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West Papua

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We take off from Bugalaga in the Indonesian part of New Guinea  and fly to a little known airstrip called Tomosiga

 

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Tomosiga comes up in the distance

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The strip at Tomosiga is 370 m long, at a 2,700 ft elevation and comes with several slopes and ondulations

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It is slightly S-shaped with a rather narrow center section. The ground is always a bit slippery and of course, in places like this, there is no go around!

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The place opened in 2019. Hard to believe, but it took some 31 years to be built and it is still today a work in progress

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Every single piece of equipment had to be brought up there through the jungle by hand. Appologies for the poor picture quality, they are from a 1991 video

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Reality vs. MSFS

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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

You've brought out the stunning scenery and the mountains of the West Papua province, in all its glory, Bernd...

Very nicely illustrated and annotated too...!

You've taken bush flying to a new extreme, where I wouldn't dare (or care) to follow. 🙂

Beautiful set, as always buddy !

cheers 😉

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very interesting photos with the epic flight with this vintage blue bird - well done Bernd 🙂  would be happy to visit this place someday in RL !

Great shots Bernd! 😉 

On 12/3/2023 at 1:50 PM, bernd1151 said:

Reality vs. MSFS

The real life shot is not taken by yourself Bernd, or is it?

Cheers, Gerold

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Many thanks for your kind comments, gents !!

3 hours ago, Stiller Water said:

The real life shot is not taken by yourself Bernd, or is it?

No, Gerold, that was not me, but it was fitting, so I put it here 🙂

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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