My flight - Sydney to Hong Kong PMDG 747 400 FSX

Hi all here is my first photo montage of my flight with the PMDG 747 400 QANTAS for FSX. The flight was on behalf of my virtual airline: TRANS AUSTRALIA AVIATION GROUP. Sign up to be a member of this group, they use the VAFS system which is fantastic, as well as they have many competitions and resources to browse through. Ok lets get flying !!

Departure

The preflight saw me sitting at an International gate of Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (YSSY) with all required doors for preflight loading open. I entered the Aircraft at 10:00 am for a 45 min preflight. After entering everything into the FMC including weights, waypoints, winds etc it was time for push back, on schedule at 10:45 am.

Push Back

I started all four engines using the continues ignition sequence apposed to autostart. As the rain came down I was cleared to taxi to the holding point for rw16R at the northern end of the field. 

Taxi

Along the short taxi route, I ran through all the PMDG procedures which includes checking the ailerons.

Before Takeoff

All lined up with rw16R and all checks completed, it was time to push the throttles forward and get the 'Queen of the Skies' into the air.

Takeoff

Now screaming down the runway the PMDG was looking spectacular ready for rotation at around 150 knots.

"Rotate.... V2" we are now airborne. The departure from Sydney would be on a Standard Instrument Departure (SID). The SID would be the KAT3 departure which sees me via the aircraft slightly right when airborne to avoid traffic from rw16L. At 6000ft we are then cleared direct to Katoomba(KAT).

Climb

The Climb took us, firstly North, before heading North West for Asia. Clearly passing through the clouds on the departure made for some beautiful images, worthy of rewards in my books! It took nearly 20 minutes to reach our flight level of FL340.

Cruise

The cruise leg was around 8 hours and during the transition into the Northern Territory's borders I uncounted some serious turbulence, so I decided to descend down to FL 330 which seemed to do the trick.

The flight was expected to arrive into Hong Kong at around 5:30 PM local time and so I was looking forward to a nice sunset for my final descent into Hong Kong (VHHH).

Descent

How good are these shots ! As the weather report was processed by VAFS I was advised I would need to land rw07L ILS with a STAR arrival on Sabno1A. I pressed the seat belt sign, ignited the icing and prepared for a rough arrival.

Approach

Passing through FL100 the weather really did turn nasty and wasn't looking good for a smooth arrival.

Final Approach

Aligned on the ILS the visibility improved an I planned to go visual at 1000ft. The winds really dropped off which made the slight cross wind a whole lot easier to deal with.

Landing


Landing when down without a hitch and it was a beautiful 'greaser'. Flight time = 8 hours 40 min


Shutdown

I finally taxied a short distances to my gate were I was greeted by another QANTAS 747 400. All in all, my flight was logged with +5 points from VAFS for my landing and departures in the wild weather.


Thanks all for reading. I have nearly all good addons on the FSX market and if you would like me to do a montage or possibly a video of your favorite route, just leave a comment in the comment box. Cheers!