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Postby victor_alpha_charlie » Mon May 26, 2014 5:46 pm

Hey guys,

It's been a long time since I've made a useful post on here, so since I'm sitting in Yangon on a day off I figured I might as well show you what I've been up to the last few months. Just some crappy Instagram pics, the internet here is no good for much else.

Final for 21 at Yangon


Yangon Ramp at 6:30am


Getting ready to head back to Yangon


Climbing out of an outback strip in Australia


On descent into Darwin, Australia, at sunset
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Postby Ian Warren » Mon May 26, 2014 5:55 pm

Arr you Friggen Tease Tom cool.gif , What version of flight simulator is that ... I like the scenery an the AI , Burma this time of the year would be nice.
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Postby cowpatz » Mon May 26, 2014 9:15 pm

Ain't life a Beech! Nice shots
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Postby omitchell » Mon May 26, 2014 11:04 pm

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Arr you Friggen Tease Tom cool.gif , What version of flight simulator is that ... I like the scenery an the AI , Burma this time of the year would be nice.


I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it's probably not a sim since it's not posted in screenshots but under Non-NZ Aviation instead lol
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Postby Naki » Mon May 26, 2014 11:06 pm

So is Vincent in Burma (a bit of Burma theme tonight)?...the ramp looks a little crowded
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Postby victor_alpha_charlie » Tue May 27, 2014 1:10 am

One 1900D up here, yep. Many, many unusual things have been seen on that ramp in the two months since I've arrived!
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Postby omitchell » Tue May 27, 2014 10:17 am

Hey while your there are you able to get a photo showing the whole parking area (like from above or something?) I'm redoing my AI just now and I have a lot at Yangon. A sea of colours it is...
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Postby cowpatz » Tue May 27, 2014 10:37 am

Try Google earth. It has reasonable resolution there.
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Postby cowpatz » Tue May 27, 2014 10:49 am

VAC did you see the Singapore A330 runway excursion on the 21st May at Yangon?
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Postby omitchell » Tue May 27, 2014 1:33 pm

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Try Google earth. It has reasonable resolution there.


Yeah but doesn't always show who's parking where.
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Postby victor_alpha_charlie » Tue May 27, 2014 3:14 pm

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VAC did you see the Singapore A330 runway excursion on the 21st May at Yangon?


We were number three to him and a Malaysian B737. Thanks to him I got to practice VOR holds for well over an hour dry.gif The weather was pretty bad but nothing that an A330 pilot shouldn't be able to handle...

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Yeah but doesn't always show who's parking where.


There isn't anywhere to get up above the parking area unfortunately. There are 4 or 5 aerobridges at VYYY which are used solely by international carriers (Thai, Singapore, Air China, China Airlines, Air Asia, Nok Air etc), then all domestic carriers operate from the apron as pictured above. There are no marked parking bays and a distinct lack of any kind of organisation so the most realistic way would be to set them all to park randomly all over the apron winkyy.gif
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Postby omitchell » Tue May 27, 2014 5:52 pm

victor_alpha_charlie wrote:
QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ May 27 2014,3:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
There isn't anywhere to get up above the parking area unfortunately. There are 4 or 5 aerobridges at VYYY which are used solely by international carriers (Thai, Singapore, Air China, China Airlines, Air Asia, Nok Air etc), then all domestic carriers operate from the apron as pictured above. There are no marked parking bays and a distinct lack of any kind of organisation so the most realistic way would be to set them all to park randomly all over the apron winkyy.gif


So basically it's a giant free for all?
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Postby victor_alpha_charlie » Tue May 27, 2014 7:06 pm

Yup!
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Postby scon » Tue May 27, 2014 10:27 pm

Your RMI continues to blow my mind!
What do you guys use for cruise torque and rpm?
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Postby victor_alpha_charlie » Tue May 27, 2014 11:05 pm

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Your RMI continues to blow my mind!
What do you guys use for cruise torque and rpm?



It's not a bad setup, has TAWS on the same screen which is handy. You can have it display a regular RMI but NDB approaches are a bit of a rarity so generally it stays on terrain mode.

Varies with cruise level and weight, but in the D model up here with a full load at FL180/190 it's generally about 26-2700 Ftlbs. At our company we always cruise at 1550rpm (high speed cruise, same as climb rpm). Works out to a cruise TAS of about 270 kts.
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Postby HamiltonWest » Tue May 27, 2014 11:57 pm

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Postby Splitpin » Wed May 28, 2014 9:19 pm

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Postby Lindstrim » Wed May 28, 2014 9:32 pm

I would love to know your fuel burn for a comparison
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Postby scon » Wed May 28, 2014 9:40 pm

victor_alpha_charlie wrote:
QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ May 27 2014,11:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's not a bad setup, has TAWS on the same screen which is handy. You can have it display a regular RMI but NDB approaches are a bit of a rarity so generally it stays on terrain mode.

Varies with cruise level and weight, but in the D model up here with a full load at FL180/190 it's generally about 26-2700 Ftlbs. At our company we always cruise at 1550rpm (high speed cruise, same as climb rpm). Works out to a cruise TAS of about 270 kts.


Ah cool. Yea we either use 2500lbs or 3000lbs for 'high speed cruise', both with 1400RPM.
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Postby HamiltonWest » Wed May 28, 2014 11:26 pm

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