Online at last

[EHM-1703 Philip]

I Finally plucked up the courage to fly online last night. Flying from Heathrow to Dublin, I just had ATC at EGLL-GND (and that was text unfortunately!) but at least I cut my teeth.

Tonight I flew from Brussels to Heathrow and had ATC at EBBR-TWR and this was voice so I was a happy bunny!

Looking forward to being able to get onliine at a decent time next week and hopefully will get a bit more ATC coverage so I can annoy even more ppl by being a noob! (hehehe J/K) This week I am only able to get on after 23:00Z due to work commitments.

Cheers,

Phil

Cheers,
Phil

[EHM-1617 Iain]

You cant have missed me by much - I was doing EGLL_TWR last night with the same guy doing GND as you talk about - straight after that I flew EDDS - EDDF (had ATC all the way) and then went back to EGLL_TWR so you were unlucky not to get more.

If you look in IvAe or Servinfo and choose where you want to fly with that then you can choose a place that has ATC coverage to fly. There are plenty of flights on the timetable, so you can usually find one that has ATC most of the way.

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Originally posted by philnutt
I Finally plucked up the courage to fly online last night. Flying from Heathrow to Dublin, I just had ATC at EGLL-GND (and that was text unfortunately!) but at least I cut my teeth.

Tonight I flew from Brussels to Heathrow and had ATC at EBBR-TWR and this was voice so I was a happy bunny!

Looking forward to being able to get onliine at a decent time next week and hopefully will get a bit more ATC coverage so I can annoy even more ppl by being a noob! (hehehe J/K) This week I am only able to get on after 23:00Z due to work commitments.

Cheers,
Phil

Well done Phil... looking forward to our ISP getting their finger out and provisioning our new house (almost a month now...)

For most of Europe, tonight (Friday) is your best night for ATC and traffic, even post 23:00Z!

[EHM-1670 Bill]

Well done Phil. I haven't plucked up the courage yet - got all the gear so maybe shortly.

[EHM-1500 Jim]

Good work Phil...hope to meet up in the skies sometime! Jim

[EHM-0948 Bruno]

Hi Phil,

Dont' forget to join us in the monthly fly-in.

This month (August) we will not have Fly-in due to VA holidays ...

[EHM-1281 Cyriel]

don't forget that if you need any help with flying online yu can always request an online training via the request form in the VFA!

[EHM-1703 Philip]

Thanks for the support guys,

Went on last night (Friday) and planned my flight got on the gnd at EHAM where I had a center controller, unfortunately EGLL had gone off line before I took off, but again it was late. (About 1am on the blocks at Heathrow)

Next few weeks should have more time as I only do Call Out 1 week in 4. I think I might find it hard to manage the Marriage and the flying though, ah well, we have only been married five years, I wont miss her that much! ::]

Cheers,
Phil