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Title: RNZAF 757-200M In Action
Post by: Aharon Dayan on April 30, 2019, 11:23:01 AM
Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Presenting a nice Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757-200M flight from NZTG Tauranga Airport located adjacent to Tauranga Harbour in the suburb of Mount Maunganui about 2 miles northeast of city of Tauranga to NZCH Christchurch International Airport located 7.5 milles to the northwest of the city centre of Christchurch

Plane waiting to be boarded with personnel and cargo

(https://i.ibb.co/G98HNbj/tg1.jpg)

Being pushed back

(https://i.ibb.co/QvT0BK3/tg2.jpg)

Starting engines with nice background view of Bunnings Warehouse store

(https://i.ibb.co/J2RXx8R/tg3.jpg)

Checking left engine and making sure there is no late personnel running to the plane

(https://i.ibb.co/1Tf8wZ8/tg4.jpg)

Double checking for any late personnel

(https://i.ibb.co/fXY4J0S/tg5.jpg)

Checking to be sure nobody is refueling as jet blast can endanger fuel loading

(https://i.ibb.co/b1qP5nQ/tg6.jpg)

Revving up engines

(https://i.ibb.co/vZq0fT3/tg7.jpg)

Starting to taxi to short of runway 25

(https://i.ibb.co/GTbCnvP/tg8.jpg)

Leaving the terminal

(https://i.ibb.co/kMzZ6wq/tg9.jpg)

Holding short of runway 25 with nice background view of Tauranga Harbour

(https://i.ibb.co/SKPr2Kp/tg10.jpg)

Entering into taxiway 25 for more taxi and later backtrack

(https://i.ibb.co/r09DG50/tg11.jpg)

I was so busy taking screenshots and admiring view of Tauranga airport and city that I accidentally ran out of runway where you can see tire skid marks of embarrassing backtracking. This is first time in 10 years of FSX flight simming that I see tires leaving skid marks on grass!!!!!

(https://i.ibb.co/VYCZ240/tg12skidmark.jpg)

Airborne on climb to FL350 leaving view of Port of Tauranga which is New Zealand's largest port in terms of gross export tonnage and efficiency

(https://i.ibb.co/f21MWJT/tg13.jpg)

Making left turn to head southward

(https://i.ibb.co/FDR8ks7/tg14.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/m9Pws4c/tg15.jpg)

Passing through clouds can be fun as long as you have radar to look out for other planes

(https://i.ibb.co/K91dfvX/tg16.jpg)

Passing background of the airport of departure where you can see Waipu Bay located under side cargo door

(https://i.ibb.co/qY68CMF/tg17.jpg)

Sorry that I forgot name of this lake

(https://i.ibb.co/KrCtLCn/tg18.jpg)

Passing NZRO Rotorua Regional Airport and its suburb of Rotokawa located approximately 4 miles north east of Rotorua

(https://i.ibb.co/n6hXW6P/tg19.jpg)

Sorry that I do not know what the name of the two weird water spots on right side of right wing are

(https://i.ibb.co/FwQYRkF/tg20.jpg)

Cruising at FL350

(https://i.ibb.co/6njDd7T/tg21.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/QKJRj3Z/tg22.jpg)

Passing city of Taupo and Bay of Tapuaeharuru Bay

(https://i.ibb.co/6BQjjyh/tg23AP.jpg)

Passing Lake Taupu

(https://i.ibb.co/bH3D9YY/tg24.jpg)

Passing 9,177 ft high Mount Ruapehu with waters of Crater Lake in center of the mountain located in Tongariro National Park
 
(https://i.ibb.co/Kss1Vnq/tg25.jpg)

Cruising past further distance background of Egmont National Park and its 8,261 ft tall Mount Taranaki

(https://i.ibb.co/JjCtzCw/tg26.jpg)

Passing NZOH RNZAF Base Ohakea located 15 miles from Palmerston North where any airline can use for emergency landings

(https://i.ibb.co/GHz0sTx/tg27oh.jpg)

Engine view of city of Palmerston North

(https://i.ibb.co/VphQ7GP/tg28oh.jpg)

Passing NZPP Kapiti Coast Airport also known as Paraparaumu Airport located in Paraparaumu

(https://i.ibb.co/hWb8PhV/tg29nzpp.jpg)

Passing area of Paremata where you can see highway route one across waters that connects between Paremata located in front of plane's nose and Mana located in front of left engine.  Waters of Porirua Harbour is in front of left wing. Onehunga Bay is off right wing.

