Author Topic: Exploring Scotland: online VFR-tour (Read 30430 times)

EHM-2758 Peter · « **Reply #25 on:** October 03, 2014, 02:40:32 pm »

Hi Eric-Jan,

No it isn't you; it's me. Obvious mistake if you use the same filename again. Uploaded the one you'll be needing for the second leg: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pks9fqrdm2nigc2/ScotlandTour201402.rar?dl=0

Hope that'll do the trick. Thanks for your observation; it's no use flying the same leg twice.

Meet you on Mumble!

Peter

p.s. to avoid confusion, I changed the original link on page1 as well.

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan · « **Reply #26 on:** October 04, 2014, 06:51:23 pm »

I will be flying this leg on Monday evening. Sommething came up last minute, NOS only Monday remains for me.

I think I will re-introduce flightsim Mondays again, just to ensure I get to fly

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Legs 2 and 3 are in the time-table already (yes, I know where we'll be headed for leg 3 already

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EHM-2758 Peter · « **Reply #27 on:** October 05, 2014, 07:04:08 pm »

For those who signed up and of course for all those who forgot to, the second leg from Prestwick to Tiree takes place on Wednesday the 8th of October at 19:00 h ZULUTIME.

Meet you all next Wednesday on Mumble!

Peter

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan · « **Reply #28 on:** October 07, 2014, 06:23:57 am »

It now appears that I CAN fly on Wednesday after all, so I didn't fly the 2nd leg yesterday.
I'll try to be there at the same time you guys are. If not, then I'll be on my way already, but we'll meet on Mumble anyway

EHM-1882 Gian · « **Reply #29 on:** October 08, 2014, 09:42:03 am »

I hope to be present this evening

Gian

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan · « **Reply #30 on:** October 08, 2014, 08:08:13 pm »

An impression of my PPL progress we were talking about on Mumble:
http://ericje.blogspot.com
[EDIT]: published the English translation at http://ericjesppl.blogspot.com

And attached: my flown route for leg 2 of this marvelously scenic tour

EHM-2758 Peter · « **Reply #31 on:** October 09, 2014, 09:45:15 am »

From Prestwick to Tiree we flew last evening, David, Trevor, Eric-Jan and me and although we started with rain - an 'exception' in Scotland -, along the way the weather cleared and gave us the opportunity to look around a lot and to enjoy the beautiful landscape.

Hopefully we fly leg03 next week under the same, or better circumstances. We fly from Tiree to Stornoway, a 146nm distance, hopping from one island to another. With an average speed of 110kts, it would take us 1h and 20 min., but there are some challenges along the way.

Barra Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Bharraigh) (IATA: BRR, ICAO: EGPR) (also known as Barra Eoligarry Airport) is a short-runway airport (or STOLport) situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhòr at the north tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The airport is unique, being the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a beach as the runway. The airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, which owns most of the regional airports in mainland Scotland and the outlying islands. Barra Airport opened in 1936.

Watch this to get an idea:


www.youtube.com/watch?v=STqmbc8k9rU

We're making a touch and go on this one, like we also do at Benbecula Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Bheinn na Faoghla) (IATA: BEB, ICAO: EGPL), located on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, off the West Coast of Scotland. It is a small rural airport owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.

The link for the Scotland201403.rar-file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4grkhocvz1yasbw/Scotland201403.rar?dl=0

The link for Doodle: http://doodle.com/635ckdqx54kiiwiz

Hope to meet you all next week on Mumble!,

Peter

EHM-2758 Peter · « **Reply #32 on:** October 13, 2014, 02:24:46 pm »

Next Wednesday the 15th of October at 19:00 h Z is scheduled for leg 03: EGPU (Tiree) to EGPO ( Stornoway).

Meet you all on Mumble!

Peter

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan · « **Reply #33 on:** October 14, 2014, 10:19:18 am »

Wiil sure try to be there again, this time. No guarantees, though ...
If I can't fly, then I'll try to at least break in on Mumble for a bit

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan · « **Reply #34 on:** October 15, 2014, 10:04:03 pm »

Sorry I had to bail on you guys without saying goodbye. My entire PC froze up so I just called it a day at that point.

EHM-2758 Peter · « **Reply #35 on:** October 16, 2014, 09:42:06 am »

Like in the old days, we started our third leg from the ' Exploring Scotland'-tour with five pilots: David, Trevor, Eric-Jan, Gian and me. Unfortunately only three of us arrived (online) in Stornoway; Gian lost contact with IVAO and EJ with his computer. Partly because of the exceptional fine weather, we had a very enjoyable flight.

The Fourth leg brings us further north to Kirkwall, the biggest town and capital of the Orkney Islands.

The Doodle-link: http://doodle.com/kkrh8vykhtvhht6m
The Dropbox-link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/laxwd6nrqs13zno/Scotland201404.rar?dl=0

Meet you all on Mumble next week!

Peter

afb01: A last briefing of the route
afb03: a touch and go at Barra airport; EJ and me did an attempt to only 'touch'
afb04: Gian right behind me
afb06: Trevor's landing with 21kts crosswind
afb07: David's under the same conditions
afb08: The Three Musketeers at Stornoway airport.

p.s. Thanks EJ for the Mumble-info. I first updated the program to version 1.2.8., changed the address, connected and it works fine! Piece of cake.

