The Columbia River Gorge Trip

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The Columbia River Gorge Trip

Postby zulumike » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:16 pm

This was a trip originating from Hood River, Oregon (4S2) flying down the Columbia River Gorge area and landing at Portland-Troutdale Airport (KTTD).
The Aircraft is a C-123 Provider, "Air America" and a great plane to fly on simulation. Scenery is free demo form ORBX of the Pacific Northwest. All freeware. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Mike ;)

Flying the Columbia River Gorge area, the river is the natural boundary between Washington & Oregon.
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Heading toward Troutdale, Oregon
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Airport in sight, time to "Dirty-Up" Flaps, Gear Down, Throttle Down....
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Using PAPI to control Glideslope
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Begin slight back-pressure on Yoke for 3-Point Landing.
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Re: The Columbia River Gorge Trip

Postby FuturePilot » Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:28 pm

Nice set of shots! Hope you flared not long after you tookthe last one!!!  ;D
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Re: The Columbia River Gorge Trip

Postby patchz » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:26 am

Nice. One of my favorite places to fly. But have neglected it since I got FSX. Need to spend some time there and see how it looks with UTX.
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Re: The Columbia River Gorge Trip

Postby zulumike » Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:08 pm

Thanks for the comments. I went back and practiced my three point landings. Added screenshot of final landing approach.

Yes, I love the Nothwest Pacific area, this also is one of my favorite airports, surrounded by the mountains, wooded terrain and the Columbia River. The C-123 also is fun to come in full flaps and fly with throttle once aligned to runway 25 and use PAPI for glideslope assist.

Thanks for looking. Cheers, zulumike  ;)

Slight Flair to flatten out for three point landing (landing simultaneous on all three landing gears).
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Re: The Columbia River Gorge Trip

Postby Flying Trucker » Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:37 pm

Wonderful shots Mike...very nice... ;)

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