Leg 218, Fukui, Honshu island, Japan to Korsakov, Sakhalin Island, Russia
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I still got some performance problems at terrain detail 100 requiring a restart. Same thing as always memory usage starts going up grinding everything to a halt. After a restart, smooth again and half the memory in use for what looks exactly the same. Oh well, since I don’t use the rolling cache anyway, end task is safe and back in the air within 7 minutes with ‘fresh’ memory. (It takes 3+ minutes to close it down properly when it gets in this bad state)
The rest of Japan today and then into the cold. I already had some areas with snow in northern Japan then ran into icing on the way to Russia. Big changes in scenery along the way.
03-27 Fukui RJNF 5:24 PM
03-27 Komatsu RJNK 5:30 PM
03-27 Toyama RJNT 5:45 PM
03-27 Noto RJNW 5:58 PM
03-27 Sado RJSD 6:27 PM
03-27 Niigata RJSN 6:40 PM
03-27 Fukushima RJSF 7:09 PM 45 knot cross wind Nuclear Power plant 37°25’21"N 141°01’59"E
Bad stuttering, ram usage going up again, terrain still at 100 since start today, cleared up after Fukushima
03-27 Sendai RJSS 7:35 PM
03-27 Kasuminome RJSU 7:41 PM PG Area
03-27 Yamagata RJSC 7:59 PM
03-27 Hanamaki RJSI 8:24 PM
03-27 Odate-Noshiro RJSR 8:49 PM
03-27 Aomori RJSA 9:01 PM Bad performance, sim allocating more and more memory again
03-27 Ominato Aero RJSO 9:15 PM
End process, restart, 30GB allocated, 16GB active, stuttering 5 fps
03-27 Ominato Aero RJSO 9:22 PM 16GB allocated, 10GB active, smooth again
03-27 Hakodate RJCH 9:35 PM
03-27 Shikabe RJ04 9:42 PM
03-27 Yakumo JASDF Airbase RJCY 10:54 PM
03-27 Sapporo RJCO 11:26 PM
03-27 New Chitose RJCC 11:34 PM
03-27 Otofuke RJOU 11:56 PM
03-28 Tokachi RJCT 12:03 AM
03-28 Kushiro RJCK * 12:22 AM
03-28 Kitami RJKT 12:39 AM
03-28 Memanbetsu RJCM 12:48 AM
03-28 Nakashibetsu RJCN 1:03 AM
03-28 Mendeleyevo UHSM 1:17 AM 14 knot tailwind
03-28 Burevestnik UHSB 1:54 AM
03-28 Iturup UHSI 2:08 AM Headwind, icing along the way, instrument panel broken, no de-ice
03-28 Korsakov ULOQ 3:31 AM
Flight time 10:00 28 stops
The day started with some light rain, early morning at Fukui Airport
Sun spotted over Soumachi
Oharamachi
Suzu, Ishikawa
Blue cave on the northeast shore and Mitsekujima island
Sado island
Flying along the Aga river
Tabanematsu, the E49 runs underground here through a series of long tunnels
Wakamiya, lot of farms
Higashiyama dam
Ubakami Nogami
Fukushima, infamous for the nuclear power plant disaster in 2011
The incident is considered as bad if not worse than Chernobyl, both “level 7” nuclear accidents
Chernobyl had a higher death toll, yet Fukushima is now the most radioactive place on the planet
It’s going to take roughly 30 more years and $76 billion to remove intact nuclear fuel, recover resolidified melted fuel debris, dismantle the reactors, and dispose of contaminated water.
Removing the fuel debris is a tougher task, with no target completion date yet.
Sendai, Miyagi
Miyagino Ward, flying over the railroad
Sendai station
Checking out JR East Sendai Vehicle Station before moving on
Lake Tazawa
Gozanoishi Shrine on lake Tazawa
Hosen Lake a bit higher up the mountains
Asadokoro on Mutsu bay, north end of Honshu Island
Hokkaido Koma-ga-take (3,711ft) one of Japan’s most active volcanoes
I guess those path ways are to direct and slow any lava flowing down?
(The game incorrectly puts buildings alongside)
Hokkaido Koma-ga-take caused a major Tsunami in 1640, most recent eruption was in 2000
Mount Usu (2,405ft) active volcano with Lake Toya and Mount Yotei behind
Mount Yōtei (6,227ft) local landmark for its resemblance to Mt. Fuji
Sapporo, capital of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido
View from Mount Moiwa, reachable by cable car
Oiwakehoei
Shimukappu, in and out of the snow around here
Kamitomamu
Shoro River
Kushiro Airport
It will be a while before I see a hand crafted airport again, taking a good look
Looks very close to the pictures online
Some parts are modeled inside as well
Including the tower
Moving on, departing from Menanbetsu airport
Kunashir Island, part of the Kuril islands, administered by Russia since WW2 but disputed by Japan
Mendeleyevo Airport
Lvinaya Past Bay
Iturup Island, more volcanoes here
Iturup Airport
Peaceful here, so quiet
Crossing over the sea of Othotsk to Sakhalin Island
Korsakovskii, ran into some icing along the way
Korsakov at the southern end of Sakhalin Island
The day ends as it began with some light rain
Big port town, huge container ships stop by here
Into Russia tomorrow, towards Udachny diamond mine.