#64 Incheon #65 Seoul

Start: ZYTL, 0705; $1376.00 and 35gal

$10,000 into the bank account this morning. I'm going to Seoul. One Corporate VIP is going to Seoul. It's just that simple!

Incheon is listed as an FSX detailed city, but all I could find was a nicely detailed airport.

Incheon

Seoul (seems like auto-gen, but it's very well done)

End: RKSM, 1040; $3144.50 and 11gal


Total Distance Flown:  34,983 nautical miles
Total v$ Deposited: $170,000

#63 Great Wall of China

Start: ZBAA, 0916; $9283.58 and 37gal

I'm starting today by making up for yesterday's unsuccesful photo tour of Beijing. And a beautiful day it is, too! Then I'm off to see the Great Wall. I'll be joined by 2 Gov't Charter passengers and 1 Corporate VIP, who I'm eventually taking to Zhoushuizi, Dalian.

Forbidden City (apparently abandonded!)

Temple of Heaven (apparently non-existent)

Generic Beijing

The Great Wall (you can see it from space, but not from FSX!)

Well, after a big build-up, that turned out to be quite a disappointment. FSX really does not do justice to Beijing. Anyone flying in China needs to get some add-on scenery.

End: ZYTL, 1352; $11658.49 and 14gal


Total Distance Flown:  34,705 nautical miles
Total v$ Deposited: $160,000

#62 Beijing (sort of)

Start: ZSSS, 0842; $7500.77 and 54gal

I've looked and looked, but there just aren't jobs going the way I need to go. So, I'm going to fly empty to my next destination; Yaoqiang, 238 miles away. From there I'll have paying passengers the rest of the way, so thing will work out just fine.

End: ZSJN, 1203; $7500.77 and 24gal

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I'll now be taking 3 Private Shuttle passengers north to Binhai in Tianjin, just over an hour from here. It's awfully overcast (I'm a little surprised that I'm getting the okay to fly VFR), which might make for disappointing photos of Beijing. We'll just see if things clear up....

Well, 18 miles from Tianjin, the skies above are a beautiful turquiose. But below is pretty heavily fogged. I request a landing, and am told the airport is IFR. So, I'll quickly file an IFR plan, because my passengers want to land!

End: ZBTJ, 1353; $8585.17 and 45gal

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A bit surprising, but there's no fuel in Beijing! So, I gassed up to the limit before taking off. I've exchange my 3 passengers for 3 others; this time, 3 Private Shuttle passengers going along with me to Beijing. With this fog, I may not get any decent photos until tomorrow morning though...

Beijing is fogged in

Busy Beijing airport

End: ZBAA, 1503; $9283.58 and 37gal

This is the first time in this entire trip that weather prevent my planned photo shoot. With over 34,000 nautical miles covered, I think that's pretty good!


Total Distance Flown:  34,404 nautical miles
Total v$ Deposited: $160,000