For Leg one click HERE
VVNB (Hanoi Vietnam) to VTBD (Bangkok's smaller Don Mueang Airport)
Done pushing back
Weather at VVNB (Hanoi) was improved in our really short turn around. Wind was 140/05kts with 2 miles visibility in haze. The rain has stopped and the clouds are lifting a bit. Now seeing 600 scattered and 1'700 broken. Warming up a bit to 18C.
Waiting at runway 11R VVNB
Using the VIN1A departure from runway 11R has us turn WSW after takeoff towards the MC NDB and back onto the R474 airway. It's a hazy ride up to FL380 mind you.
On the roll...
The cruise portion of the flight went by in a hurry and we did encounter some head winds but nothing serious with them clocking in at 38kts.
747-400 flight deck at FL380
It was a bumpy ride and we had to reduce speed for about 50 miles until just before our T/D point due to the chop. It looked like convective activity but no t-storms were reported anywhere along the route. The weather in Bangkok was hazy and humid.
ATIS reported weather at VTBD as wind 229/03kts, 3 miles visibility in haze with no clouds and a very warm 29C. Using the BETTY4A arrival to runway 21R.
Final for runway 21R VTBD
VTBD may be smaller in size but it still has it's share of traffic. On my way in I heard a Cathay Pacific 747-400F heading out from there and two sister Thai Airways flights on their way in. One being an A310 and the other a 747-400.
PLONK!
I hand flew the last 1'000ft and bounced on landing, I came back down on the right side mains first, then left and slowly lowered the nose. An ugly landing for sure! But still loads of fun.
At the gate VTBD
The return leg took me 1 hour 45 minutes, had to be those head winds!
For a look at that terrible landing in HD click HERE
Big shout out to the gang over at Thai Flight Simulator. Lots of free downloads of really high quality Thai scenery (including VTBD).
They also have a great rendition of VTCC (Chang Mai). I planned on heading there next but I don't want to get too far ahead of Onur this year (hehe).
You do have the register at Thai Flight to download, but it's free and painless (and I have yet to get any spam from them).
2 comments:
Now, I gotta say, the shots are slightly better in this post.
For instance, the taxiway shot with the blue Airbus and green ground is sublime.
Again, excellent job on the video, your landing looks very much like mine, bouncing and all.
Actually, you already have a huge lead over me, I don't know if I'll ever be able to catch up!
It's really hard to flare in FS as it in no way mimics real life and has ZERO ground effects simulated.
Nah I always hit a low too at times, October/November. The weather is so shitty right now that I have nothing else to do!
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