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West Papua: Bugalaga to Karubaga

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We all know Lukla Airport in the Everest region of Nepal. When you fly into Karubaga Airport (WAVG) in West Papua for the first time, you are reminded a little of Lukla, as it too has a runway on a steep mountainside. Of course, I could have taken the Kodiak, Twotter or Pilatus Porter, but I wanted to make it a little more challenging, so I was thinking of the single-engine Fokker F.VIIa or the Junkers F13 instead. Especially the Junkers was a popular plane in this part of the world in the 1920s. The Fokker was more flown in the Dutch East Indies. This time I chose the Fokker, the Junkers will be used on another flight. I fly with live weather; should be fun.

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Took me some time, but finally I have reached 11.000 ft. The highest peak around here in West Papua is Mount Kwoka with 9,850 ft. I’m aware that originally the F.VII can’t go any higher than 8,500 ft. So, consider this one of the technical wonders of MSFS 😊

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The weather seems to improve

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Did I say “improve”?

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And now the exciting part begins, we are about to land

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There’s my airport

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Thanks for viewing

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

Wonderful shots buddy !

Nice scenery around..

cheers 😉

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Spectacular in every regard...the plane, the scenery, the weather!

Excellent shots Bernd! 😉 

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Many thanks PM, John and Will for your kind comments !

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

Beautiful and adventure-themed pictures set, bernd ...Glad you thought of these two classics (Fokker F.VII and Junkers F13) ...and the former won over your (aviation) instinct here for this post ...🙂 ...

Looking forward to the Junkers F13, a most significant plane that started off air operations for many airlines in the 1920s...  

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Thanks a lot for your kind comment, P_7878!

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

An outstanding flight and narration, @bernd1151. I like your adventures, but these locations are even more special. And I would not be too surprised if you had been there in RL before...

Cheers, Gerold

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Hardware: Intel i9-13900K @ 4.2 Ghz, BENQ EW3270U (3840*2160), 32 GB RAM DDR5-6000, Gigabyte Gaming OC Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB, Samsung 980 Pro M.2: 1 TB (Win 11-System), Samsung 870 QVO SSD: 2 TB (MSFS), 2 * Samsung 850 EVO SSD: 1 TB (P3D 4.5 HF3) & 500 GB (spare). Scenery / Add-Ons: Lots of commercial & freeware sceneries. Plus ActiveSky_MSFS - and for P3D: FS Global Mesh 2010, ActiveSky_P3Dv4, ASCA, EzDok v3, Pro-ATC/X and REX 4 Texture Direct.

 

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On 10/12/2023 at 7:10 AM, Stiller Water said:

An outstanding flight and narration, @bernd1151. I like your adventures, but these locations are even more special. And I would not be too surprised if you had been there in RL before...

Hahaha, many thanks, Gerold. Yes, I have been to PNG a couple of times, twice with the missus, but then she refused to join me. Too dangerous, she said. I have been to Indonesia quite often, many times on business. But I have never been to the Papua part of Indonesia. Maybe I would have, had I known that a company such as Susi Air exists 🙂 

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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