Team Melrose and the Spirit of Adventure

[Milton Shupe]

Two cups of very early morning coffee consumed ... foggy flying makes for sleepy eyes ... going to test the Pause button for a quick nap.

[Milton Shupe]

Ha! Back from a nice early morning nap and unpaused the sim ... still green.

[Milton Shupe]

Down and safe at VAKJ ... still a bit foggy too. The nap helped ... as did the Pause button.

The leg to VIAL is only a bit over 100nm if someone would like a short trek.

[Great Ozzie]

Fwiw, a few pics on the way from Karachi to Kota (I was falling asleep at the keyboard trying to get them ready).

Btw I took off near 0030Zulu, which made it the proverbial "zero-dark thirty" Karachi time. Interesting to find out no panel lights for the Puss Moth. Maybe there's an overhead flood light (I didn't think to look) and the flashlight was stowed too far aft to be within reach.

[Dangerousdave26]

Fwiw, a few pics on the way from Karachi to Kota (I was falling asleep at the keyboard trying to get them ready).

Btw I took off near 0030Zulu, which made it the proverbial "zero-dark thirty" Karachi time. Interesting to find out no panel lights for the Puss Moth. Maybe there's an overhead flood light (I didn't think to look) and the flashlight was stowed too far aft to be within reach.

Try this

Superb work as usual Milton!
Found a thing that needs attention while talking with DangerousDave today about some really long flights that may exceed daylight.
VC light placement is much too far back in the cockpit.
I did a quick tinker of the VC light line and got the panel lit, but needs some tweaking from someone who actually knows what they are doing!

the quick fix:
[lights]

//Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit, 5=landing

light.0 = 3, -1.88, -18.11, 1.90, fx_navred
light.1 = 3, -1.88, 18.11, 1.90, fx_navgre
light.2 = 4, -1.0, 0.00, 0.37, fx_vclight_dh80 <----new
//light.2 = 4, -2.27, 0.00, -1.0, fx_vclight_dh80

Nice flier too!!

But of course the truth is the Puss Moth had no electrical system so could have no lights.

My suggestion...

Somebody needs to come up with a cigarette lighter effect that lasts only a few seconds then turns off.

It will be like you are flicking your Zippo in the old VW Bug to see the speed-o-meter

[Milton Shupe]

At VAKJ heading for a mandatory stop at VIAL to meet up with DangerousDave to compare Puss Moth notes.

I have the baton.

[Dangerousdave26]

Take your time Milton

I got another 5 hrs to get there.

[Milton Shupe]

No problem ... that gives me plenty of time to find the airport in this soupy fog. I do not think it was meant for me to see this country. LOL

[Dangerousdave26]

VIAL is reporting 60 sm of visibility and 0 winds on the ground.

That is right now

Who knows what it will do when we get there.

[Milton Shupe]

Well, if I look around me every 30 degrees on the compass, I can see 2 NM. So, 30* times 2 nm = 60 NM of visibility. Cool!

EDIT: LOL No sooner posted and the fog lifted. I can see 60NM in one direction now.
There are some rolling hills about 70-80NM out of VIAL ... I had to climb to 3500 to avoid them sneaking up on me in the fog.

[Milton Shupe]

Down and safe at VIAL ... where's Dave? Where's the local pub?

[buzzbee]

Going to take a short hop over to VIBN Varanasi.

Scenic ride for a local official to survey the river.

[Dangerousdave26]

Buzzbee seems to be MIA

[Milton Shupe]

Buzzbee seems to be MIA

Hmmm best send out a search party ... it's only 60nm ... hmmm okay, I will pick it up and see what I find.

[Milton Shupe]

Okay, since significant time has passed since Buzzbee left for a 60nm flight, I ma going to pick it up from VIAL and head to VERC.

I have the baton.