I think I have started my Western Roundup!

I made a few flights on the high course today and see the bath tub ring now. It is FSX's way of showing limited visibility near the ground.
Below 10000ft you dont notice it, but at 12 or 14000ft it becomes very apparent.
Plus flying in the hills makes it much more obvious than flying over flat land.
 
KLAS to L06 - ABORTED

Something seriously wrong with the weather engines, kind of like a mixup between REX and MSFS.

Too bad, too - nice time of night to make a flight, and now I have to go finish prepping dinner... [I don't know about anybody else, especially "youze guys", but I do about 95% of all cooking].

Maybe tomorrow.
 
Bath Tub Ring

robert41 said:
I made a few flights on the high course today and see the bath tub ring now. It is FSX's way of showing limited visibility near the ground.
Below 10000ft you dont notice it, but at 12 or 14000ft it becomes very apparent.
Plus flying in the hills makes it much more obvious than flying over flat land.
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Heya Robert,

I agree with you to a certain point. It is not glaringly obvious when you are in the soup, but man, when it snaps out of it the colors become much more saturated, 3-dimensional, everything.

I think my eyes have been acclimated - it is pretty easy to spot now - everything has a kind of washed-out cast to it.

Switched to REX Essentials Plus Overdrive - one hell of a weather engine, that is for sure. I think there is a start-up sequence that needs to be obeyed, however - still working at it.

JKH
 
KLAS to L06 - Later that night

Did you know that L06 is not lit up like a normal airport at night?

First things first:
Tracking-URL: (Flight-ID: P8WfEVx3fzCGOuu8JyhhGIrjzrE)
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=P8WfEVx3fzCGOuu8JyhhGIrjzrE

I took off after "dinner" and thought I had a enough light. Nope.

Came upon L06 in a hurry, too high, and just went for broke - dumped the throttle, applied full flaps, threw out the gear and descended FAST. Not sure it would have worked in a real plane?

Get to spend the night in Furnace Creek with "Sales Boy". Have you ever traveled with somebody so damn noisy and misogynistic before? A wealth of jokes of poor color. I will be glad to dump him on the tarmac in SF... Maybe I can leave the body ... err ... boy behind in Furnace Creek...

:)
 
I Used to Pilot for Northwestern...

Well, it guess I have discovered the benefit of flight planning the GPS, even if you don't use it.

Coming out of Lee Vining and skimming the tree tops over Tioga Pass, I set my course for WSW. Unfortunately, it should have been SW, as when I came out of the mountains I was too far North and ended up landing at Sonora Airport (O22) instead of Mariposa.

I think I will refly this leg... :)
 
Howellerman said:
Well, it guess I have discovered the benefit of flight planning the GPS, even if you don't use it.

Coming out of Lee Vining and skimming the tree tops over Tioga Pass, I set my course for WSW. Unfortunately, it should have been SW, as when I came out of the mountains I was too far North and ended up landing at Sonora Airport (O22) instead of Mariposa.
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You poor guy... great honesty... don't worry about it.

Maybe Bry (Rosier) will share some stories about how he's witnessed me do that too... :icon_lol:

Take comfort... even happens to the "pros". Check out who was on-board. :mixedsmi:

http://tbo.com/list/military-news/a...airport-landing-on-fatigue-human-error-614036
 
From my visit to the office. Ms. Murphy smiled with distracted amusement:

"Tell the young man that there is not problem. He wants to post the authentication of his flight from O24 into O22. He may then take off from O22 to complete a short hop to O68. And to San Francisco thereafter. O22 will serve as an unplanned intermediate stop."

"And one more thing. Let the fellow know that once he gets over water, Honolulu is not much farther..."
 
Over Water!

MM said:
From my visit to the office. Ms. Murphy smiled with distracted amusement:

"Tell the young man that there is not problem. He wants to post the authentication of his flight from O24 into O22. He may then take off from O22 to complete a short hop to O68. And to San Francisco thereafter. O22 will serve as an unplanned intermediate stop."

"And one more thing. Let the fellow know that once he gets over water, Honolulu is not much farther..."
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Thank you, Miss Murphy - I will do just that!

And yes, I will definitely watch the compass when out over the water... :)
 
Flightus Interruptus

Thanks to the efforts of Mister Moses and support from the Great Ozzie, Miss Murphy has given me a "buy" on my landing at the Sonora (O22) versus Mariposa (O68) airports. Now I just have to depart Sonora, land at Mariposa, and the flight is complete.

I was hoping to do that tonight, but I just spent two day installing a new range. This involved hammers, chisels, saws-alls, wiring, lots of dust, everything, and I am butt tired.

So, here is my flight data from my Wrong Way Corrigan excursion.

Tracking-URL: (Flight-ID: 7WgHKUugDGrouFmkn9fhqXyN58E)
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=7WgHKUugDGrouFmkn9fhqXyN58E

I dunno, guys: when the rules were laid down it sounded like Miss Murphy was a pretty stern school marm.

She seems more like a person who know what needs to be done, but has a heart... (and a sense of humor). :) Thank you!
 
A Short Layover in Sonora

Well, this was interesting...

First things first:
Tracking-URL: (Flight-ID: vzlmKMnuEviN2rCxzNwZ1DICbQ)
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=vzlmKMnuEviN2rCxzNwZ1DICbQ

Since my poor flight planning took us to the wrong airport (O22 in Sonora versus O68 in Mariposa), I offered to treat Salesboy to dinner and drinks. Did you know there are tequila bars in Sonora? Did you know that there are ... ladies of leisure at these bars? Well, Salesboy definitely cannot handle his tequila, and was no danger to the ladies, and after I thanked them for helping me pour him into a cab, we stayed the night in Sonora. After a rip-roaring morning of praying to the Porcelain God, followed by lots and lots of coffee and breakfast (followed by more prayer sessions), we got loaded up for a late evening flight south to our real destination, O68 Mariposa.

Pretty time of day for a flight, and Salesboy was quiet. All was good.
 
Fini - and that was a lot of fun!!!

First things first:
Tracking-URL: (Flight-ID: gcHXBrPnMp3hqm4yfFNOsQQQ4)
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=gcHXBrPnMp3hqm4yfFNOsQQQ4

Had kind of a heart-stopping beginning. Took off in the same aircraft as the night before, with the same light fuel load. Oooooh. Once I realized this in the air I took it easy on the fuel flow, calculating in my head and on the screen, and figured, no sweat. But, something to watch in the future: make sure you have enough fuel to make the flight (had 8% left in tanks on landing - kind of close).

I have had an absolute blast doing this! I did not crash, although I came close, and have discovered that I enjoy the "purpose" of flying: Flight planning, fuel management, etc. Looking forward to repeating some of the more colorful (ORBX) legs using the RealAir Duke and Legacy.

Thank you all! Mister Moses, Paul, the Great Ozzie, and finally, Miss Murphy.

John K Howell (aka Howellerman)
 
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