Leg 143, Kabul, Afghanistan, via Pakistan and India to Ngari Gunsa, Tibet
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This leg I took on the Western part of the Himalayas, pushing the Bonanza to its limits. I had to get up to 21K ft get through in between the mountain peaks, with a landing at an airstrip at 16,700ft. It shows in the average speed for this leg, 117 knots, down from 151 knots avg over the previous leg. Following valleys to climb high enough takes time and cruising speed is also lower at 20K ft. Fun challenging flight!
01-11 Kabul Intl OAKB 8:00 PM
01-11 Muhammad Aghah Wuluswali OAMU 8:10 PM Virtual vision landing
01-11 Parachinar OPPC 8:31 PM Virtual vision landing
01-11 Jalalabad OAJL 8:52 PM Virtual vision landing
Terrible morse code like stuttering is back, clears up as soon as the wheels touch the ground, restart
01-11 Jalalabad OAJL 9:01 PM Taking longer than usual to load
01-11 Peshawar Intl OPPS 9:24 PM
More weird stuttering, no clue why, smooth again on the ground, restart, reboot, windows update pending
01-11 Peshawar Intl OPPS 9:36 PM
01-11 Shabqadar OPSH 9:40 PM Building at end of ‘runway’
01-11 Risalpur OPRS 9:48 PM Weird stuttering again, area is cursed
Fine on the ground, clears up as soon as the wheels are on the ground
Stuttering came back after take off, then cleared up a minute later, smooth again instead of half sec pauses
01-11 Minhas OP20 9:57 PM
01-11 Tarbela Dam OPTA 10:07 PM Back to stuttering on the ground, smooth in the air
01-11 Sanjwal OPSA 10:16 PM
01-11 Islamabad Intl OPIS 10:20 PM Faisal Mosque next
01-11 Muzaffarabad OPMF 10:49 PM
01-11 Chilas OPCL 11:12 PM
01-11 Gilgit OPGT 11:38 PM
01-12 Skardu OPSD 12:08 AM
01-12 Daulat Beg Oldi Advanced Landing Ground VATH 1:12 AM 16,700ft
01-12 Thoise VITE 1:44 AM
01-12 Leh VILH 2:08 AM
01-12 Fukche VI66 3:06 AM
01-12 Ngari Gunsa ZUAL 3:52 AM 14,022ft
Flight time 7:31 19 stops
As you see from the notes, some weird issues at the start. It seems to be localized to that area / latitude. Odd half sec pauses, stop, go, stop, go behavior. GPU and CPU were far below 100%, no clue what’s causing the terrible hick-ups. Memory, network and disk usage didn’t look out of the ordinary either. Strange, I’ll try that area again when I have time.
Update: The problem is reproduce-able, happened again while approaching Peshawar OPPS. FS2020 has 28 GB committed according to the resource monitor (8GB working set) The fps counters shows 500ms to 700ms spikes in CoherentGTDraw while moving. It resolves when paused and rolling on the ground, while moving in the air the spikes resulting in half second stutters occur.
Setting out before dawn again, on the way to Parachinar
Nights are very dark now without the moon
Getting close to Peshawar at sunrise
Peshawar, in between the Bara river and Budhni Pull
While the aerial data is correct, the roads are inside the water polygons, weird effect
Passing over Shabqadar, correct use of sunglasses
Terbala Dam Airport next to Ghazi Brotha Canal
Terbala Dam
Dam feeding the Indus river and Haripur on the right
Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan
Pakistan monument and museum with wax statues telling the history of Pakistan
Feisal mosque against the mountains in Islamabad
Nicely detailed in the game
Build in 1987, designed to resemble a Bedouin tent
Into the mountains, crossing over the Haro river
On the way to Muzaffarabad
Muzaffarabad at the confluence of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers
Chilās, long runway on the lower left along the Indus river
Another beautiful valley
Following the Indus river a bit to Gilgit
Paden Das below
Gilgit at the confluence of the Gilgit (pictured) and Hunza rivers, which join the Indus river not far down
On to Skardu
Snow cover from here on out
Skardu Airport in sight on the partly frozen Indus river
Stunning place to land
Skardu, in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan
Skardu valley with Kharpocho fort on the hills on the lower left
Katpana desert now hidden under the snow and Kharpocho fort
Shigar river joining the Indus river in Skardu Valley
Saltoro Gangri Mountain peak in the distance, 25,400ft
Dansam mountain peak ahead, 21,870ft
Crusing at FL210 to get through the Himalayas
K12 second highest peak in the Saltoro mountains 24,370ft
Crossing over the Nubra river
In between Rimo Kangri I and III, 24,229ft and 23,730ft
Chip Chap River
Daulat Beg Oldi, maybe, it’s the name of a road around here
The other road in the area is called “Road between DBO & TACHQ”
16,700ft, the engine shut off immediately after coming to a halt, need more throttle to ‘idle’ up here
After climbing back up, Shahi Kangri Mountain peak ahead, 22,749 ft
Saser Kangri I the highest peak in the Saser Muztagh, 25,171 ft
As good as it looks in the sim, it pales in comparison to real life shots
Heading down the Nubra river, here near Panamik
Thoise airbase along the Shyok river, occupying the only large piece of flat land in the area
Still 10,000ft high
Lakzung where the Nubra river joins the Shyok river
Leh, the historical capital of the Himalayan Kingdom of Ladakh
Many monasteries can be found in this valley
Thiksay monastery (15th century) on the left, Shey palace (17th century) on the right
Hemis coming up, also spelled Hamis
Yaye Tso volcanic lake at 16,365 ft
Fukche airport, next to the Indus river and Senge Zanbu
At the edge of a disputed area between India and China
Shiquanhe, Tibet autonomous region, China, on the confluence of Sênggê Zangbo and Gar River
Traditionally known as Sênggêkanbab or Sênggêzangbo, administrative seat of Ngari Prefecture
Ngari Kunsha Airport, 14,022ft
The ruins of the ancient Guge Kingdom can be found in Zanda county near Zhaburang
I’ll explore the rest of the Himalayas and Mount Everest after a deep dive into India. Heading South next.