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan · « **Reply #36 on:** October 19, 2014, 03:57:44 pm »

Luckily, I managed to save my FS recorder file before my PC crash

Here's a little movie of our (Peter and myself) close encounter of the 5th kind

http://youtu.be/JWIujjgNWQA

EHM-2758 Peter · « **Reply #37 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:13:04 pm »

Close, EJ, but... still, as far as I'm concerned, we can get a lot closer

We try that again next time. Nice video.

The fourth leg from Stornoway to Kirkwall will take place next Wednesday the 22nd at 18:30 H Zulutime. Thirty minutes earlier than before. I hope, David, that you'll find the time to join us anyway.

Meet you all on Mumble, next Wednesday!

Peter

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan · « **Reply #38 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:44:14 pm »

Cool!

The video looks a bit blocky, as if anti-aliasing is turend off. Not like my sim, but maybe Fraps, or Pinacle Studio got in the way there. Ah well no more time to change it anyway...

Mumble probably works again, for now with both the "no-ip" adress as well as the "mycloudnas" address. In the future, that will only be the "mycloudnas" one.

Meanwhile, I have flown the reminders of the leg to Stornoway, so I'll be there on Wednesday. Hope to "see" you all then and there

EHM-2758 Peter · « **Reply #39 on:** October 24, 2014, 08:45:30 am »

I'll be away for a couple of days. So, no time right now to send you all the information about the next (leg05) flight from Kirkwall to Scatsa.

Nevertheless I have the Doodle-link: http://doodle.com/u4cphzwrf4ei2g2k

The rest I'll place on this forum problably next Sunday.

Meet you on Mumble!

Peter

EHM-2758 Peter · « **Reply #40 on:** October 26, 2014, 08:46:57 am »

Here's the promised link to the information of leg05: https://www.dropbox.com/s/smugj271adbg4ue/Scotland201405.rar?dl=0
And, though a little late some screenshots of leg04 below.

Later today I'll let you know when we'll fly!

Meet you on Mumble!

Peter

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan · « **Reply #41 on:** October 26, 2014, 03:18:15 pm »

Tuesday or Wednesday evening, I could join in, most probably

After that, I'll be dissassembling my FS PC to protect it from dust... The ceilings come off in the next coming weeks...

EHM-2758 Peter · « **Reply #42 on:** October 26, 2014, 09:18:07 pm »

The next flight is planned for next Wednesday the 29th of October at 19:30 h ZULU.

Meet you on Mumble!

Peter

EHM-2758 Peter · « **Reply #43 on:** October 27, 2014, 04:15:14 pm »

Today David filled in his possibilities on Doodle. If Trevor and E.J. have no objections we'll start at 20:00 H ZULU! next Wednesday, instead of the previously announced 19:30 H.

Meet you all on Mumble!

Peter

EHM-1829 Trevor · « **Reply #44 on:** October 27, 2014, 05:50:15 pm »

Sounds good to me Peter.

Gian, I hope you can make it on Wednesday, and anyone else that's interested in an easy-osey flight.

Trevor

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan · « **Reply #45 on:** October 28, 2014, 06:29:20 am »

2000Z it is! I'll just take an extra hour leave on Thursday morning

EHM-1882 Gian · « **Reply #46 on:** October 29, 2014, 10:44:25 am »

Hope I can make it this time:)

Gian

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan · « **Reply #47 on:** October 29, 2014, 10:56:13 am »

Nah ... !!!
I have to work this evening. IT decided they need to do an update of a license server, TODAY (as opposed to during the weekend). This means I have to wait until they are done (they start after work hours), and then I need to run a test scenario to see if everything works again. Cannot wait until tomorrow morning, because some 65 engineers rely on this CAD software to work, when they come in tomorrow morning from 07:00 AM..., and the testing takes about one hour (if everything works OK). So we cannot take the risk of something not working and 65 ppl doing nothing for a couple of hours during repair and re-testing.
Bummer, because after that, I will definitely need to dissassemble my FS PC, because the whole "taking down the ceiling" bit is planned for this weekend...
Not sure how long it will take before the PC will be back up and running, but I don't expect it to be before New Year's.

I will still have my laptop and tablet, so I'll monitor the forum and the website. But that's about all.
As far as flying is concerned, I'll only be flying in real life

FS will be hybernating as of now...

EHM-2758 Peter · « **Reply #48 on:** October 30, 2014, 08:27:56 am »

An installation of FSRecorder meshed up my FSX configuration yesterday evening. . After deinstallation the addon menu with IVAO, Linda and Fsuipc was gone. No working controls. Trevor, David and I decided to postpone our flight till today. In the meantime I'd managed to sort things out and did a small testflight together with Trevor.

So, this evening at 2000h Z we'll have a second attempt to fly leg05 of the "Exploring Scotland" - tour from Kirkwall to Scatsa. If anyone would like to join us, please do.

Meet you on Mumble!,

Peter

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan · « **Reply #49 on:** October 30, 2014, 09:46:09 am »

Ah, that explains the circle I saw you guys make from/to Kirkwall, on Webeye. Saw David joined Mumble for a while, in the Mumble log file. By the time I was done working, you were all off Mumble already. So I did not get to pop in on your little test flight anymore.
Next opportunity for me would be next Monday evening, but I will be using that evening to dismantle my PC.
Have fun this evening!

Blue Skies!

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Author Topic: Exploring Scotland: online VFR-tour (Read 30430 times)