Cruise Alt.: 6,000’
Fuel Used: 175 lbs.
Distance: 45nm
Aircraft: (FeelThere/Aerosoft) Twin Otter DHC6-300 / modern
Livery: Air Panama
Flight Nr.: PST610
Departure: OTD @ 10:00
Destination: MPMG @ 10:30
Test flight of a new virtual airline "Aerovirtual" which flies the schedules of several regional airlines. This blog entry is the inaugural flight (testing the system) in which we will simulate Air Panama flight 610 from Contadora Island (IATA: OTD) in the Pearls Archipel, Panama to Marcos A. Gelabert (ICAO: MPMG) in Panama city.
Bad weather, including gusts of winds and torrential rain is festering the whole country. Contadora Island is not a default FS airfield but there is one out there for FS9. I am using one I am developing for FSX. Used the latest version (2.0.2) of the excellent Plan-G flight planner.In heavy rain took off from rwy 17 climbing and then turning right to intercept TBG radial 288. There was poor visibility and quite some tumbling on the way. Then passed TBG VOR and
turned right heading 007º, the picture above showing the excellent Aerosoft Twin Otter’s cockpit with the entrance of the Panama Canal and the runway lights in sight. The picture on the left was taken during the short finals of this nice inagural flight, I only missed the GPWS (50, 40…) heavy rain still overpowering the country. Landed on time and at –116 ft/min, taxied to the ramp and closed the flight plan.
Actually just when was approaching TBG VOR I noticed that the two Dutch guys (flying online on IVAO) were still occupying the runway. I had indicated my intentions and told that I was going to hold in TBG @ 3,500 feet until they had taken off. I did one circuit on TBG while they departed from rwy. 18 and then I landed on rwy. 36. It is nice when you get to practice these manoeuvres online.
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