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| I started from Budapest Airport around 1430Z | Another look at the European buildings in X-Plane 8.50 | Starting the engine and getting ready to taxi |
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| Heading for runway 31L, while at the same time Fanki is approaching 31R | I have the GPS tuned for LHBP in case I need to return quickly - otherwise I'll be using radio navigation for the trip to Sibiu | Turning onto the runway |
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| Ready for takeoff | Airborne | Flying quite low above Budapest... |
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| ...and making a 180 degree left turn | A better view of the city below | Fanki has already landed and is taxiing on the airport |
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| Departing Budapest at 3000 feet | Passing some suburbs further out | Clouds appear way too close |
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| Descending a bit to avoid ice (and maintain visual on the ground) | Above a larger town, I don't think this is Budapest anymore | |
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| Judging from the atlas and the GPS reading this is probably the town of Monor (just southeast of Budapest) | Climbing slightly higher once past the city | |
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| Now maintaining 2000 feet, following the 115 radial outbound from Budapest VOR | Encountering quite a bit of turbulence | Apparently there's quite a tailwind, gusting to almost 30 knots! |
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| This must be the town of Albertirsa | Low overcast close to Szolnok airfield | Continuing past Szolnok on roughly the same heading |
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| Now cruising above Alföld (the Great Hungarian Plain) | The town of Mezötúr near the center of the plain | Békés, close to the border of Romania |