A really good friend of my Dave, whom I haven’t seen in about 5-6 years, has been in town for a few days. It was really cool to have him over this evening and during that time, he took command of the yoke and went for his first flight in the sim!
Have to say I was really impressed! Great takeoff and for a first flight ever, a very controlled flight and landing!
Great job DDF!
It’s hard to believe it but Pat’s last flight in the sim was over a year ago! He was over tonight with my other good friend Dave and after Dave’s flight, took the seat and flew over the skies of Los Angeles!
A lot has changed since Pat’s last flight, but most noticeably is now the full front overhead and the CPFlight EFIS’s/MCP
Did a 2 1/2 hour flight from YBBN to YMML, using FTX (Full Terrain) airports and ground scenery.
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My nephew was over visiting this evening and took the Captains seat! I think he enjoyed his flight! But I think he enjoyed my PS3 more! :)
KLAX to KSAN testing out the new OLED visuals! Enjoy the flight!
Since my last major test flight, I’ve added many new things to the simulator. The overhead, the throttle quadrant, the interface cards, radios, the cdu and more. Well, it was time to run the test flight from KLAX to KRIV to test everything out! Found several bugs I’ll have to fix, but that is exactly why I do this test flight. Sit back and relax and enjoy the flight!
Click here for the photos from a recent flight from Oakland International to Los Angeles International! It shows photos from inside and outside the cockpit!
I’ve never flown in Italy, so last night after double checking button configurations I decided to pick two random airports in Italy and see the scenery. Unfortunately, the destination airport was not meant to land a 737!!!! Holy smokes! More pictures below!!
Holding near the active at Tessera, Italy, LIPZ
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I bought FSFlyingSchool (http://www.fsflyingschool.com about 2 or 3 years ago, used it a couple times in the cessna sim and after that our child was born and I wasn’t able to sim much more after that.
Well, now that I’m back, and in the 737, I decided to install my old classic version (Which works under FSX, woot!)
I did a quick flight from KBUR to KLAX, and one thing the instructor said to me was “Sicking g forces” haha!! Awsome. This first flight I wanted to make sure it worked, so I didn’t set my nav radios, track a localizer or anything. Just takeoff and landing. Here was my first logbook entry!
Matt piloting Boeing 737-800 Paint1 ended Monday, June 08, 2009 at 04:02
Aircraft: BOEING ID: N737W Airline: Boeing Flight:
Flight plan: KBUR TO KLAX NAV1: NYL
Failure(s): None at landing
Failure Event(s) (Zulu Time): None
Landing Score:6.50
Autopilot used.
Landing was successful in the following areas:
* Gentle touchdown.
* Wings were level.
* Good pitch control after touchdown.
* Good pitch at landing.
* With flaps – good job.
* Heading aligned with runway.
* Throttle(s) idle.
Landing included the following problems:
* No glideslope information was available on visual approach.
* No runway alignment information was available on visual approach.
* Too fast – you had to force the plane to stay down.
* No glideslope – could not compare flare to glideslope.
* Without spoilers armed – arm them before landing.
* Ballooning during landing – needs practice.
* Poor steering after landing – stay on the centre line.
Definite room for improvement…
Flight Score:72.27
Autopilot used.
Flight commended in the following areas:
* Smooth turns.
* Nice banking.
* Smooth pitch control.
* Flown within aircraft’s maximum speed limit.
* Good take off steering.
* Rotation was not late.
* Appropriate position of flaps during taxi.
* Smooth braking during taxi.
* Well coordinated turns.
* No stalls.
* No flying dangerously close to stall speed.
* Pitch not too high.
* Flaps down on time.
* Approach speed not too fast.
* Low altitude speeds not too fast.
* Good clearance of obstacles.
Flight included the following problems:
* Exceeding flap speeds – your flaps may be damaged: have them checked.
* Exceeding gear speed – your landing gear may be damaged: have it checked.
* Sickening G forces – your passengers feel rather unwell.
* Dangerous taxiing turns – these cause discomfort and stress.
* Poor attention to taxi speed – dangerous to yourself and others.
* Loss of altitude during takeoff – climb smoothly.
* Wings not level near ground – danger of clipping a wing.
* Rapid descent – dangerous and uncomfortable.
* Nose held too low – we’re not in combat.
Definite room for improvement…
Captain Matt Riggins
My737Sim Airlines N32405
My737Sim Server ID: Capt Riggins
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