X-pilot fifth fly in

[AnonymousUser68]

SAMQ-SCEL

Date Saturday 23rd October

Departure Time 11.00 GMT

Duration Around 1 hour

Departing SAMQ

Arriving   SCEL

Route     SAMQ DCT DOZ DCT TBN DCT AMB SCEL

Length  140NM

Aircraft Advised T34C Mentor

Type     VFR

Scenery None available (From where I have checked)

Website http://www.xplaneaustralia.com/weeklyflyin.htm

Info Hello all to X-plane Australia's sixteenth Fly In and X-Pilots fifth. On Saturday we fly from SAMQ to SCEL which is around 140NM. Also a big thank you to Lis for doing most of the organising.

[Lukasz]

Let me add, that a minimum reasonable flight level enroute is FL160 (terrain + 2000ft for mountainous area), while FL180 - FL200 would be optimal (possible mountain waves and turbulence closer to the peaks).

[Lukasz]

Some pics from today's fly-in. Weather was very interesting, with clear skies on the eastern (downwind) side of Andes and low, thick overcast on the other side. That's exactly the type of weather I'd expect to see with western winds, moving warm and humid air from over the ocean, around the mountains and into cold upper layers of atmosphere, as they were today and XSquawkbox weather system reflected this perfectly. REX cloud textures have further topped the experience.

The highest peak in whole Andes mountain range, the highlight of today's trip:

Three-point landing in Santiago  8) Tailwheels & taildraggers ftw!