Andover and 748 ferry flights anyone?

Post by **TSR2** » 21 Nov 2006, 00:51

I could't see anything... i ducked sown below 2000 thinking I was over the sea.... I was... but there was a feck off mountain immediately in front of me!!!

Post by **Garry Russell** » 21 Nov 2006, 00:54

If you do fly into a mountain or any other type of total crash......is the pilot and aeroplane deleted permanently form the database or do all the bits get put in bin sacks and taken for a bit of TLC?

Garry

Post by **TSR2** » 21 Nov 2006, 01:40

Its amazing what the AAIB can do at Farnborough these days.

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 21 Nov 2006, 03:45

Dont you all just love winter flying??

Sounds like you guys have been having the tribulations we have - let down into peasoup over on St Lawerence Island in the Bering Sea - should have been simple because the VOR is right at the end of the runway - broke out at 1100 feet and there in front of me was what I thought was the airport rotating beacon so ignored the VOR and headed for it ---- turned out to be a lighthouse about 2 miles north of the aerodrome - placed on the only high ground on the south end of the island :roll: :roll: - BTW why are you guys tech stopping in Greenland with the 780 - it has the range to make Goose/Gander - Keflavik non stop according to FSBuild ???(yes I have the performance data already loaded into FSB)

Cheers

Leif

Post by **MALTBY D** » 21 Nov 2006, 10:32

Yes, Greenland was fun yesterday. (we're all taking the pretty route Leif)
I was real weathering too & it was great. It made up for having to fly the first leg again.
Had just started guessing the glide slope when the runway lights appeared, phew. Is it right that they don't have a GS beam? :think:
Fortunately I'd noticed the little channel to fly down, so avoided Mount Feck.

I did once skim a Trident off the top of a mountain at night shortly after takeoff from Torino & FlyNet didn't seem to notice.

It was quite a gentle bump that it may well have survived in real life, but quite a shock at that altitude. I did jump out & abandon the flight just in case.
Who knows, perhaps if I'd had more detailed mesh installed then it may have ripped me apart, those original low res mountains are so smooth and pillow like.

DM

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 21 Nov 2006, 17:29

Truth to tell DM - Ive done Nasarsuaq (BGBW) IRL - In a A*rB*s its,.... well lets say interesting from the jumpseat

Maybe these will help anyone else going in that direction

http://www.slv.dk/Dokumenter/dscgi/ds.p ... ection-401

Leif

Post by **TSR2** » 24 Nov 2006, 22:08

I'll take XS645 back home.