Leg 4 - CYHZ Halifax, intermediate stop at Sable Island, and then on to LFVP Saint Pierre - 395nm - Air Time - 2.6
C-CBLB got a few firsts out of the way this leg. She stretched her legs out over the Atlantic for the first time. She landed off airport for the first time, and she landed in a (technically) different country for the first time, with Saint Pierre being a French overseas collectivity.
The leg started with a departure out of CYHZ Halifax. Today, as always, was a real life weather day, with high winds, and scattered cloud. It was also a real life time leg! I went due south, admittedly completely forgetting to pass over downtown Halifax I had a very strong crosswind from the west at about 50kts and I got C-CBLB out over the ocean for the first time. I think FS2020 really hit the mark with the churning waves and white caps on the ocean. Looked awesome from 3000’! I got to Sable Island, a thin, long island way off the southern coast of Nova Scotia, which is a migratory bird reserve, national park, and weather station among other interesting things. There is no air strip modeled, so I picked a spot, circled around and landed into the wind. First time C-CBLB was off pavement! Took a few photo’s and read up on the history of the island and then took off and headed east over the the rest of island. From there I was treated to a 49kt tailwind and a sunset (real-time, not cheating like leg 3) all the way to LFVP Saint Pierre. I ended up having to shoot the RNAV Rwy26 as it was night time and forecasting OVC at 900’, but the OVC layer ended up being better than that in sim, and I was visual after crossing the FAF. Highlight of Leg 4 had to be Sable Island and the sunset into LFVP Saint Pierre.
Departing CYHZ Halifax
Seeing the Atlantic for the first time in FS2020
Leaving the Nova Scotia shoreline
Windy, churned up Atlantic Ocean
Sable Island
East Sable Island
Sunset 50 miles SW of Saint Pierre
Sunset 50 miles SW of Saint Pierre