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At 30.000ft over Italy...

PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:35 am
by jankees
..you can actually see across the country, as I discovered during a recent flight from Ancona to Bastia. I wanted to see how high the P-47 would go, so I donned my oxygen mask, opened up the turbo supercharger and off I went. In the end, I levelled off at 35.000 ft.

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still climbing, with Lago di Trasimeno in the background

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at altitude, near Gubbio. You can see the Adriatic on the left, and the Tyrrhenian sea on the right. Italy isn't that wide!

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Flying over Tuscany, with Elba and Corsica in the background

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Clouds over Tuscany, but clear skies over the Italian Riviera, the Po plain and the Alps that are visible in the background

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I start my descent over Elba, slowly, to avoid shock cooling off the cylinder heads.

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There's Bastia

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Over the rugged interior or Corsica

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Final circuit at Bastia, with Elba on the right

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on final, flaps down, gear down, canopy open, 30" manifold pressure and 2550 rpm on a high angle descent

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almost there, can't see the runway anymore...

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..but we live to fly another day!


I hope you like these shots, you will have recognized the A2A P-47, Italy scenery is freeware from Mazzokan, Corsica is payware from France VFR

Re: At 30.000ft over Italy...

PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:07 am
by BigTruck
That's impressive, 35G in a WWII bird!  Your shots are great as well, keep it up!  Once I buy the bird I will be loading up your paints

Re: At 30.000ft over Italy...

PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:53 pm
by BFMF
[quote]That's impressive, 35G in a WWII bird!

Re: At 30.000ft over Italy...

PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:34 pm
by Mitch.
Great shots jankess, I like #4. :)

Re: At 30.000ft over Italy...

PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:40 pm
by scalper_old
Nice shots.. like the second last one the best.

Re: At 30.000ft over Italy...

PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:09 pm
by SubZer0
Love these shots. They're all very realistic... That scenery is great!