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EuroCargo takes on the Volcanoes !
RCortez:
Ok. and thank you Dominic, maybe next time I'll do my best :-[ The circumstances... well I lost my approach and then I turned the plane and I lost the plane, and no control... I'll try to land... and I was landing at 170 knt and 5 or 6 vs and then :'(
EHM-1001 Robert:
Once I also forgot to release the gears over Amsterdam. I crashed a nice new CRJ because of that. Even with 300 landings behind me I forgot that. It can happen... I also crashed a 747F during the F-1 tour: it stalled at 50 (!) feet during landing and fallen off.
Better luck next time mate !
RCortez:
Thank you Robert and good continuation with the EurCargo Volcanoes ;)
EHM-1001 Robert:
Yesterday landed at Portland !
I had to make a go-around because the silly FMC misscalculated the altitude and I was still at 2000' over the threshold. Also, there are a tons of small airfields around the town, so it was a nightmare to catch the appropriate tower frequency. I spotted an empty zone and parked there with the beast... checked that on Google Earth, and realized it is a military area of the airfield, actually I was sitting among a pack of F-15s, so do not look after me for some days :)
After landing I went out to check the racetrack near the airport while they pack out the staff ;) I really hated driving at Portland in IndyCar Racing, because it has repeating and changing radius curves, it is very challenging and I never find a good setup for my car. But it is so much fun watching a real race on TV, as the guys are struggling in the corners, and struggling with spin-offs because there are huge grass fields around the track without a wall. At some places it is just like rallying among the cows !
... err, and the airport lays at a lovely place too on the river bank :)
EHM-2097 Andrei:
As you may have noticed, I am out of the tour now :'( and this, for a really stupid real-life mistake.
First, I found myself in the situation of having only one chance to do one of the long flights (PHTO - KPDX), which is in itself a mistake.
Then, with the flight almost complete, just before starting descent I had to pause. And while paused, my son had to use the computer and thought it was safe to "Switch Session" in Windows XP. As most of you hopefully know, it is not...
Lost the flight and had no time to do it again. And of course, expecting better luck for the next event :)
Andrei
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