Author Topic: SITREP - 2006-04-26 (Read 99131 times)

EHM-0654 Murray · « **Reply #100 on:** April 26, 2006, 04:53:35 pm »

As a special favour to those of you "stuck" at KMDW (Chicago-Midway), we've extended the end date of S024 to 2006-04-28 to permit you to get to Iowa (at least...)

So Ben, Conrad and Gergely, let's see you in the air tonight, eh?

EHM-1798 Conrad · « **Reply #101 on:** April 27, 2006, 11:32:42 am »

yeh i know, ive just been caught up with a hell of a lot of work.....

EHM-0654 Murray · « **Reply #102 on:** April 27, 2006, 10:46:41 pm »

Any other Google Calendar users out there???

I've put the US Airmail Pioneers event leg dates into my public calendar:-

http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fcalendar%2Ffeeds%2Fmurray.crane%40gmail.com%2Fpublic%2Fbasic

(See, I'm not just a gruff ogre when it comes to sim flying...

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EHM-1671 Ben · « **Reply #103 on:** April 28, 2006, 01:10:49 am »

Hey there Murray,

I flew S024 last night and I'm now at KIOW. Will be flying S025 today. I think I'm up to speed.

Ben

EHM-1798 Conrad · « **Reply #104 on:** April 28, 2006, 04:27:39 pm »

right i doubt i will be able to finish the tour, too much work on coming up to my A levels.

I can provide ATC in places, but flying is just not an option atm

EHM-0654 Murray · « **Reply #105 on:** April 28, 2006, 05:15:58 pm »

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Originally posted by Conrad
right i doubt i will be able to finish the tour, too much work on coming up to my A levels.

I can provide ATC in places, but flying is just not an option atm

Sorry to see you dropping out Conrad. If it's "official" (either a U2U or email for the "paper trail" please) I'll return your aircraft to the spares pool.

EHM-0654 Murray · « **Reply #106 on:** April 28, 2006, 08:28:55 pm »

I'm not going to name names, but I thought my post about whose airplane was whose for S026 onward was clear enough.

Don't let it happen again!

I've "fixed" the reservations in the database to get everything in line with the list I produced. Once again, please, only lock the airframe you have been assigned!

I don't want to have to go all Frankenstein on Bruno's PP code just to force people to abide by event rules.

I'm sure Bruno/I would much prefer to deal with this once the event is completed and we have a bit of inter-event breathing space to work in.

EHM-0361 Karsten · « **Reply #107 on:** April 29, 2006, 01:51:22 pm »

by Murray Crane

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I'm sure Bruno/I would much prefer to deal with this once the event is completed and we have a bit of inter-event breathing space to work in.

Does this mean that when this event is over and before the next one begin that you guy are going to try and figur out a way to prevent that pilots steals other pilots aircrafts?

EHM-1001 Robert · « **Reply #108 on:** April 29, 2006, 02:06:31 pm »

Yes it does

It was almost complete before this event but we did not want a delay. We hoped that the registration will be enough for now, until the new system will be used.

EHM-0361 Karsten · « **Reply #109 on:** April 29, 2006, 02:39:42 pm »

Thanks Robert for the reply. I hope for everyone that it will work. So you don't end up like me and get punished for something I would never do. Guess this I my last ProPilot flight and event

EHM-0654 Murray · « **Reply #110 on:** April 29, 2006, 07:20:49 pm »

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Originally posted by Merlin
Guess this I my last ProPilot flight and event

Why Karsten? This move is to allow you to fly an entire event and demonstrate your skill without having to worry about a third party ruining it for you.

An example (and ignore the fact that I am helping Robert manage this event and so this particular series of things would *never* happen); on a particular leg of the US Pioneers event, you and I are the last two pilots (and hence planes) at a particular field, and its mere minutes before the leg we are on has to be flown. A third pilot comes along and takes "my plane" and flies it to somewhere/anywhere/crashes it. I notice this, take "your plane" and fly it to somewhere/anywhere/crash it, thereby robbing you of a plane and further participation in the event (lest we forget, this has almost happened more than once in the Pioneers event!) If there are no "spare" planes, or manager about to redress matters, you are out of the event because of something you had absolutely no hand in or control over.

The new event engine will prevent this happening - at the start of a future event, a plane will be allocated to you for the event. You will be the only person that sees that particular plane when the time comes to lock PP flights; the well being of that plane is dependant on one person alone - you. Surely that is much fairer? The only person that can remove that plane from the event is you as it's pilot.

This move is not being made to punish the genuine flight enthusiasts but those that think event rules don't apply to them...

EHM-0502 Desmond · « **Reply #111 on:** April 29, 2006, 07:44:15 pm »

I think it is a great idea to lock a plane to one person for an event - you're more likely too look after it as if you don't you may not finish the event.

