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| X-Plane crashed after I continued my trip from KSNK, so I postponed the KSNK-KAUS flight to the same day as the fly-in. |
Taking off from KSNK at about 1300 GMT |
It was too dark to follow the roads, and I was out of the navaid's range, so I headed in the approximate direction with the compass hoping to get a more accurate direction when I got nearer to the Tuscola VOR. |
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Along the way the visibility decreases, so I descend to get a better glimpse of the roads. By this time there's enough light to see them, no road lighting in V8 :( |
Following the railroad from Tuscola |
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| Coleman |
Brownwood |
After Brownwood there were no conveniently heading roads to follow - it's back to following the VORs. Heading south and climbing. |
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| I could barely fly above the clouds without getting icing, this was about as high as I could go |
Dropping lower into the clouds, I tried to get a glimpse of the ground. According to my atlas the ground level would be somewhere between 600 and 2000 feet here, and accounting for a slightly miscalibrated altimeter I didn't dare go any lower. |
Fortunately the weather cleared up soon |
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| Following the river to Austin (1) |
Following the river to Austin (2) |
Following the river to Austin (3) |
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| Following the river to Austin (4) |
Arriving in Austin |
Flying low over Austin, looking for the airport (1)
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| Flying low over Austin, looking for the airport (2) |
Turning to final |
Landing at KAUS |
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Parked on the ramp - strangely enough no taxiway textures O_o |