In this post I shall introduce you folks to what is very close to being my most favorite FS Aircraft ever . Presenting the pride and joy of the Ozawa fleet , the CLS 747-300 Hull Name : Princess Ozawa . This aircraft is probably one of my most flown and has clocked significant hours inmy logbook . Some other aspects make this aircraft even more endearing than usual . If you look closely in the above snapshot you will see two names painted near the right rearmost exit . Yup , those are the names of captain Saurav Dhole and Captain Soumen Acharya ( the two founding fathers and the two only pilots of Air Ozawa ... who says more the merrier !!) . Capn. Acharya , hope you are reading this :) .This aircraft in its Air Ozawa livery represents my first and only FSX repaint project so far . Now if only I can remember how I did this then expect a "Get a quick start" Repainting tutorial soon . The CLS 747-300 is such a darling due to some significant reasons . Let me talk about the landing first .Getting her to land can be bitch of a task ..specially when flying with FSPassengers on . The usual landig profile being , tune nav1 and 2 , set ILS Course , intercept Localizer , turn over from GPS to NAV1 ( or 2),once Glideslop goes live turn off ALT hold,switch off AutoThrottle,let NAV take care of lateral while you adjust pitch and thrust manually to follow the glideslope down to glory . Sounds easy but give it a try on a fully laden 747-300 with flaps and gear down while in order to get a 'Good Landing" ensure touchdown and flare is not above -300 fpm . Every time leaves you yearning for the next ( especially when you botch the touchdown snapping the landing gear ,tyre burst and sending the jerk up the spines of your hapless passengers .. lol ). Besides , the aircraft has an above average VC ( in fact the viewpoint on the 2D panel is such that there is no view out ) and the entire flight can be completed from within the VC . Night lighting while great could have been better ( :p ). This is an extremely fulfilling while challenging aircraft to fly . While being one of the simpler/lite mode planes , it is exactly what you need when you just want to get on and fly while not having to pre-flight and program FMS for like an hour before you get started . yeah , this baby certainly has her days .The screenshots in this post are from the flights which covers the final leg(s) out of Europe .
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| Traffic high up while we lazily climb to Cruise altitude . Enroute Arlanda Intl. Stockholm from vantaa Finland. |
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| Final approach into Arlanda Intl. Stockholm. |
Having covered Scandinavia by means of flights through Oslo ( GarderMoen Intl.) > Helsinki ( Vanta Intl.) > Sweden ( Arlanda Intl.) and then onwards to Denmark ( Copenhagen Kastrup Intl.) the next destination was Amsterdam Schipol . Once there it was a matter of quick unload and Princess Ozawa was ready for the next flight out . From Amsterdam it was onwards to Shannon , Ireland but before making the long hop across the pond Air Ozawa was consigned to delivering some VIPs to Frankfurt Main , Germany , hence Germany it was . Below are some snapshots from Frankfurt , Arlanda and Shannon with the Aircraft in parking with ground service etc. in full swing . This is another area where the CLS 747s shine , with excellent ground service modelling .
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| En route Shannon Intl. from Schipol Amsterdam . Flying over Belfast Ireland . |
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| Welcome to Ireland |
This blog update is live from the cockpit . Even as I type this ,I am strapped to the Captain's seat while Ozawa 01 is cruising lazily at FL350 AT 310 KNOTS ( yeah .. pushing it a little ) . We are now crossing the North Atlantic on our way to Gander intl. Newfoundland , Canada . I look forward to writing a better and more comprehensive account of an Atlantic crossing soon . Besides the Air Ozawa Boeing 767 also needs to be hauled out of Europe into Anchorage Alaska soon . That probably would be the next big one ! For now its your Captain signing off . Have a swell week ahead ! Cheers and 3 greens :)
