November 1, 20232 yr [This is a follow-up of a comment exchanged in the recent bernd post on "Leaving Dianangat, PNG".] The Andes Mountains are as majestic and unparalleled as the incomparable Himalayas...with the great Mount Everest going against the fearsome (stratovolcano) Chimborazo since the earliest creation. We all know the former to be the highest on Earth, but here is a less known fact: Mount Chimborazo's summit is the furthest point on Earth from Earth's center, nearly 7,000 ft farther from Earth's center than Mount Everest's summit. Set in the backdrop of these Andes surroundings, are the Magdalena River, and Avianca of Colombia, world's second oldest living airline...Avianca lost being the oldest in the world to (legendary) KLM, been founded merely 2 months after KLM. The Andes, in Colombia, is (peculiarly) split into 3 subranges: Western, Central, and Eastern. The Magdalena River is born out of the cradle of the latter 2 mountain chains, forming the great Magdalena River Valley, over which I've flown today (for about 300 miles). Avianca (originally called SCADATA) was a German-Colombian start-up airline, that used (Float) Junkers F.13s along the Magdalena River, to establish the first (commercial) airline operations in the Western Hemisphere (and the Americas), cutting down transport times on this river, from weeks to hours. Helmuth von Krohn performed the first inland flight over Colombia on October 20, 1920, following the course of the Magdalena River; the flight took eight hours and required four emergency landings in the water. So, I wished to feel a tiny bit of that nostalgia, in my virtual world, with my trusty Cessna 172 Amphibian (G1000 Equipped) ...🙂..., compared to Helmuth von Krohn's Junkers F.13, equipped with the most rudimentary avionics (F.13 was the world's first all-metal airplane). I suggest viewing an image of its cockpit avionics (see e.g., the last screenshot of the bernd post cited above). I found the river to be rarely straight but full of circuitous and challenging turns and twists, surely the 4 emergency landings of Helmuth von Krohn, on it must have been a daunting task. Please find, here, below, 12 pictures from my flight, ending in a skillful touchdown...by yours truly...🙂...on the waters of the (same) Magdalena River... Hope you enjoy. Good flights...!
November 1, 20232 yr Your pictures make that Colombian countryside look beautiful (and remarkably free of human habitation). I like your deep-dive approach when it comes to background information.
November 2, 20232 yr Great stuff. I used to live very close to Chimborazo and went up to about 5,000 meters elevation a couple of times. Beautiful volcano, and ecuador is a beautiful country. Orman
November 2, 20232 yr Fine set, fine shots and a beautiful scenery around ! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
November 2, 20232 yr Great story, shots and flight, mate. Cheers, Gerold Spoiler 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.
November 3, 20232 yr Author On 11/1/2023 at 4:01 PM, John F said: Your pictures make that Colombian countryside look beautiful (and remarkably free of human habitation). I like your deep-dive approach when it comes to background information. Thank you, John. Avianca has been always one of my favorite airlines...And, yes, it all looks remarkably free of human habitation, probably not so in RW, but only in the MSFS World here... On 11/1/2023 at 7:40 PM, Alaska738 said: Fine shots! 😉 Appreciated the comment, Will. On 11/1/2023 at 8:50 PM, okupton said: Great stuff. I used to live very close to Chimborazo and went up to about 5,000 meters elevation a couple of times. Beautiful volcano, and Ecuador is a beautiful country. Thanks. Glad, someone around here, has gone up close to the fearsome Chimborazo...🙂...Must have been exciting...I've been once to the Himalayas, but never to the Andes, maybe one day... On 11/2/2023 at 4:14 AM, pmplayer said: Fine set, fine shots and a beautiful scenery around! cheers 😉 Glad you like these pictures and the scenery of this incredible region...surrounded on both sides by the 2 chains of Andes ... On 11/2/2023 at 11:38 AM, Stiller Water said: Great story, shots and flight, mate. Appreciated the feedback. It was fun exploring this topic, here...Cheers.
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