Post by: EHM-2387 Eric-Jan on March 17, 2012, 09:25:39 pm
First off, the première of the Company Channel. All pilots found their way to it, and it worked like a charm! :)
We did not have ATC all the way, so the CC was a nice way to overcome the middle section without ATC online. Strange, how you imagine a voice with a name, and that it does not sound anything like the real one ;D
Unfortunately, my flight was cut short because of an FSX crash. I got a bit, but not much, further down the route than this:
I did get to take this picture with David in the background, and some opposing traffic (B737 en route to ECKP, FL360):
David's Route:
Andrei had timed his Zürich departure perfectly ;)
Meanwhile, Giancarlo had departed from Brussels in an F70
Trevor hit a spell of bad luck too, and had to restart from EHAM
:D
I set up shop as a tower view at EIDW, to watch the guys come in.
David on final, Andrei close behind
D.s vacating spot. Soon after, he dissappeared from the network for a while
Andrei on final. 747 has to wait. :P
Some windshear on short final, but a safe landing!
Finding a nice parking spot on this wet apron
Soon after, David re-emerged from the Matrix
Gian had some sort of a comms failure, so he was on chat with Shannon Control. He got some round-about vectors as a thank-you
Gian on short final
Now this is what I call STOL performance
Trevor took a little longer to get to Dublin. Unfortunately, Shannon Control did not feel like waiting for him :(
An improvised STAR
On final
Touch Down!
Finding a parking spot too
With the sun almost setting, it was time to say goodbye.
I think it was a successful event.
Something to do more often ;)
I hope I can tape the FS recorder recordings. If so, then I'll post a little movie too. But that will be next week, or so, because these things take time...
Post by: EHM-1465 Dominic on March 17, 2012, 09:41:24 pm
If I had a functioning flightsim PC, I would have loved to join you ;)
Post by: EHM-2387 Eric-Jan on March 18, 2012, 07:07:29 am
(I know exactly the amount of work involved...)
Twas good to have the CC, and very nice to see that when we all came online, Shannon Control got online as well. I thanked him for his service in a chat session, and wished him a happy St. Patrick's Day on behalf of all of us at EHM. He appreciated that ;)
I'll try the flight again today or tomorrow, because I have done all the prep work already. Printed and studied the charts, practised what to click when given different speed and vectors by ATC, .., the works. Plus, I have assigned myself the flight, and did not get to report it :( And, the weather does not look like I'll be taking my motorcycle out of the garage todday (that's what I had planned to do).
Post by: EHM-1829 Trevor on March 18, 2012, 04:25:07 pm
Thanks E-J for organizing the St Pat's day Fly-in. :)
I started celebrating before the flight, so it was a wonder I found Ireland, let alone Dublin. ;D
Joking aside, Your compilation of the flights and write-up are great.
Looking forward to the next one.
T
Post by: EHM-2589 David on March 18, 2012, 08:47:07 pm