Flight 42: St. Anthony to Goose Bay

Porter at Flight Ontario's St. Andrews

There appears to be very little in the way of non-default scenery in Labrador, freeware or payware.  So, I'll just move onto Goose Bay:

Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Inuit: Vâli)^[1] is a Canadian town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.  Located in the central part of Labrador, Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the largest population centre in that region. Incorporated in 1973, it comprises the former town of Happy Valley and the Local Improvement District of Goose Bay. Built on a large sandy plateau in 1941, the town is home to the largest military air base in northeastern North America, CFB Goose Bay.

Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay (IATA: YYR, ICAO: CYYR), commonly referred to as CFB Goose Bay, is a Canadian Forces Base located in the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Its primary RCAF lodger unit is 5 Wing, commonly referred to as 5 Wing Goose Bay.

The airfield at CFB Goose Bay is also used by civilian aircraft, with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as Goose Bay Airport. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.

An increasing number of airlines (especially smaller range aircraft like the Boeing 757) have resorted to using Goose Bay for emergency fueling stops, especially common for trans-Atlantic flights impacted by a seasonally strong jet stream over the North Atlantic.^[18] The majority of civilian airliners using the airfield are not regularly scheduled airlines to this location.

Several airlines provide regular flights to and from Goose Bay.  Air Canada express offers flights to Deer Lake, Gander, Halifax, St. John's, Wabush.  Air Labrador offers flights to Black Tickle, Cartwright, Charlottetown, Fox Harbour, Hopedale, Makkovik, Mary's Harbour, Nain, Natuashish, Port Hope Simpson, Postville, Rigolet, St. Anthony, Williams Harbour.  Provincial Airlines operates flights to Blanc-Sablon, Churchill Falls, Deer Lake, St. John's, Wabush, Hopedale, Makkovik, Nain, Natuashish, Postville.  Pascan Airlines offers service to  Montréal-Saint-Hubert.  Exploits Valley Air Services provides seasonal flights to Gander and Iqaluit, which will be my next destination.

Porter at Goose Bay

After my last flight, I did find freeware scenery for both St. Anthony and Goose Bay at Flight Ontario (http://flightontario.com/dl_fs9.html)  This scenery was designed for FS9, but reportedly works in FSX.  http://forum.mutleyshangar.com/index.php/topic/5193-goose-bay-scenery/  For this flight I installed both sceneries.

The Porter is remarkably slow.  I had a pretty strong cross wind most of the way.  My speed was generally around 60 knots.  So it took me about three hours to travel the 160 or so miles.

The plane is still pretty wonky, especially during taxiing.  It actually taxis sideways!  I can attribute some of this to strong winds, but this seems a little excessive. I may try another plane during the next leg -- On to Iqaluit!