Leg 213, Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan to Sancheon, South Korea
DAY03_23.PLN (8.6 KB)
This leg should be called “fun with bridges”. I didn’t cover all that much distance with my average speed down to 92 knots, too much fun zooming around the spectacular landmark bridges.
03-22 Kanoya RJFY 5:30 PM
03-22 Kagoshima RJFK 5:41 PM
03-22 Miyazaki RJFM 5:55 PM
03-22 Nyutabaru Aero RJFN 6:03 PM
03-22 Kumamoto RJFT 6:31 PM Kokonoe Yume Otsurihashi 33°10’28"N, 131°13’38"E
03-22 Oita RJFO 7:06 PM
03-22 Tsuiki Aero RJFZ 7:20 PM
03-22 Kitakyushu RJFR 7:26 PM
03-22 Ozuki Aero RJOZ 7:31 PM
03-22 Kanmon Bridge 33°57’43"N, 130°57’31"E 7:50 PM Fun to land on
03-22 Ashiya Aero RJFA 7:59 PM
03-22 Fukuoka RJFF 8:11 PM
03-22 Metabaru RJDM 8:20 PM
Bad performance, main thread dying, reloading plane did not fix it, restart
03-22 Metabaru RJDM 8:32 PM Chikugo River Lift Bridge 33°12’53"N, 130°21’44"E
03-22 Saga RJFS 9:05 PM
03-22 Omura RJDU 9:17 PM RJFU Bridge 32°54’54"N, 129°55’43"E
03-22 Nagasaki RJFU* 9:35 PM
03-22 Amakusa RJDA 9:50 PM Hashima Island 32°37’38"N, 129°44’18"E
Bad performance over open water, main thread spiking, turning draw on terrain off and back on fixed it or coincidence
03-22 Fukue RJFE 10:20 PM
03-22 Kamigoto RJDK 10:33 PM
03-22 Ojika RJDO 10:42 PM Ikitsuki Bridge 33°21’10"N, 129°26’20"E
Bad performance while approaching the bridge, main thread spiking to 160 ms per frame, manipulators spiking as well
Dev mode, terrain etc no difference, pausing under the bridge fixed it… (btw cars are driving on the water)
Problem area is just west of the bridge, clear line where bad stuttering starts
03-22 Iki RJDB 11:29 PM
03-22 Tsushima RJDT 11:48 PM Busan Tower 35°6’4"N, 129°1’56"E
03-23 Gimhae Intl RKPK 12:24 AM 2 fps on landing, cleared up further down the runway
03-23 Sacheon RKPS 12:45 AM bad performance again, messy terrain, 30GB RAM in use
Flight time 7:15 23 stops
Departure from Kanoya just after sunrise
Sakurajima (3,665ft) formerly an island, connected to the Osumi peninsula in the 1914 eruption
Kagoshima Airport near Kirishima
Kirishima Kinkowan National Park
Over Hokita
Watari river
Dokawa Dam in the Hitari river
Stepping through street view on these islands looks very familiar to Ghibli movies
All those lovely narrow streets hugging the mountains and skinny cars to match
Kumamoto Airport
Takaono
Kokonoe Yume Otsurihasi, 568-foot-high pedestrian suspension bridge
You can fit any plane under there, a fly by
Kitakyushu Airport, build on a man made island which seems more common in Japan
Kanmon Bridge connecting Kyushu island with Honshu island (Japan’s main island)
Flying over the Hayatomonoseto Strait to check out the underside of the bridge
Upping the challenge
Wide enough to land as well. They know me around here, traffic kept to the other side, clear runway
Wee, awesome bridge. Take off on the Kitakyushu side, Shimonoseki to the North behind me
Fukuoka, huge city
Kyushu Electric Power Minamihata Power Station
Chikugo River lift bridge
Difficult shot. The Bonanza can fly at an 80 degree bank, maintaining 110 knots IAS, full rudder to maintain altitude. The hard part is to get the circle to align with the gap in the bridge.
Got to check out the bridge from underneath
Omaru Airport with Nagasaki Airport behind on another artificial island
Very nicely modeled airport
And bridge!
Easier in first person view since the trailing camera can’t make sense of flying upside down
My passengers wanted out, so I dropped them off at arrivals
Fun landing, it would have been easier from the other direction, not having to fly under the walkways. But easier to take off in this direction. Good thing here is no cross wind! I did land again on the actual runway to make it ‘count’ (not that the logbook works all that well)
Amakusa Airport
Hashima Island, an abandoned offshore mining facility, also known as Gunkanjima or Battleship Island
Kamigoto Airport
Ikitsuki Bridge connecting Ikitsuki island with Hirado island
Beautiful bridge over the Tatsunoseto Strait
It took a lot of tries to get this right
This bridge makes me want to play Half-Life 2’s bridge level again, Highway 17
One more shot from the cockpit
They must be warning traffic to stay away when I get near
Shimayama Island
On to South Korea (rest of Japan later) Busan Tower in Jung-gu district, Busan
I wondered how close I could get, close enough to admire the reflection
Namhang Bridge in the distance
Not quite close enough for take out, or drop it on the wing, bank left to collect
Gimhae International Airport serving the Busan area since 1976
Final stop today at Sacheon Airport
Ooh nice bridge in Sacheon, when is Korea getting landmarks 
Tomorrow exploring South Korea and heading to North Korea.