TKY1883 is a morning flight from LTBA (Istanbul) to LOWW (Vienna) in the 737-800. The load was low with only just over 100 passengers and the weather was looking good for departure, arrival on the other hand was looking like IMC.
TKY1883 at the gate LTBA
Weather at LTBA was wind 046/06kts with clouds few at 2'500 and a warm morning of 23C. Using the FENER1N departure off runway 06. The traffic was sparse here at LTBA this Sunday Morning making for an ahead of schedule departure. I did get a great view of a Singapore Airlines 777 landing as I taxied to the runway.
Singapore 777 very short final for 06
I had to manually add power as I have no idea where the click spot is on the MCP to arm T/O thrust! Like everyone else I am new to this bird but loving every minute of learning it. I got a great view of the Dunya Ticaret Merkezi bulidings just after gear up.
Dunya Ticaret Merkezt Buildings
Enrotue was very tranquil and great weather. Handing off to Varna, Bucharest and Budapest center along the way. Even flying right over LHBP (Budapest) at FL380 just before our TOD.
Heading down got a little bumpy and ATIS at LOWW had things improving. I had originally anticipated a runway 11 arrival using the GIGOR 1W with a BALAD1K transition. But they issued me a runway change at the last minute to runway 34 using vectors for a 15 mile final. Giving me time to get down and slowed down. Weather at LOWW was wind 035/05kts with clouds few at 3'100ft and 21C.
Short final for 06 at LOWW
The NGX auto pilot flies like a dream and it also flies like a dream by hand. Not to mention the amazing little details the plane provides (the night lighting in the V/C is second to none). My landing was not that great as I floated a bit tyring to put her down as soft as I could due to the fact the NGX has a damage and maintenance model. So if you plant one down hard you can blow a tire and so on. The slight cross wind there did give me some fits......
Taxi to the gate
2Hrs and 06Min gate to gate and what a treat it was flying the NGX in the TKY livery. The freeware LTBA is also a great little addition to the FSX world. Keep an eye on the blog here if you are a 737NG fan as I have recently picked up the Ifly 737NG for FS9 too. I can see many 737NG flights in the very near future....
Walk around for the return leg
For those wondering, the NGX performance is better than the J41 just and below the MD11 for me. One big thing I noticed was when the mouse pointer is visible the frame drop 10-15 FPS. As soon as I move the pointer over to my second monitor the frames come back up. On short final there at LOWW I was in the low 30's.....
2 comments:
WOOT!
Or should I say Double WOOT!
Excellent maiden flight for the NGX as TK is a loyal NG user in the region.
Great shots too, I'd love to see that panel with the night lighting!
I want to figure my around in here in the day time first. Lots to learn still but the former PMDG owners will take to her like a duck to water. Way more is featured....
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