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Islamabad to Gilgit

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I’ve done this trip IRL twice with my wife many years ago, four times to be precise, but twice we had to turn back due to bad weather over Gilgit.

 

The first part is easy, you just fly along Faisal Avenue and you’ll find yourself automatically over the Faisal Mosque, one of the largest in the world. In the real world you are of course not allowed to do this. 

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The second part is more difficult, but fascinating.

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Now comes the tricky part

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To land in Gilgit, you fly along a ridge, make a sharp left turn at the end and if you have done everything right, you are perfectly aligned for runway 25

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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

Beautiful shots buddy, as always ! 👍

Great flight route by the way..

cheers 😉

 

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Great shots Bernd! 😉 

Wonderful (pictorial) re-living of bits of RW experience, bernd....!

The mountain scenes look crisp and beautiful...🙂...

Great re-telling (re-showing) of your RW flights. Beautiful scenery along the way but somwhat hear-pounding near the end!

Hi. What sceneries are you using for Gilgit? Thanks.

Something a bit different, looks great bernd.

Darryl

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beautiful series!

I had a cousin who worked in aircraft maintenance, and I had to promise him to never, ever, fly PIA...

All my FSX/P3D repaints are here on Avsim, for my MSFS repaints, go to FS.2

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Thank you all very much for your comments !!

8 hours ago, dbw1 said:

What sceneries are you using for Gilgit?

The scenery can be found on flightsim.to

1 hour ago, jankees said:

I had a cousin who worked in aircraft maintenance, and I had to promise him to never, ever, fly PIA..

Hahaha, I can understand your cousin, but at that time we lived in Lahore, so we had no choice but to use PIA. Alternatively we could have use public transportation, meaning a bus, which is in that region even more dangerous, considering the condition of the roads. And it takes you close to two days to get from Islamabad to Gilgit. 🙂

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

Sweet Shots!!

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Patrick

On 1/28/2024 at 12:31 PM, bernd1151 said:

I’ve done this trip IRL twice with my wife many years ago, four times to be precise, but twice we had to turn back due to bad weather over Gilgit.

What an amazing trip you made! And ... 4 times!

Cheers, Gerold

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What a fantastic flight & mountain views.

On 1/29/2024 at 10:08 AM, bernd1151 said:

Hahaha, I can understand your cousin, but at that time we lived in Lahore, so we had no choice but to use PIA. Alternatively we could have use public transportation, meaning a bus, which is in that region even more dangerous, considering the condition of the roads. And it takes you close to two days to get from Islamabad to Gilgit. 🙂

Quite the adventure. What did Knoll want to sell in Lahore???

Cheers, Gerold

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3 hours ago, Stiller Water said:

What did Knoll want to sell in Lahore???

In those days I was still with Schering, we had our plant in Lahore

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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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