This is my first addition to the blog! I will be taking you through the journey of flying a small C172 through the Victorian country in Australia in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
I started this lovely pleasure flight from Gate G 54 at Melbourne International. I taxied uneventfully to Runway 16.
Turning on the landing lights as I lined up with the centare line. I pushed my throttle to max power and started my take off role.
I climbed to 5,000 ft for the trip over the Victorian farmlands.
There were scattered clouds at 5,000 ft. As the clouds surrounded me, it felt like the white mist was creeping in.
As I got further north, the dead grass started to turn to bush. I could see the tree tops and the red earth peaking through.
The sun started to set whilst I was passing to the right of Mildura. The white clouds were illuminated golden!
The Darling River started to appear on the horizon. It was beautiful, the water was glimmering from the setting light of the sun.
As it got later on in the evening, the golden light started to turn pink.
There was one particular moment I remember very well.
With this new pink light taking over the sky, I found myself in a cloud that appeared pink, it was like flying through cotton candy!
As I was about 20 to 25 minutes out, it started to get quite dark. I could see the soft red flash of my taillight. The sun was almost set in the distance.
Suddenly, the stars came out, brightening up the darkening sky.
It was at this point that I started to descend, as I was only around 25 NM outside of Broken Hill airport. As I descended, my landing lights made a foggy mess out of the clouds.
As I made my final turn to line up, it was almost pitch black! But there in the distance, the white glaring lights of the Brocken Hill runway.
And a smooth landing at -180 fpm!
And with that, I had arrived!
Thanks to everyone who read through my whole journey!
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