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[hurricanemk1c]

Hi all!

I suppose I should post these shots of Leg 4 in the good old HS748, since it flies over my house! But more on that later

We start off in the Isle of Man, at Rondalsway airport. Nice weather, especially since Leg 3. That bodes well, for later



Prepping the engines, we get ready



You can see the alteration to the HS748 panel - just the FTime gauge. The TCAS-like radar was default



Engines starting



Just looking around the AI and found this:



It's a nice aircraft!

And so, for only the second time, the engines are advanced without full brakes holding her down, we lift off



Gear up



Fully up



Turning for the Emerald Isle



Landfall



Dublin (EIDW) is just visible to the left, and Poolbeg Towers (a welcome sight to any person returning to Ireland). Sadly, they were blown
up a few years ago



Weston airport ahead - it was quite a nice GA airport, but it closed last year



First sight of Portlaoise in the distance



Racing down the M7 on the right, with the railway line to the left. This is around Kildare (well, should be!)



Turning around at Portlaoise



Here's an explaination of the area



Flying over the M7 junction marked out above



Goodbye Ireland



Gear down as we approach Llandber





Finals



It's amazing how slow this thing will land at - just look at the speeds!





Stopped



And that's all folks!

Enjoy!

[mutley]

Superb, thanks for sharing Kieran.
I hope you enjoyed the Rally as much as I did.
I lost my shots of 4 & 5 when doing a disc tidy but yours bring back the memories, I am thinking of flying those again to get some shots!

Cheers,
joe

[ddavid]

Thanks for posting these screen shots, particularly the Portlaoise shots.

I don't remember the town when I turned - could have been a nav problem... I blame Andrew!

Oh Yes, those towers:




Reminds me of Pembroke power stations 600 foot chimney.

CHeers - Dai.