FSX:SE Big Brown.. Down Under...

[HighBypass 2,339]

Airlifting 90 tons away from Dan Andrews  

UPS apparently serve four big airports in Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth and have 747-400Fs flying out of Sydney.

https://www.pressroom.ups.com/pressroom/ContentDetailsViewer.page?ConceptType=FactSheets&id=1426321549949-957

However, I don't have a payware 747, but I do have (of course! ) a payware MD-11 which has certainly got the reach to get across the continent for my purposes: YMML to YPPH.

An early start.

 

+VE Rate..

 

Climbing away. We'll be cutting the corner across the southern coast of Australia.

 

...and feet dry again.

 

Initial descent towards Perth.

 

All dirtied up. We were vectored to the ILS for RWY24, but I wanted RWY21 as the wind was blowing from 200.. and there's a lot more tarmac to use . ATC told us to sideslip to 21.. This will be interesting..

 

Not pretty, but we can deal with it.. (FSX NOTAM  -I couldn't get the RWY21 ILS to align until I'd almost got her lined up manually after getting worried I'd fly past the airport). I didn't want to show you the rate of descent... the amount of time it takes the engines to spool up also concentrates the mind.. 

 

Touchdown.. and.. BOUNCE!

 

There we go!

 

G'Day Perth.

Cheers.

[Steve Dra 7,588]

Great set!

I see this bird occasionally dropping into KDFW....flies right over my house.   Miss the air traffic over my house pre-COVID days. 😞 

 

[P_7878 6,609]

The "three-holer" got the job done, Mark, who needs 4 engines....🙂....yes, great set....!!

[HighBypass 2,339]

1 minute ago, P_7878 said:

who needs 4 engines

Everyone! Given how good looking an A340 is... for a subsonic airliner. . but we digress!

[Pugilist2 878]

Great set of the MD-11!

[pmplayer 9,460]

Love the MD 11, to hope she coming

someday to MSFS..😎

Nice shots !

cheers 😉

[bernd1151 5,857]

Nice flight and great looking bird 😉

[HighBypass 2,339]

Thank you for the kind words everyone! 

[edetroit 933]

Woohoo! Great to see the threeholer out again! 🥰 ...though you need to spend some time just practicing your approaches.😁

[HighBypass 2,339]

7 hours ago, edetroit said:

though you need to spend some time just practicing your approaches.😁

I can hot dog a 200 ton airliner like the best of them!  

No, ATC need to stop giving me dumb approaches  - ( sidestep 30 degrees?? How is that even remotely parallel??)and runways when the one I wanted with wind more or less on the nose had a perfectly good and operational ILS system., and a longer runway! The PIC always blames someone or something else!  

[edetroit 933]

10 hours ago, HighBypass said:

I can hot dog a 200 ton airliner like the best of them!  

No, ATC need to stop giving me dumb approaches  - ( sidestep 30 degrees?? How is that even remotely parallel??)and runways when the one I wanted with wind more or less on the nose had a perfectly good and operational ILS system., and a longer runway! The PIC always blames someone or something else!  

My apologies. I fully understand that FSATC can get it wrong. It is for this reason I am an avid user of ADE.

I am always checking/amending Afcads, writing new approaches, crosswind runways etc etc. 

[HighBypass 2,339]

On 11/25/2020 at 7:20 AM, edetroit said:

My apologies

No offence taken, no apologies necessary, Ed! All good natured banter.🍻

 

[Phantom88 3,287]

***Gorgeous*** Love the touchdown