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EuroCargo takes on the Volcanoes !
EHM-1997 Alexander:
Hehe, all part of the fun eh ;)
EHM-2097 Andrei:
Hi Franz,
I watched you all the flight within the EHM ACARS page, you have been minutes ahead of me. And I noticed you landed on rwy 18, something I hoped I won't have to. I think this approach is very difficult due to high mountains just in front of the airport.
I preferred a long detour over the lake (the only place one can safely assume there is no high ground :) ) to loose altitude and landed on rwy 36, which is way easier (and it has VASI lights, too).
Next stop is not much better: same runway length (longer in X-Plane I hope 8) ), no ILS, just VASI lights. But no high ground in the vicinity either.
Andrei
EHM-1800 Franz:
Hi Andrei !
I have seen, that you also have been on the way !
I looked for you at the eye of IVAO, but there was only me - very lonly !
Do you fly on VATSIM ?
What about, if we could fly the next leg together - maby there would be other pilots who wants to join us ?
Cheers !
Franz
EHM-1001 Robert:
Wow that was a "bloody hell !" :) I could not get any charts from the airport, and FSNAV showed only 2 dangerous hills around... but there are a lot !I think it is almost impossible to land from the Volcano diretoin (RWY 18) I planned the approach from the lake direction - RWY36 but the wind was opposite direction, so I tried the Volcano side. I made a big circle around it. There were thick large clouds around the area. I imagine I could not even be surprised if I hit a hill inside the cloud. it was a nightmare ! A poor little AI plane tried to also land and he reported 3 times missed ;D
I hope you already towed away your plane, or we will not have enough space for so much 747s ;D
EHM-2097 Andrei:
@Franz:
Unfortunately, I didn't fly this leg online at all. I generally don't like to fly online in areas where 99% of the time there is no ATC. If I am not prepared (charts, specific procedures and the such) and that 1% likely ATC pops up, I look like a perfect fool. And spending a lot of time in preparation, only to discover there is no need for that (and all surrounding pilots just do DCTs)... doesn't feel much better.
Now if we set up a group flight things would be a little different. Next leg is shorter so it's flyable in weekdays (evenings to be more precise), not necessarly weekends. We could do that if a departure around 1700z - 1800z suits you too.
@Robert:
--- Quote ---I hope you already towed away your plane, or we will not have enough space for so much 747s
--- End quote ---
You can say that again, I had to park mine across the gates :)
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