Mess around in career mode
Circumnavigated Port Phillip Bay from Phillip Island (YPID) to Apollo Bay (YAPO) in the Beechcraft Bonanza G36.
Melbourne on the horizon:
Flying down Victoria Street:
Hmmm - no helicopter on the pad. Perhaps they are behind me since I failed to get clearance to fly this low over the city center!
Royal Geelong Yacht Club:
Slow flyby of Split Rock Lighthouse:
Parked at the rather scenic airport in Apollo Bay:
[MSFS 2024 v1.7.28, live time & weather]
What did I do in MSFS today? I’ve updated my KPVF Placerville, CA airport scenery to the last standard of MSFS2024/2020
(EGCB) Barton Aerodrome - (EINN) Shannon Airport
This evening I flew a Douglas DC-3 “Ole Dusty” from Barton Aerodrome (EGCB), in Greater Manchester, England, to Shannon Airport (EINN) using Say Intentions.
I decided to use “Ole Dusty” to go back to the very basics of Aviation Navigation, using the Sperry Gyropilot as opposed to an autopilot, and using only VOR stations and vectors from ATC.
I cruised at FL100 with an average speed of around 190MPH, through icing conditions and limited visibility, but somehow, almost miraculously, I managed to land on Rwy 24 at Shannon on the first approach. The flight was a testament to how good Say Intentions ATC is.
There is something about this style of old school navigation that really brings aviation alive.
Departing Rwy 26R at (EGCB) Barton Aerodrome
Leaving the UK mainland outbound from WAL
Sperry Gyropilot engaged during cruise at FL100
Reaching the Irish mainland inbound to BAL
Arriving at Rwy 24, (EINN) Shannon Airport
Parked at (EINN) Shannon Airport, East Apron
A short 1 hour flight in the Beechcraft Bonanza G36 from Shepparton (YSHT) to Essendon (YMEN) via Bendigo (YBDG) for some sightseeing over the PG area.
Downtown Bendigo:
Queen Elizabeth Oval and Faith Leech Aquatic Center:
The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
Approaching Essendon with Melbourne in the distance:
[MSFS 2024 v1.7.28.0, live time & weather, ijanStudio Seasons Enhanced 2024 v3.9.0]
Williamson sodus (KSDC) to Greater Rochester (KROC) in the default fa 18
Yes!!! And I thought the lighting for this airport looked great!!!
Southwest Airlines ops today
Rochester (KROC) to Orlando (KMCO) in the default Boeing 737 Max 8, flight time was 2 hours and 45 minutes
Flew the HondaJet from Inverness (EGPE) to Manchester (EGCC) on Vatsim:
It was a fun flight, though I didn’t quite get what EGCC APP wanted of me when it first instructed me to descend to 3500’, luckily when I asked to say that part again he said it wasn’t important and I should just descend to 3500’. Then keeping the heading I was told to keep I overflew the GP, so I got a new heading to turn back and was cleared for the approach. Unfortunately I activated APP mode too soon and the plane ignored my HDG setting and tried to capture the glidepath from a huge angle, so it overshot again. APP asked me if I wanted to continue or go around, but at that point it seemed simple to correct for it by just turning off the AP and flying manually. I managed to get back on track, but then as I was readying my charts for the landing I descended way below the glideslope and approached from a really shallow angle. At this point it would have been best to go around but I really couldn’t so I landed anyways. It was smooth and all, but I still had the shame of a bad approach execution and get-there-itis onboard so my joy wasn’t unclouded.
Anyways if you want to check it out the full flight was recorded and uploaded to Youtube:
American Airlines operations
Orlando (KMCO) to Charlotte (KCLT) in the md82, flight time was 1 hour and 45 minutes
Sightseeing in the Blue mountains, then east to the coast for a landing at the nicely modelled airport at Shellharbour (YSHL).
From Katoomba, (YKAT), a short flight over the town to take the obligatory screenshot of the 3 sisters POI:
The onto lake Burragorang:
and the dam:
circling back, down the soutern branch of the lake:
Then to the coast, Lake Illawarra and the PG area around Wollongong:
Wollongong and Continental Pool:
Parked at Shellharbour:
[MSFS 2024, custom weather theme]
Hello,
I did another coastal soaring, this time in New Caledonia.
The start was kind rough…
Not a huge fan of the native career mode (I’ve only used it once or twice; it’s just not my thing the way it is set up), so I’ve been messing around with creating my own “career mode” by tracking costs through a spreadsheet and trying to earn money to buy my next plane. Took my first set of passengers in the Black Square Caravan Prof. from KOAK to KRNO. A beautiful day to fly and test out the radio navigation systems.
