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Flying into Page Municipal (very) early this morning... could have been a bit nerve-racking due to the incredibly dark night (despite the new crescent moon) and nearly featureless terrain.

However, trusting the Sectional Chart's MEFs (Max Elevation Figures) and the precise navigation the GPS provides... that and flying the GPS Rwy 15 Approach... comforting to know those "lumberjacks" keep the clearzones free of firs.

And... faith in the recent engine swap to a "Power-By-Victor" Gold Edition of the IO-550 by Victor Aviation. Sounds different and certainly feels different (much smoother) than the previous Continental that was in there. Typically the weird sounds an engine will make grow proportionally with the distance one is away from land (over water) and/or the darker the night becomes.

It's a beauty to look at too (from their website)...
 
It looks like you found Orthanc. Look for a white robed man at the top. :icon_lol:

Seriously though, I'm guessing it's some bad mesh data. Are you using default in that area, Robert? Nice picture!
 
The guys at Orbx did a great job on Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. Here's a tip of the cap to their artistry.
 
Very nice shots, Mike. Looks like we really missed out on some nice scenery with the high route. Think I'm going to have to try the Low Course. Probably in the default Mooney. I don't have much time it that one.

Well, I made it to Sequel yesterday. This is probably the first event I was able to finish in a very long time. Whew! I really enjoyed the Duke, but the combination of it plus AS2012 and Orbx scenery almost brought my PC to it's knees. As a consequence I had to move display quality down a little (but still within RTWR specs), so no good pictures to share. Sorry, fellas.

I lost the favorable winds aloft the last few legs, but sometimes you have to fly when you can, not when you want to. Rob beat me in the other Duke by a good margin, and that was with an extra stop! Rob, you must have really flown the heck out of your Duke those last few legs. :applause:

Good luck to the rest of the guys still on the course.
 
Craig Taylor said:
Think I'm going to have to try the Low Course. Probably in the default Mooney. I don't have much time it that one.
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I may have to tag along...

ACES did a nice job with a number of default aircraft... and I think that one of them.


Craig Taylor said:
Rob, you must have really flown the heck out of your Duke those last few legs. :applause:
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Winds. :mixedsmi:



Great Ozzie said:
Just got a notice the (virtual) FAA wants to pull my (virtual) ticket. Seems they think I violated the (virtual) airspace above the (virtual) Grand Canyon... especially over the (virtual) Bright Angel Flight Free Zone.
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Seems I won't be (virtually) violated as Goldman Sachs trumps the FAA when it comes to their pull with the current (virtual) Administration.
 
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It looks like you found Orthanc. Look for a white robed man at the top. :icon_lol:

Seriously though, I'm guessing it's some bad mesh data. Are you using default in that area, Robert? Nice picture!​
][/QUOTE]

Thanks Craig. Default FSX with GEX.
 
I found an issue with KTEX, but I haven't seen anyone here address it yet. Nor did I see anything mentioned about it in the Western Roundup pdf's. Or possibly you FS9 guys have it already fixed. I wasn't so lucky.
It's only in FS9, being this glitch doesn't show up in FSX.
Hopefully this post can help out other newbies who might run into the same thing I did, but now be able to fix it, without losing valuable stick time (like I did tonight) in finding a fix:

I'm getting ready to do the KASE Aspen to KTEX Telluride flight, being I know it's a bear of an approach. So I did a practice run beforehand.
On the approach to runway 9 , I have an ILS transmitter shed in the middle of the runway, right where I need to put this bird down:

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Not only is this gonna make the landing real fun (being the 414 doesn't take to landing in grass quite well), but takeoff to KGCN isn't going to be pretty either. The 414 isn't the greatest STOL aircraft...

I was thinking that maybe this ILS shed had 'pass-through' qualities built in.
I was wrong on that theory, being the plane went BOOM on impact:

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I couldn't find a fix here for this shed in the SOH search.
I thought I found a fix at FlightSim, but the link in this thread doesn't work: http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?70561-KTEX-runway-09-ILS-shack&highlight=ktex+runway . It takes you to the home page, but that's about it.

After looking through many posts there at Flight Sim, I found how to get rid of the shed.
I had to put an 'exclude file' in the Scenery CFG, 5 kb in size. The text needed goes in at the very end of that file, and in sequence.

Make a copy of the stock Scenery cfg, and stick it on the desktop.
Now in the FS9 Scenery CFG, you cut and paste this at the very end after everything else listed there, and number it accordingly.

[Area.0xx]
Title=Telluride
Local=scenery
Exclude=N37 57.34,W107 55.05,N37 57.33,W107 55.03,all
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=0xx


For example, in my case, it looks like this:


[Area.037]
Title=Propeller Objects
Local=Scenery\props
Layer=37
Active=TRUE
Required=TRUE


[Area.038]
Title=Addon Scenery
Local=Addon Scenery
Layer=38
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE


[Area.039]
Title=Ultimate Terrain - Canada/Alaska
Local=SCENERY\UTCANADA
Layer=39
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Remote=


[Area.040]
Title=Ultimate Terrain - USA
Local=SCENERY\UTUSA
Layer=40
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Remote=


[Area.041]
Title=Telluride
Local=scenery
Exclude=N37 57.34,W107 55.05,N37 57.33,W107 55.03,all
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=041



As stated before, I had good intentions on doing this leg tonight, but got caught up in tearing down this confounded shed...lol
 
Whoohoo, drinks on Willy!

I had a fun filled flight to Yellowstone, Bozeman, Gallatin. For the first time I got some stinko weather to play in too. Here's some kodaks of the flight:


 
Some kodaks of the flight down to Jackson Hole. There were considerable mountainous terrain issues to deal with on this leg. I had to make a detour early on to avoid some particularly scary looking hills, then we almost had a CFIT whilst motoring along in the clouds, then, upon breaking out onto the high plains north of Jackson Hole, I could see the mighty Tetons ahead. I zigged to the east to pass over the lake, which set me up for a nice approach into 19. Got in some ILS practice during the landing.


 
Looks like El Guapo topped MM by 7 seconds...

Scuttlebutt is Ms. Murph is going to dock him 1 second for every arrival / departure post he didn't split up (seems there are 'a plethora' of them)...

So Mike still safely in the lead. :icon_lol:
 
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