May 3, 20242 yr Hey, Round trip KTM/LUA with the Twin Otter. A rather pleasant flight of less than an hour. I would have thought the worst for this approach but in the end i came out well. So ready to climb Everest? 😂
May 4, 20242 yr A lively (and lovely) set of pictures out of Lukla...Will...Thanks for sharing...! BTW, I recall it was a Tara Air a/c (I forget - Dornier or Twin Otter) that would have taken me from Kathmandu to Lukla, but the flight was cancelled due to bad weather at the destination. The airport was yet to be re-named and was still called "Lukla Airport" at that time ...
May 4, 20242 yr Fine set buddy, seems like you experience new types of flights that we rarely see from you.. 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.
May 4, 20242 yr Fantastic shots, Will. First time I see you not flying the 737 🙂 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
May 4, 20242 yr Author 12 hours ago, P_7878 said: A lively (and lovely) set of pictures out of Lukla...Will...Thanks for sharing...! BTW, I recall it was a Tara Air a/c (I forget - Dornier or Twin Otter) that would have taken me from Kathmandu to Lukla, but the flight was cancelled due to bad weather at the destination. The airport was yet to be re-named and was still called "Lukla Airport" at that time ... Welcome! Thank you for comment! 😉 You would be crazy to fly in bad weather even if the pilots have experience. Besides, i read that captains must undergo special training, including at least 100 short takeoffs and landings, one year of experience in Nepal in such conditions and 10 successful flights in Lukla with a certified instructor. Yeah, airport was re-named in 2008. Airport is named in honor of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary himself helped build it, and it's one of the few in the world where you might see yaks roaming the track as they are used to transport goods! What summit did you do? K2? 9 hours ago, pmplayer said: Fine set buddy, seems like you experience new types of flights that we rarely see from you.. cheers 😉 Thanks buddy! It's good to change it from time to time 😉 5 hours ago, bernd1151 said: Fantastic shots, Will. First time I see you not flying the 737 🙂 Many thanks Bernd! 😉 I plan to fly my DC6 again in the coming days.
May 4, 20242 yr Great set of shots, and I lift my virtual hat for all who can land there (even virtual). Interesting clothing of the girls, neglecting the snowy conditions. And I love the ground crew in picture #2!  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. Â
May 4, 20242 yr Author 4 minutes ago, Stiller Water said: Great set of shots, and I lift my virtual hat for all who can land there (even virtual). Interesting clothing of the girls, neglecting the snowy conditions. And I love the ground crew in picture #2!  Thank you so much Gerold for your comment! 🙂Â
May 4, 20242 yr 20 minutes ago, Alaska738 said: An approach that i forgot to share. Took me a minute to see the runway....! 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. Â
May 4, 20242 yr Author 5 hours ago, Stiller Water said: Took me a minute to see the runway....! I didn't have this problem with my eagle eyesight. Aerosoft should have cleared snow from the runway so that it was more visible. In any case, the runway is not snowy in RW. 🙂 Â
May 5, 20242 yr 21 hours ago, Alaska738 said: Welcome! Thank you for comment! 😉 You would be crazy to fly in bad weather even if the pilots have experience. Besides, i read that captains must undergo special training, including at least 100 short takeoffs and landings, one year of experience in Nepal in such conditions and 10 successful flights in Lukla with a certified instructor. Yeah, airport was re-named in 2008. Airport is named in honor of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary himself helped build it, and it's one of the few in the world where you might see yaks roaming the track as they are used to transport goods! What summit did you do? K2? Thanks for adding that Lukla Approach shot...Will. Lukla I never saw, but Kathmandu I recall well from that one (short) visit ...You're right about special pilot requirements...Kudos to those Nepalese Pilots who do it on routine basis. The Tara Air flight was actually cancelled in the last minute...who knows the cancellation might have saved my life...so no regrets... Didn't do K2...🙂...I explored the foothills around there (which can easily reach thousands of feet) with the help of a native, who pointed me out the massive range of the mountains and the peaks from the distance. Isn't it unthinkable that over 30 peaks are there that reach beyond 25,000 ft ...A memorable visit which I would never forget...
May 5, 20242 yr Author 3 hours ago, P_7878 said: Thanks for adding that Lukla Approach shot...Will. Lukla I never saw, but Kathmandu I recall well from that one (short) visit ...You're right about special pilot requirements...Kudos to those Nepalese Pilots who do it on routine basis. The Tara Air flight was actually cancelled in the last minute...who knows the cancellation might have saved my life...so no regrets... Didn't do K2...🙂...I explored the foothills around there (which can easily reach thousands of feet) with the help of a native, who pointed me out the massive range of the mountains and the peaks from the distance. Isn't it unthinkable that over 30 peaks are there that reach beyond 25,000 ft ...A memorable visit which I would never forget... No problem! That's wonderful! I prefer to see them with my own eyes but not climb them. 😉Â
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