Glacier Bay, Alaska

[M.I.B.]

Hauling stuff with my trustworthy Skywagon above Glacier Bay, Alaska, accompanied by fluffy clouds, a nasty wind and fog...and low temperatures.





Seems like a calm situation, but in reality, I was battling some serious winds up there








Destination (some isolated plateau) reached, windy ordeal over. Pretty scenic...


If you want, you can see more pics from this flight here, here and here.

See ya'll in da skies

[FlexibleFlier]

Here's a nice airplane repaint for your trip: http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?Ca ... LID=146786

[M.I.B.]

That's it, I'll re-fly this flight Thanks for that!

[FlexibleFlier]

You're welcome.

Love your Caravelle. I rode jumpseat on a Swissair Caravelle into Zurich one dark and stormy night back in 1969 (I think). Nice docile airplane, 2-man crew (one of the first turbojets to do that), and flown with Swiss precision and grace. A fun experience all the way 'round.

[M.I.B.]

I may be young, but my mind says otherwise, for me, it's always a delight to hear/read the stories of those fortunate enough to have ridden the classics of the good ol' times. I feel like I lived those moments myself. But I can't hold back my envy As for the 2 man crewed Caravelle...I've heard that it was the first jetliner to be flown by a two men crew in 1960, by Finnair, although it was also often flown by a 3 men crew. On the other hand, the A300 is considered to be the 1st true 2 man crew jetliner in the world as the flight engineer's operations had been fully automated.