EHM-0361 Karsten · « **Reply #112 on:** April 29, 2006, 09:21:22 pm »

Yes I understand that and that's a good thing. What I'm at talking about is my current situation. Sorry but I'm at the moment a little pi**ed off at the MT. I lost my DC3 to a crash and as such I'm suspened, nothing wrong about that. But it's the fact that I'm given a 7 days suspention, to make sure that I'm not going steal somebody elses aircraft. I don't being suspended for 7 days if theres a good reason for it. But first of all I haven't seen any announcement anywhere on the forum where it says that you can be suspended for more the 3 days, even during an event. But like I said I don't mind that, because I don't fly that much ProPilot any way. What really upsets me is the reason for this long suspention. Making sure I don't steal somebody elses aircraft. I don't like being judged and punished for something that I would never do.

EHM-1671 Ben · « **Reply #113 on:** April 29, 2006, 11:12:17 pm »

Hey there Karsten,

Sorry to hear about your problem... who would actually steal your plane, though, and crash it? It seems to belittle the maturity that EuroHarmony pilots traditionally seem to hold. I would be very upset if someone did that to me. I hope something is done to fix this!

EHM-1821 Javier · « **Reply #114 on:** April 30, 2006, 02:14:54 pm »

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Originally posted by SirRoberto
The flightplans I made are prepared for VFR/ direct GPS flying, but you can change it to any type you want. Because the pilots used visual navigation and a compass only, the preferred altitude for the legs do not go over 4000...6000 feet above the ground

i just noticed the cruise altitude given in the table with all the flights on the events page.

is this altitude compulsury or can i follow what robert said?

EHM-1001 Robert · « **Reply #115 on:** April 30, 2006, 02:52:48 pm »

Well, as both are written by me, you can follow what I wrote there

You can trust in those numbers, I tried in SLEW mode all the legs and came up wiith those altitudes after.

EHM-1821 Javier · « **Reply #116 on:** April 30, 2006, 02:56:03 pm »

thanks robert. i thought the flights i have already made was gonna be rejected...phew.

EHM-1001 Robert · « **Reply #117 on:** April 30, 2006, 08:10:43 pm »

Your welcome !

Gents, we are approaching the Rocky Mountains ! It means terrain altitude goes to 3000...5000 feet ASL. It is time to switch to higher flight levels

EHM-0361 Karsten · « **Reply #118 on:** May 01, 2006, 11:25:42 am »

Do anybody know, why my DC-3 (PH-UKF) still is operational. I know for a fact that it crashed or at least the left wing was torn of when I hit a building a few days ago.

EHM-0654 Murray · « **Reply #119 on:** May 01, 2006, 11:41:42 am »

I wondered that myself Karsten when I was locking my next leg. I'll investigate on your behalf, if you'd like?

EHM-0361 Karsten · « **Reply #120 on:** May 01, 2006, 12:33:02 pm »

No it not that big of a deal, was just wondering if someone knew why. But if it's still intact, then you have another spare aircraft.

EHM-0654 Murray · « **Reply #121 on:** May 01, 2006, 12:52:43 pm »

Too late

I've had a quick look around, and I've punted my findings "up the tree". Once we reach a descision, I'd expect there to be a minor modification to the DFT.

I'll leave it at that until we've discussed the findings in the MT.

EDIT: Karsten, FYI, your airplane is now officially crashed. Still don't know who had locked/unlocked it (I have a suspicion, but lets not go into it...) I'm going to err on the side of "database confusion" - that the wrong plane got crashed by the PP engine.

EHM-1199 Philip · « **Reply #122 on:** May 01, 2006, 11:25:48 pm »

Ricardo Placido - EHM1759 ... are you reading this? You've locked my plane at Omaha ... kindly step away from the aircraft ... do not touch the controls ...

Seriously ... PH-UEF is now th only 'spare' (that is unlocked) plane at Omaha. Assuming Ricardo doesn't see this and zips off with my plane is there any way in the system to return it to Omaha in time for me to lock and make flight SO27? Or maybe some of the languishing DC3s that have been discarded en-route could be zipped up to Omaha.

EHM-0654 Murray · « **Reply #123 on:** May 02, 2006, 10:04:42 am »

PhilR - You have your plane back at KMLE locked for the leg to KLBF.

Ricardo - You also have your plane back at KMLE locked for the leg to KLBF.

Jarle - You have your plane with you at KLBF now.

Jarle/Ricardo - You're both getting an email...

EDIT: And I've moved the three official operational spare to KMLE as well.

EHM-1001 Robert · « **Reply #124 on:** May 02, 2006, 01:59:47 pm »

Thanks Murray for the fantastic back-office work

Hopefully now everybody have his own plane back.

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Author Topic: SITREP - 2006-04-26 (Read 99131 times)

EHM-1798 Conrad

EHM-1671 Ben

EHM-1798 Conrad

EHM-1671 Ben

EHM-1821 Javier

EHM-1821 Javier

EHM-1199 Philip