(https://i.ibb.co/wNbsyz5/tg30.jpg)

Passing city of Porirua where if your sharp eyes can spot one huge square building and one rectangular building next to it, then it is Bunnings Warehouse in the rectangular building and the huge square is 5 John Seddan Drive building occupied by Hannahs Head office and PlaceMakers company

(https://i.ibb.co/JrNrPCf/tg31.jpg)

Passing area of cities of Linden and Tawa where you can see Johnsnville Porirua Motorway running across from top of right corner of screenshot to lower of left corner and you can see on left side of side cargo door a huge white building which is shopping strip consisted of Bigair Gymanistic, Welllington Bed Factory, and Connectics store

(https://i.ibb.co/wC0XZJR/tg32.jpg)

Passing city of Petone and its Hutt river while entering into waters of Wellington Harbour

(https://i.ibb.co/17TT5Z6/tg33.jpg)

Passing Thorndon suburb of Wellington where you can see Westpac Stadium

(https://i.ibb.co/55Jbpb3/tg34.jpg)

Passing NZWN Wellington International Airport located in the suburb of Rongotai 3 miles south-east from the city centre of Wellington which is the capital city of New Zealand. Yeah you would think Auckland is capital!!

(https://i.ibb.co/p1wHNm2/tg35.jpg)

Crossing Cook Strait located between North and South islands of New Zealand

(https://i.ibb.co/5KfCxgP/tg36.jpg)

Entering South Island

(https://i.ibb.co/yBRbGPW/tg37.jpg)

Descending from FL350 to 11,000 ft

(https://i.ibb.co/9WLBDN9/tg38.jpg)

Approaching Christchurch suburb called Waimairi Beach suburb where you can see Bottle Lake Forest Park under left engine

(https://i.ibb.co/qM6xw5c/tg39.jpg)

Wing view of Christchurch suburb called Aranui and its Avon river

(https://i.ibb.co/gwLL0xb/tg40.jpg)

Making right turn to runway runway 02

(https://i.ibb.co/0QnbW4T/tg41.jpg)

On final runway approach

(https://i.ibb.co/PrPg73W/tg43.jpg)

Passing background view of town of Islington

(https://i.ibb.co/kc3Mpmc/tg44.jpg)

Passing view of warehouse building seen below the front wheels which is premises of Smith and Smith company with its motto "Glass: Any hour anywhere"

(https://i.ibb.co/cCqXrRn/tg45.jpg)

Seconds before touchdown

(https://i.ibb.co/pQCf1Gr/tg46.jpg)

TOUCHDOWN

(https://i.ibb.co/QPb8twp/tg47.jpg)

Front landing gliding down slowly in most graceful manner

(https://i.ibb.co/1b485Z9/tg48.jpg)

Front wheel making contact

(https://i.ibb.co/2d9pVG9/tg49.jpg)

Exiting from runway 02 to taxiway D to cargo area

(https://i.ibb.co/p4VxHDp/tg50.jpg)

Arriving at cargo area

(https://i.ibb.co/vvy2nFn/tg42.jpg)

Thank you for viewing!!  Stay tuned for next exciting flight

Regards,

Aharon
Title: Re: RNZAF 757-200M In Action
Post by: Alex Mollen on May 16, 2019, 01:30:51 PM
If I may ask, where did you get the B757 from? I've been looking for a good B757 to fly, but both the Captain Sim and Quality Wings versions seem a bit dated...
Title: Re: RNZAF 757-200M In Action
Post by: Aharon Dayan on May 18, 2019, 10:06:21 AM
If I may ask, where did you get the B757 from? I've been looking for a good B757 to fly, but both the Captain Sim and Quality Wings versions seem a bit dated...

It is freeware TDS 757 that you can find on Facebook, Avsim, and Flightsim.  Freeware TDS is the only software company in the world to offer working COMBI 757 with working windows!

Regards,

Aharon