Acores. Flores Island below:

Approach to Lajes AB at Terceira Island:

 

 

The last leg begins with a meeting of Soviet planes in the middle ot the Atlantic Ocean:

 

Again a very long time in the cockpit:

 

Approaching Cologne:

 

 

Finally resting.

 

Regards,

Harald

 

 

[P_7878 6,528]

"... But what to do when your plane consumes Kerosene the way a Siberian drinks Vodka? "....🙂....Harald, on top of fuel-consumption, you forgot about the "noise-level" of those Tu-134 engines - not acceptable in western hemisphere either...

Great series of pics of this long oceanic flight (w/ diverse weather/light patterns) and also a nice shot of the Flores Island overfly!

Edited March 10, 2019 by P_7878

[edetroit 933]

Lovely set Harald! 😍 You take that Tu-134 wherever you like. 😋 

[John_Cillis 2,406]

Cool theme, reminds me of Sean Connery's deep voiced detailing to his sailors the intended voyage of The Hunt For Red October...., something about the women in Havana, I hear his voice now LOL....

Did not intend to offend any female members here, I just know that movie so well since I know the man who wrote it and my tiny contribution to Hollywood is I helped in a certain, private joke way, with its ending that no one ever catches anyway, not one of my students ever remembered the ending of that movie and the preamble to how I was involved with it is soooo long that I would be older than Larry Ferguson the writer and my friend at that time, (he probably forgot all about me anyway, it was just one movie), the one who invited me to Paramount studios as a reward for my saving his tiny ending of the movie that had about .0001 pct to do with the main dialog or plot or anything else.  It is why I was not listed in his credits, whah whah but I have preserved what happened in my memories and in the memories of some in Hollywood who do know the funny story of a Napa Valley Hotel guest service agent who saved the world from a dastardly deed aimed at our VIP guest and sometimes star and well known writer, Larry Ferguson.  Those were the 80's, not the happiest time of my life, just the second happiest time of my life until I became a father.

Thanks for me letting me hijack your thread, screenshots do not garner as much interest as we hope, so I like to bump up great posts and at this late hour it is cyalatah!

John

[Phantom88 3,278]

***Excellent***

[bernd1151 5,804]

Fantastic shots, Harald. Reminds me of the famous 1986 East German TV series "Treffpunkt Flughafen" (almost as famous as "Zur See"), only in that series they flew an Il-62 😉

[bernd1151 5,804]

3 hours ago, John_Cillis said:

...not one of my students ever remembered the ending of that movie..

"Welcome to the new world, sir" I'm not one of your students, John, but I too remember the ending of that movie with both Sean Connery and Alec Baldwyn standing in the conning tower, looking out onto the river 😉

 

[HaraldG 559]

Thanks P_7878, Ed, John Patrick and Bernd for commenting here. And no problem John, cool story! Unfotunately I didn't remember the movie either. But I do remember "Treffpunkt Flughafen"; watched it sometimes when I was a child. Althought we kids didn't understand so much about the plot, we found the Il-62 great. I still do.

11 hours ago, edetroit said:

You take that Tu-134 wherever you like

She was preserved just for that purpose...😎

[HighBypass 2,339]

18 hours ago, P_7878 said:

...you forgot about the "noise-level" of those Tu-134 engines - not acceptable in western hemisphere either...

IMNSHO Old jet noise is acceptable in my western hemisphere.(Cranky 50 something Englishman here) 

Beautiful screenshot set Harald thank you.

[HaraldG 559]

On 3/10/2019 at 9:04 PM, HighBypass said:

Old jet noise is acceptable in my western hemisphere.

Acceptable? It's music!... like contemporary electronic music from the 70ies, but music nevertheless.

Thank you for commenting, Mark!

[HighBypass 2,339]

Perhaps I should have worded my reply more strongly: jet noise should be compulsory, not merely acceptable! 😄 😄

[bernd1151 5,804]

4 hours ago, HighBypass said:

Perhaps I should have worded my reply more strongly: jet noise should be compulsory, not merely acceptable! 

+1 😊😊😊

[sascha 314]

The Tu-134 and Tu-154, arguably some of the best flightsim models ever!

[HaraldG 559]

8 hours ago, sascha said:

The Tu-134 and Tu-154, arguably some of the best flightsim models ever!

Thanks Sascha. I can't speak for the Tu-154, but the 134 is my favourite model by far; and so she is the main cause for me to stay with FS2004.

[bernd1151 5,804]

On 3/12/2019 at 10:00 PM, HaraldG said:

... the 134 is my favourite model by far; and so she is the main cause for me to stay with FS2004.

Harald, there is a good one also available for XP11, I'll show you later