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General => Simple Insanity => Topic started by: Aharon Dayan on August 07, 2020, 11:17:11 AM
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Shalom and greetings all my pals,
Presenting a nice Alaska Airlines Hercules action via flight from PAAQ Palmer Municipal Airport located 1 mile southeast of the central business district of Palmer in Matanuska-Susitna Borough of Alaska to PAHO Homer Airport located two miles east of the central business district of Homer in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of Alaska.
Getting ready for fight to Homer that is considered and known as the Halibut Fishing Capital of the World.
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Starting engines!!
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Right engines started and revved up
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Starting left engines
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Gauges indicating that engines are ready for taxi!
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Starting to taxi to short of runway 34
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Entering into taxiway on way to runway 34
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Still taxiing on taxiway towards the runway
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Nice cockpit view of mountains of Chugach State Park
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Holding short of runway 34 to check for any GA plane
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Entering into runway 34 with background view of Buffalo Soapstone mountain range
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Cockpit view of entering into runway 34
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Ready for take off!!
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Roaring down the runway
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Airborne on climb to fl200 making sharp left turn to avoid high mountains ahead
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You can see how high the mountains are that the plane managed to avoid after successful sharp left turn after take off
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Still climbing to fl200
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Now cruising southbound at fl200
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Passing PAED Elmendorf Air Force Base located north of Anchorage
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Passing Port of Anchroge seen off tip of right wing where you can see three cargo ships docked at and passing Anchorage suburb of Wilson Village seen on left side of the left wing
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Passing PAMR Merrill Field airport located one mile east of downtown Anchorage where you can see waters of Westchester lagoon on left side of the screenshot
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Passing PANC Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport 5 miles outhwest of downtown Anchorage where you can see frozen water of lake Spenard behind right wing
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Passing entire landscape of the same airport
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leaving the airport grounds where you can see Kincaid Park in front of left wing
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Passing Fire island off Anchorage where you can see unpaved and unnamed runway
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Cruising through clouds across waters of Cook Inlet
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Descending through clouds
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At 5,000 ft flying through clouds to get ready for runway approach to runway 03
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On final runway approach
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30 seconds before runway passing view of waters of Beluga Slough where you can see lake street road in front of the plane nose
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5 seconds before touchdown
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TOUCHDOWN
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Front landing gear gliding down in most graceful manner
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Front wheels making runway contact
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Braking down
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Taxiing to cargo apron
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Thank you for viewing. Please stay tuned for next exciting flight
Regards,
Aharon