170th X-Plane.org fly-in (Tajikistan) - page 10


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Leaving Khorog behind
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I'm still on the same fuel I got from Dushanbe, but it should be enough to make it back even with all the additional detours
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For the return trip along the valley, 13000 feet should be high enough
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Now I know it's a left turn along this valley to get to Dushanbe Behind me, IDX is flying the same route back to UTDD
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We also have someone approaching from the other direction, coming in low IDX on my 6 (hey, that almost rhymes)
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That's fast! Someone's doing at least 300 knots if not more! Meanwhile I'm forced to descend because of icing
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Crap! My engines froze up
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Quickly restarted the engines while avoiding the mountainsides
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Now I only have to deal with the fact that during the engine problems I took a wrong turn... ...and the terrain is getting higher quickly, all while I'm trying to recover from the airspeed lost to the twin engine out situation!
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I managed to turn around just in time (no screenshots though, it got hairy enough that there wasn't time for pics)



Last updated: 2/23/08