I did a high VFR flight across the length of the Hawaiian Islands today. There were scattered showers over Lihue, but they moved off before I could finish setting up my autopilot. The flight itself was uneventful, but the Hilo tower tried to tell me to make straight in for Rwy 8. There’s a little bit of a hill in the way of that one, so I opted for an approach around the north shore and what amounted to a left base entry.
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I flew the reverse leg (Hilo to Lihue) today in the NAMC YS-11.
Here we are, about to do the pre-flight inspection:
Perfect (live) weather for an afternoon flight over the islands:
Following the coastline. This is just offshore by Upper Paauilo Airstrip (HI27):
Pailolo Channel. Lanai to port, Molokai to starboard:
Kaiwi Channel, Oahu dead ahead:
Pearl Harbor:
Approacning Kauai:
Making the turn to final:
On final:
Parked on the apron:
[MSFS 2024 v1.6.31.0, live weather]
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