Cargo flight for Iditarod 2009

[Jan Arild Gjemble]

Yesterdays MP-flight was a cargo haul for Iditarod 2009, flying Cargo from Anchorage to McGrath, Unalakleet and finally Nome.

 

Several AW eagles was contacted and was a part of this huge Cargo haul. Aircrafts used was from the smallest: Beechcraft B1900, Howard 500, C130's, Constellation's, and a B737.

 

The trip gave us the best and the worst of Alaska weather and challenges.

 

Me myself was able to rent a B1900 from Era Air converted to cargo use, and was able to haul 7000 lbs of cargo.

 

Here she is, getting loaded with cargo at Anchorage

 

 

Soon I got company of more aircrafts and AW eagles flying the cargo

 

 

On our way to McGrath, as I told you we had all kinds of weather

 

 

 

 

After unloading some of the cargo at McGrath we set heading to Unalakleet. Several of us has landed and heading for the unloading station while waiting for more aircrafts to land and unload.

 

 

Last leg to Nome, climbing and the others following me in a safe distance

 

 

 

 

[Jan Arild Gjemble]

Soon they started to catch up on me, and passed me, some with good clearance others really really close

 

 

 

 

Landed at Nome and taxiing to cargo area for unloading the rest of the cargo, while aircrafts landing.

 

 

We had a great flight, challenging and a lot of fun. I even thing we was able to handle all the cargo as well. All delivered!

[Even Moe Egenes]

4. siste ar utroligt fint! Veldig bra

 

Resten var jo selvfølgelig også flotte! Hva sammenheng var dette?

 

FS9?

[Jan Arild Gjemble]

Sammenhengen er at jeg via et virtuelt bush flying miljø (Alaskan Winds) skal virtuelt delta som flystyrke til både Yukon Quest 2009 og Iditarod 2009 (To store hundeløp) Hver av disse løpene har sine egne "Air Forces" som flyr ut mat og utstyr før løpene, og henter hunder som bryter løpet og flyr disse inn til innsamlingsstasjoner.

 

Hver av oss som deltar velger ut 1-2 føere med sine hunder og vår oppgave er å følge disse under løpet og må de sette igjen noen av hundene skal vi fly ut å plukke de opp. I forkant har vi nå flydd ut forsyninger, mat, brensel, løypemarkeringer osv osv.

 

Bildene er fra FSX med Ultimate Terrain (ikke Alaska), Alaska Vectors X, Ground Environment X, Flight Environment X, Active Sky Advanced.