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Felt like a bit of a flutter this afternoon and having got the Hudson working properly again (I had a problem with file permissions) I felt it was time to take it for a bit of a test flight.

Fired up the engines and rolled down the runway. This beauty lifted off in pretty short order and I had climbed to a reasonable height by the time I passed over the northern end of the runway threshold. I spent some time circling round the harbour; there was a bit of a gap in the cloud cover between 5500 and 7000 feet. Plenty of space for me to enjoy the presence of the clouds but with no real adverse effects.

I took a look at the windfarm and Sommes Island as well as the central city area before coming back for an uneventful landing, this sure is a docile lady after that flight Mustang I was flying early in the week.

A most pleasant afternoon. Thanks to Marty for reminding me that I had this and inspiring me to load up and go for a spin.

There are some real Chocolate shots .. real Hudson Chocolate

Great work Greg ! beautiful old lady (the Hudson ... not you Greg)

Love the monotone shots .... great set, cheers.

One thing you pointed out was just .. it just jumps off the ground , I checked out the aircraft in Avalon and Temora , they really are quite a spritely machine .

Splitpin wrote:Great work Greg ! beautiful old lady (the Hudson ... not you Greg)

Love the monotone shots .... great set, cheers.

Thanks Marty, appreciate your interest. I was hoping it might be enough to push you into acquiring it for yourself. - http://fsaddonshop.com/collections/fsx-aircraft/products/lockheed-hudson-lodestar

Ian Warren wrote:One thing you pointed out was just .. it just jumps off the ground , I checked out the aircraft in Avalon and Temora , they really are quite a spritely machine .

Yes I was quite impressed with that. I even checked that I had a full crew and bombs and it appeared I did so quite an impressive little machine.

scaber wrote: I even checked that I had a full crew and bombs and it appeared I did so quite an impressive little machine.

The Hudson was so well known as a fighter in itself , the later Venture was even more renown to take on 4/5 emery aircraft in the Pacific region , tho in the European theater it was very different against the Luftwaffe.