Leg 211, Fuga Island, Philippines via Taiwan to Miyako-jima, Japan
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A lovely tour of Taiwan with a very inappropriate landing at the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, then on to Japan. A bit shorter leg than on a usual Saturday as my next destination (Iwo Jima) would have been in the dark by the time I could get there. I guess I didn’t need to start in the dark (was trying to make it in time for the long flight to Iwo Jima, but had too much fun in Taiwan)
03-20 Fuga Airstrip RPNA 4:12 PM Virtual vision take off, nothing but black
03-20 Lanyu RCLY 5:19 PM Runway lights! Tricky 16 knot crosswind
03-20 Lyudao RCGI 5:35 PM Virtual vision landing
03-20 Chihhong RCQS 5:43 PM Runway lights, still dark
03-20 Fengnin RCFN 5:48 PM
03-20 Taimali RCTA 5:55 PM
03-20 Hengchun RCKW 6:10 PM
03-20 Kaohsiung Intl RCKH 6:26 PM
03-20 Tsoying Z28T 6:31 PM
03-20 Kangshan RCAY 6:36 PM
03-20 Tainan Aero RCNN 6:42 PM
03-20 Qimei RCCM 7:01 PM
03-20 Wang-An RCWA 7:06 PM
03-20 P’Eng Hu Z28W 7:11 PM
03-20 Magong AB RCQC 7:13 PM
03-20 Chiayi Aero RCKU 7:30 PM
03-20 Hualian RCHA 8:01 PM 3 attemps, very short ‘runway’
03-20 Hualian RCHU 8:05 PM
03-20 Hualien RCYU 8:11 PM
03-20 Hsinchu Aero RCPO 8:43 PM
03-20 Lungtang RCDI 8:50 PM
03-20 Taoyuan RCGM 8:56 PM
03-20 Chiang Kai Shek Intl RCTP 8:58 PM Mind the speed bump
03-20 Sungshan RCSS 9:07 PM Chiang Kai-Sheck Memorial Grand Hotel National Palace Museum
03-20 Yonaguni ROYN 10:17 PM 24 knot head/cross wind
03-20 Hateruma RORH 10:39 PM
03-20 New Ishigaki ROIG 10:55 PM
03-20 Tarama RORT 11:10 PM
03-20 Shimojishima RORS * 11:21 PM
03-20 Miyako ROMY 11:29 PM 872nm next
Flight time 7:17 29 stops
Take off in complete darkness, heading to Lanyu
Lyudao Airport on Green Island, looks more purple to me
Taitung city, south east coast of Taiwan
Dawn over Nevin Village (內文村)
Mutan reservoir
Sun spotted over Checheng
Checheng Fu’an Palace and Sichongxi Hot Springs Park
Flying along the south-west coast of Taiwan
Tainan city
Anping Old Street in the middle and Chihkan Tower on the right
Chikhan Tower is a former military fort built in the 17th century by Dutch colonists. This reveals another gap in my education. Dutch history classes never mentioned that the Dutch East India company got all the way to Taiwan. Of course not mentioning the slavery part is far worse.
I noticed this peculiar shape down below, first thought it was a glitch
It’s the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum, awesome building
Of course I could not resist a peek inside
Searching for Hualian RCHA along Hualien Creek (花蓮溪)
Found it but it’s very short and bumpy
3rd time is the charm, good thing no obstructions to power back out and try again
Hualian RCHA tons of room to land here
Hualian Airport RCYU odd configuration, long taxi way
Near Fu Shicun, pretty bad textures in the mountains, trying to find a decent spot
Mount Slyvia (12,749ft)
Taoyuan Yuehua Hotel & Golf Club at Lungtang Military Airport
Chiang Kai Shek Intl, mind the speed bump in the runway
I landed before the bump and carefully drove up there, little height bug
New Taipe along the Tamsui River
Luzhou District
Sungshan Aiport in Taipe, the capital of Taiwan
Heading back out to explore the city, Grand hotel Taipe near the airport
Taipe 101 scyscraper (1,666ft) and Lungshan Temple (1700s Buddhist and Taoist temple)
National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
Opened 1980 in memory of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1985)
My gears are grinding, that looks a lot like a runway!
Only that pesky gate is in the way
Dropping down over the gate, plus ground effect, probably can’t stop in time
So I snuck in from the side over the trees, success with room to spare
Pretty place
Leaving the same way I got in, no trace left behind
I wonder where that portal goes… (It’s an empty room, rendering glitch)
On to the National Palace Museum
Featuring one of the largest collections of Chinese art & artifacts in the world
So large they build a second one to the South
Heading to Japan next, first land sighted, Nakanougan island
Hateruma island
Landing at Hateruma Airport
Hateruma is Japan’s Southernmost point
Flying past Kohama island next
Taketomi island with Ishigaki behind
Okinawa Prefectural Yaeyama Hospital build on the old Ishigaki airport
New Ishigaki Airport
Ishigaki island looks very good in the sim
Hirakuboza Lighthouse at the tip of the island (right side)
Miyako Shimojishima Airport on Irabu island
One of the fully modeled airports in game
I’m sure they appreciated that
I flew on to the island right next to Irabu, Miyako which has it’s own Miyako Airport
Looks like a duplicate from Miyako Shimojishima Airport
More of japan tomorrow, first a long flight to Iwo Jima. I already send the plane out this morning to time the arrival at sunrise. It worked after tweaking the mixture and rpm just right. There is no airport there in the sim, I’ll improvise.