• Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

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    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

A Little Bragging

Tom Clayton

Tom Clayton

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I decided to do a short night flight from GSO to BUY. I plotted out my direct course in the planner just to have it in the map. I set up in the steam 172 on the GA ramp. I decided to do that one as real as possible. I started the plane from cold and dark manually. Then I took the GPS course heading and added about 15° to be able to intercept the ILS for Rwy 6. Of course, the wind was from the opposite direction, so I ended up entering a right downwind pattern following something called "Generic" I flew an extended DW, then base/final, all visual (had the Garmin map for backup just in case), with no autopilot. I still need some practice getting it trimmed out smoothly, but this one went pretty well.

I discovered a glitch in the AI. After I landed, another "Generic" announced he was on base, so I stopped and flipped to chase view to watch him land. Everything was beautiful - right up until he switched off all lighting on touchdown!I could still see a shadow moving, and he announced clear of the runway, so I know he didn't just vanish.
 
He was saving energy. When I was a kid in elementary school, we had a bus driver who would turn off the engine at red lights to save gas. This was when gas was <25 cents a gallon. He and the pilot of that AI plane may be related.
 
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