May 19, 20242 yr After an overnight stay in an hotel of questionable quality here in Kathmandu, I fly on to Skardu in Pakistan this morning. Unfortunately, the hotels there are no better Someone obviously wants to get away even faster than me Along the Indian-Tibetan border The mountains around me look quite impressive, but none of them are higher than 5,300 meters I am now in Chinese/Tibetan airspace. In front of me lies Mapam Yumco Lake, which is one of the highest freshwater lakes in the world and one of the three sacred lakes of Tibet. It is 4,583m above sea level, has an area of 412km² and is around 70 meters deep. "Mapam" means "invincible" in Tibetan, "Yumco" means "lake of jade" In Pakistan along the impressive Karakoram range Approaching Skardu. The weather is slowly closing in and Skardu is strictly VFR. So I was lucky, I guess Thanks for viewing Edited May 19, 20242 yr by bernd1151 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 19, 20242 yr Great geography lessons on your transport misson. Wouldn´t it be better to just sleep on the plane? 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.
May 20, 20242 yr Author Many thanks, Gerold! 15 hours ago, Stiller Water said: Wouldn´t it be better to just sleep on the plane? It would, but I don't have a shower installed in the plane 🙂 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 20, 20242 yr Wonderful shots buddy, as always ! 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 20, 20242 yr 15 hours ago, Stiller Water said: Wouldn´t it be better to just sleep on the plane? Nice set Bernd, and I'm with Gerold on this. Hey, if they can fit full size showers and bathrooms on a 380 they can do it on one of these! Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
May 25, 20242 yr Fantastic series of pictures from this fascinating region...bernd...! Thanks for sharing these bits of geography ...! BTW, it's very interesting that you have made a reference to Mapam Lake. When I had done a (MSFS) post about the Brahmaputra River of the Himalayas, I'd come to know that this incredible river's source glacier is within 60 miles of this Mapam Lake. This lake is also called Lake Manasarovar in India...of mythical proportions...Brahmaputra River makes its way from near Mapam Lake all the way down through the Himalayas into the Indian Ocean...
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