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| Starting from Provence, France at 0600Z, ready to depart for the early-bird fly-in |
For some reason the only way to start the engines of this A319 was to place it on the ramp with the engines already running... |
Taxiing to runway 32R |
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| Ready for takeoff, engines spooling up |
Takeoff from LFML |
The airport disappears into the fog |
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| Autopilot engaged, following the route and departing France |
Above the Mediterranean, climbing through the clouds |
Looking out of the 3D cockpit |
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| Passing 18000 feet |
Reached FL370, turning towards Spain |
Approaching Barcelona while chatting with MarsCraft, who's flying some sort of transatmospheric plane |
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| A close-up of the very detailed A319, passing Barcelona |
Better visibility along the Catalonian coast |
Land in sight, but MarsCraft is out of comms range |
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MarsCraft shows up on the scope again passing Gibraltar |
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| Got visual on him |
The southern coast of Spain |
Turning towards Morocco... MarsCraft shows up as a Valkyrie Mars plane for some reason :D |
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| Another shot of the Valkyrie alongside my plane... MarsCraft is logged in as something with a similar code but it could be my settings... |
A closer look at MarsCraft's plane, shame about the misplaced nav lights :( |
Cruising above Morocco |
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| Casablanca |
130 nm and 20 minutes to Marrakech, starting descent from FL370 |
20000 feet |
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| The weather improves as I pass 15000 feet |
Dropping below 10000 feet, slowing to 240 KIAS |
MarsCraft approaches from the distance again |