NZFF

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:13 am**

Hallo!

Flew a nice old skool HS780 Andover aeroplane to a bush strip in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Trees at the end of the runway so had to do a bit of a dive

But made it ok.

Starting approach to strip. Some light rain!

Thick tropical jungle below

Gear down 3 greens-check, flaps-check

Yikes theres the trees, almost clear of them

Must....not....float....

Ouch...a bit hard

but we are ok..

We are down

Full reverse

Made it ok

Thanks for looking!

Plane: HS780 for FS9 by Rick Piper (but works fine in FSX Accel)
Ground scenery: Default FSX
Clouds: Flight Environment X

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:21 am**

That is so 1977 , Borneo , RNZAF , a strip so similar or typical , your in Africa , lot more fun this side off the world

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:29 am**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Feb 20 2011, 01:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
That is so 1977 , Borneo , RNZAF , a strip so similar or typical , your in Africa , lot more fun this side off the world

Hee hee, will trot on over to Borneo to check it out. Did RNZAF use these airplanes as well? I like the noise of the RR Darts!

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:58 am**

ThrottleUp wrote:
QUOTE (ThrottleUp @ Feb 21 2011, 02:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Did RNZAF use these airplanes as well? I like the noise of the RR Darts!

Indeed , 1990-2 would have the last use , one has only been just retired to a Hanger at Wigram , Home of NZ RNZAF Museum ,

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:07 am**

I hear a very similar-looking aeroplane to this is in active use in Thailand - the YS-11. I wanna find out where Andovers, HS748s, YS-11s & Fokker 27s are being used today!

Thanks for the infor on RNZAF HS780s!

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:07 am**

#3 and #9 are very immersive!

Good job, here!

Bug.

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:58 am**

Thanks Bug!! That crate is fun to fly!

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:43 am**

sweet screens bud,..especially the last 4 !

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:35 am**

And funnily enough some of the RNZAF Andovers that were sold in the mid 90's ended up flying in Africa too !!

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:25 am**

deaneb wrote:
QUOTE (deaneb @ Feb 21 2011, 10:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
And funnily enough some of the RNZAF Andovers that were sold in the mid 90's ended up flying in Africa too !!

I read somewhere that one of the old VIP leftovers was pranged over in africa somwhere......slowly being pulled apart by the locals.

@ Great set of screens ThrottleUp.....#9 is a cracker

Posted: **Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:46 am**

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Great set of screens ThrottleUp.....#9 is a cracker[/quote]

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sweet screens bud,..especially the last 4 ![/quote]

Thanks guys! Interesting about the NZ Andovers ending up in Africa! Im still looking for a good website that can tell me if any Andovers are still flying. Would be nice to get some real-world routes!! I hope they are...after all they are using turbine DC3s in South America and stuff!!

NZFF

HS780 Andover - landing into bush strip in DR Congo