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AW507 C185 20250906 PFF130 - Paul_Kane - 09-10-2025

Time to get back in the saddle!!

Being new to the Ketchikan area, I had no intention of flying today and instead study up on local flying rules and checking out the Alaska Winds Cessna 185 before taking on some jobs.

About 10:00am a US Forest Service project manager who was in charge of the US Forest Service cabins in SE Alaska came into the office and needed a ride to 3 cabins in order to make sure they were ready for the winter season.

I told him I was new to the area and not sure how to charge for this flight, but told him we'd figure out the financials after we got back.

He needed to visit these three cabins in the Ketchikan area:

Honker Lake Cabin (HONK)
Virginia Lake Cable (VRNA) (Close to Wrangell)
Eagle Lake Cabin (EAG1)
Then back to PAKT

This flight was flown with live weather (I got lucky lol) :-)

Map of the flight:

[Image: Little-Navmap-3-0-17-64-bit-MSFS-2020-N-...PAKT-l.png]

Departing Ketchikan and flight to Honker Lake:

[Image: Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-9-7-2025-12-42-35-PM.png]


[Image: Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-9-7-2025-12-45-31-PM.png]


[Image: Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-9-7-2025-12-45-50-PM.png]

Thorne Bay!!
[Image: Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-9-7-2025-1-02-41-PM.png]

Honker Lake:

[Image: Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-9-7-2025-1-14-44-PM.png]

Departing Honker Lake and heading to Virginia Lake:
[Image: Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-9-7-2025-5-36-22-PM.png]


[Image: Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-9-7-2025-5-52-35-PM.png]

Virgina Lake is dead ahead:

[Image: Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-9-7-2025-6-04-13-PM.png]

Arrived at the cabin and decided to spend the night. There was some damage to the cabin that needed to be repaired.
[Image: Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-9-7-2025-6-11-54-PM.png]

RE: Time to get back in the saddle - JoaoPaz - 09-10-2025

Paul, wonderful flight - and PIREP  Cool

I suppose that's Carenado for MSFS2020?

RE: Time to get back in the saddle - Paul_Kane - 09-10-2025

Thanks Joao!!

Yes, that is the Carenado 185 for FS2020.

I've also loaded up the Misty Moorings scenery package which can be downloaded from their Discord page.

Their scenery package adds a ton of US forest Service cabin to SE Alaska. You can see some of them in my first screenshot :-)

RE: AW507 C185 20250906 PFF130 - JoaoPaz - 09-10-2025

Stunning screenshots, it's a joy to v-fly these days ! Smile

Those sceneries really changed the SW AK landscape forever <3