'Winfly' Mission to Antarctica

[ZK-TJL]

Hi Team.

Every year in October the RNZAF send a Herc south..........way south.........all the way to 'The Big Ice'. The 'Winfly' mission is the swapout of the Science teams and base personnal who have been on the Ice for 6 months. I thought I'd fly this mission on FSX........heres the pics.

4am start at NZCH


Up, up and awayyhheyyyyyy!!!


Passing the cloud cover


Climbing up to FL330


Sunrise


At this point the personnal on board start to come to terms with where they are going!!


Established in the cruise



Leaving the clouds behind



Water temp has changed....see the difference....just above the Herc the water is different.......theres an 'edge' to it. We're getting close!!!!


'The Big Ice' ahead!!!


Over Antarctica.....Relief for the pax!!!


Still along way to go yet.......still in the death zone!!!


Near Williams airfield


Gear down


Flare


The Tower


Shut down


Everybody out!!!


A hard days work for the Herc!!!

[ZK-Brock]

Nice shots Nik, what Herc model are you using?

[Jimmy]

you took the poor old herc all that way! How long did it take ya?

Awsome screenies nik, hey check out this, I simulated the operation deep freze in a C17, really great flight.

James

[ardypilot]

Great pics Nik- that is something I really envy in FSX- being able to land at Antartica. It's crazy in FS2004 with moving runways and the flooded ice effect!

[ZK-TJL]

Nice shots Nik, what Herc model are you using?

Its the herc from the RNZAF website.......works pretty well in FSX......could do with a better panel........otherwise fine.

It takes the Herc 7 hours to get to Antarctica in real life. I did it in around 7 hours in virtual life.......HAHA

[scon]

Nice shots Nik, what Herc model are you using?

Its the herc from the RNZAF website.......works pretty well in FSX......could do with a better panel........otherwise fine.

It takes the Herc 7 hours to get to Antarctica in real life. I did it in around 7 hours in virtual life.......HAHA

Do you mean to say that the RNZAF are now making FS Aircraft

Well I guess they have to do something

[Brennanx]

also has the orion

[ZK-TJL]

Yip

[ardypilot]

Do you mean to say that the RNZAF are now making FS Aircraft

Thats right Scon, check out these two posts for more info:

http://z11.invisionfree.com/nzff/index. ... topic=1154

http://z11.invisionfree.com/nzff/index. ... topic=1144