, I decided it was time to continue on with my trip. ;DThe weather has definetly got colder since I landed here in Iqaluit. This morning, after I had my Tim Hortons coffee and some breakfast, I went out to the Baron to start going over pre-flight checks and the temperature was -10 Celcius! So I put on a bigger parka and filled up the thermos with real hot coffee and headed out to continue flying. (all the while reminding myself to get enough fuel for this leg! See leg 9 for details on that! ;) )
I decided I would head up the east coast of Baffin Island to Clyde River. This would be the first gravel airstrip that I would be landing on so I double checked the pressure was ok in the tires...
As I finished packing the Baron, I could not help but notice that the winds were blowing pretty strong from the west so I knew this was going to be an interesting landing on the gravel strip if the wind was still like this at Clyde River.
Route Map Updated
Route info for this leg
Lined up on Runway 35. No ATC so had to direct myself out of here. Right now the winds were 050/16 so not too bad.
The terrain on this leg of the trip was very surprising. When I left Iqaluit it was flatter and very green. Only about 30 minutes into the flight I started to come across some very barren landscape and SNOW!
About 50 miles from Clyde river, the ammount of snow definetly increased! I was very surprised to find some mountain ranges on this route. But needless to say they were beautiful.
Upon final approach to Clyde River, the winds were still out of the west and it was rather gusty at times! I was quickly trying to figure out if the wind will make a difference in how you land on a gravel strip...(I guess I am about to find out!) ;D
I radioed down to the lone controller and asked him to take pictures of my landing in case I went "ass-over-tea-cup". But as it turned out it wasn't too bad.
I thought it was odd that the temperature here (even though farther north) was 8 degrees warmer! It was -2 degrees Celcius. After I shut her down and secured the tie-downs I headed off to the Hamlet of Clyde River to go find a warm place to enjoy a Moosehead or two.!
Thanks for watching...comments/suggestions always welcome!
Leg 1 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1060619320
Leg 2 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1061303323
Leg 3 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1061904684
Leg 4 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1062678263
Leg 5 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1063194538
Leg 6 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1063797354
Leg 7 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1063889659
Leg 8 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1064493814
Leg 9 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1064833735
I've been using Flash 6 for a long time, like 2 years. And i've made some movies(like 20 mins). I think this really does deserve a movie!And that's no joke! What do ya say! :D