April 8, 2020 / admin / 0 Comments
I hope you are enjoying this series of cargo flights. As I indicated in the last installment, we’re going to be headed back to Belgium and will return the 738 Freighter back to her home base in Liege, Belgium (EBLG). Liege is primarily a cargo hub for many different cargo airlines including Air China Cargo, Emirates Sky Cargo, Fedex and Qatar Airways Cargo just to name a few. It is the 7th largest cargo airport in Europe and 22nd in the world. While our Boeing 737-800 is branded Fedex, this particular aircraft is leased by ASL Airlines Belgium.
Flight Planning
Our route today will take us pretty much due north from the island of Mallorca into mainland Europe and terminate at the ASL cargo hub in Liege.
Route:
Our Flight
Holding short, runway 24R.
Off we go into the wild blue yonder….
Perhaps some day we can get back here under different circumstances.
Making our turn to join the departure.
All calm at cruise
The countryside of Belgium
Just a tad high, but we’ll correct.
That’s better. Two white, Two Red
Back at base for this bird.
Another successful flight in the books. These flights are certainly helping me keep my mind off of the events taking place in the world and I hope these reports are helping you as well. The next series of flights will be longer haul routes kicking off with a flight to Moscow, then down to Abu Dhabi. Stay tuned.
Credits
Flight Simulator: Prepar3D v4.5 (hotfix 1)
Aircraft: PMDG 737 NGX
Airline: Fedex (FDX)
ATC: VATSIM
Airport Scenery: LEPA Aerosoft, EBLG Orbx
Terrain Scenery: Orbx Global Base, Orbx Vector
Sky/Cloud Textures: REX 5 SkyForce and REX 5 Environment Force
Immersion Effects – Parallel 42 737 Immersion
Weather Generation: ActiveSky (ASP4)
Flight Planning: SimBrief, Navigraph, FlightAware, FlightRadar24
Note: If you are interested in any of the above mentioned add-ons. Visit my P3D Add-ons directory for links.
April 6, 2020 / admin / 0 Comments
As mentioned in my previous installment, this is a continuation flight to ferry the remaining relief cargo which we picked up in Brussels on to the island of Palma De Mallorca (LEPA). At the time of the breakout of the Coronavirus, the resort island was packed with tourists and unfortunately not all were able to get off the island and begin their journey home. The supplies we’re bringing in will help for now and more is planned in the coming days.
Flight Planning
Our flight this afternoon is pretty straightforward. The only difference between our arrival and our departure is weather. But we won’t let become a distraction. We’ll depart runway 30 and make a right hand turn, then head across Spain to Barcelona. Then proceed across the Balearic Sea to our destination. Our total flying time is a short 1 hour, 10 minutes at an altitude of 33,000.
Route:
Let’s Go
We’ve had a bit of weather move into Bilbao today. But it should not be a factor for us. The ground crew is getting a bit wet, but we’re dry on the flight deck.
We’ve got some kind of weird greenish fog moving in as we move out. Perhaps not the best depiction of fog, but I can live with that.
It’s dumping out there.
That’s better!
Making our turn to join the departure and above the clouds.
Smooth flying at cruise.
Beautiful skies as we descend into our destination.
The island of Mallorca just ahead.
On final approach and fully configured.
Runway insight. Landing in just a few minutes.
Touchdown? Almost
We’ve parked at the military section of the airport where our cargo will be unloaded. Once unloaded and refueled, we’ll be on our way back to Belgium and the cargo airport of Liege. This flight will be covered in the next edition.
Once we arrive back in Belgium, we’ll say good-bye to our little 738 freighter and stretch our legs a bit with some longer flights as we continue moving much needed cargo around the world.
Until next time. Please be safe, take care of your family and stay home.
Jerry
Credits
Flight Simulator: Prepar3D v4.5 (hotfix 1)
Aircraft: PMDG 737 NGX
Airline: Fedex (FDX)
ATC: VATSIM
Airport Scenery: LEBB (Bilbao) Orbx, LEPA (Palma De Mallorca) Aerosoft
Terrain Scenery: Orbx Global Base, Orbx Vector
Sky/Cloud Textures: REX 5 SkyForce and REX 5 Environment Force
Immersion Effects – Parallel 42 737 Immersion
Weather Generation: ActiveSky (ASP4)
Flight Planning: SimBrief, Navigraph, FlightAware, FlightRadar24
Note: If you are interested in any of the above mentioned add-ons. Visit my P3D Add-ons directory for links.
