February USA TOUR -- FLYING BOATS
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 11:24 pm
This incoming month, we will fly Flying Boats to Milwaukee (awful name).
4 things -
We have a large choice of landing grounds
[*]Scrape down the runway at Mitchell Intl
[*]Splash down in Milwaukee bay -- taxi to the coast
[*]Splash down in the mouth of the KinnicKinnic River
[*]Touchdown in Mud Lake, in Großschmidt Park
[*]Use any of the lakes in the parks
[*]Land in Muskego Lake
Which?
We have an interesting variety of aircraft
Present in FlightGear are:
very many
Only 8 choices presented here... many others... I think someone is making an aircraft too!
[*]Boeing 314
[*]Catalina
[*]Short Empire
[*]Grumman Goose (amphib)
[*]Grumman Albatros
[*]Dornier Do X
[*]H4 Hercules
[*]Dornier Superwal
I am only counting those with a hull -- not float aircraft
I don't know, but I am considering the Do X.
Whatever the chosen landingground, a suitable area should be marked in buoys and TERRASYNCed.
At 450 miles or so, this will take about 4 hours
4 things -
We have a large choice of landing grounds
[*]Scrape down the runway at Mitchell Intl
[*]Splash down in Milwaukee bay -- taxi to the coast
[*]Splash down in the mouth of the KinnicKinnic River
[*]Touchdown in Mud Lake, in Großschmidt Park
[*]Use any of the lakes in the parks
[*]Land in Muskego Lake
Which?
We have an interesting variety of aircraft
Present in FlightGear are:
very many
Only 8 choices presented here... many others... I think someone is making an aircraft too!
[*]Boeing 314
[*]Catalina
[*]Short Empire
[*]Grumman Goose (amphib)
[*]Grumman Albatros
[*]Dornier Do X
[*]H4 Hercules
[*]Dornier Superwal
I am only counting those with a hull -- not float aircraft
I don't know, but I am considering the Do X.
Whatever the chosen landingground, a suitable area should be marked in buoys and TERRASYNCed.
At 450 miles or so, this will take about 4 hours