smilo's Rim Shot

[smilo]

running late...as per usual.
spent the morning installing gauges,
Nav practicing and just plain getting set up.
currently pre-flighting the Strat.


guess I'll learn how to use that wind drift gauge on the fly.

[smilo]

looks like I can't put this off any longer;

rolling, 23/04/2010 19:55
fuel=16519.06#

YPDN>>>WIIH

B-47E Strato Jet

[salt_air]

Happy Motoring smilo!!

You're gonna like that drift gauge.


Best of luck during the event!


Cheers,

[smilo]

HOLY COW!!!
I pulled off the first leg
(eck, that doesn't sound so good)

YPDN>>WIIH
2:34:24
night landing 05:30:19

fuel consumption=70,713.09 pounds
(don't think we'll be winning any economy contest)

[smilo]

do you ever find that you just spend
too darn much time thinking about it?
let's just call it extreme planning.
enough, already!

rolling;
WIIH>>>WSSS
24/04/10 19:55

edit;
wifie had a prob with the dogs
had to leave for a few

edit#2;
powering up for the second time
when wifie brings grand daughter
in for a little chat.
no way am I missing that!

finally airborne at 20:05
there abouts..Duenna will tell

[Vicious]

do you ever find that you just spend
too darn much time thinking about it?
24/04/10 19:26

I think I spend more time planning the race than flying it.
Good Luck!
Vicious

[smilo]

second night run completed;

WIIH>>>WSSS
00:59:33

fuel consumption=32,802 pounds

30 minute bonus for Changi, Singapore

plus the 30 for Jakarta, Indonesia
that I forgot yesterday,

[smilo]

WSSS>>>VVDN
24/04/10 23:02

[smilo]

WSSS>>>VVDN

flight time=01:38:50

fuel consumption=47782.6 pounds

30 minute bonus for Danang, Vietnam

[smilo]

just to make things more interesting,
I have decided to continue using Duenna sync time and + date
sooo, once again,
I'll be flying from Danang to Hong Kong in the dark.
to top it off, I just noticed that VHHX is not lighted.
DANG!!! I hope I don't regret this.


VVDN>>>VHHX
25/04/2010 16:27

WTF!!! crashed on take-off
trying again 16:35

[Kowalski65]

Well you probably wont be able to miss hong Kong!
From the sea IIRC the approach is OK, from land it is, of course, notorious(or was!)
Good luck!

[smilo]

Well you probably wont be able to miss hong Kong!
From the sea IIRC the approach is OK, from land it is, of course, notorious(or was!)
Good luck!

thanks for the boost.
if I only knew what IIRC was,
and how to use it,
things would be just dandy.

~~~~:isadizzy:~~~~

[smilo]

currently cruising 423KIAS at 23,875 feet, 88% throttle;
okay, fine...

the Men's Chorus is way off in the background, again.
angels singing?

~~~~~~~

[Kowalski65]

IIRC="If I remember correctly!"
Sadly not a new autoland device,as I could sure use one of those when I can finally get around to starting the darn race!

[smilo]

OMG!!!
that was "entertaining"!!!
stories in the Lounge to follow.

down in one piece, barely;

VVDN>>>VHHX

flight time=02:00:83
fuel consumption=57858.2 pounds

crashed on first take-off attempt
01:03 minutes into flight

[smilo]

I just got home from work and decided to attempt a long run before I have to go to bed.
12:35am comes around might quick.

VHHX>>>RJCJ
27/04/2010 22:15

[smilo]

down safe and sound;

VHHX>>>RJCJ

flight time=03:27:25

fuel consumption=94,881.5 lbs

30 minute bonus for Japan

got off course for a fair bit,
but muscled my way back.
no problem Cinderella

and I've still got an hour
before I've got to hit the sheets.
Hot Ziggitiies!

[smilo]

preflight complete
I missed the RJTY requirement rule.
back-tracking now

going to make it a dawn flight
don't know how to set Duenna for that
so I'll just leave it be

RJCJ>>RJTY
30/04/2010 04:04

[smilo]

down safe and sound RJTY

flight time=01:28:58
I decided to take a short tour around Mt Fuji
will post screenies in the lounge

fuel consumption=40,844 lbs

[smilo]

the ground crew did a great job
getting the Strat ready
for the long flight to PAED
now it's up to us to get the job done

RJTY>>PAED

01/05/10 12:42

[smilo]

I AM FLIPPIN' ECSTATIC!!!

after a 6 hour 21 minute flight,
I went ahead with my plan
to land at PANC instead of PAED
in order to avoid the game crash SNAFU
mentioned in the ...Race Rules thread.

all was going along just dandy,
when I missed my approach to PANC.
I throttled up, banked to the right
and proceeded to make another attempt.
no big deal, right?
WRONG!!!

fortunately, I took a screen shot,
because Duenna also shut down
and all was lost, except the SystemLog.TXT
POOP!!!

I apologize for the size of the screen shot,
I use a two monitor set up and I usually crop off the second monitor,
but this time, there is a shot of the Duenna that disappeared.

to top all this off, this is the second time
I have attempted to post this.
the first time, this machine seized up
and I had to restart and do it again.
talk about insult to injury.

the good news is, I have a ton of screenies
to post in the Lounge after I edit and crop,
but I need to step away for a bit.
I gotta try to get the blood pumping back into my ass.
that was a hell of a long flight,
but lots of fun...except for the last 2 seconds.

[smilo]

I have decided to add a cropped enlargement
of the Duenna in the above screen shot.
hopefully, you can get something out of it.
there is no fuel consumption
or any of the other flight particulars.
just the flight time, location and 1 second of overspeed.

[smilo]

after many trials and tribulations
and an inordinate amount of dinking around,
I think I might be ready for a flight from PAED to CYVR
apparently, Spring in Anchorage makes my Sim crash.
with that in mind, the date is set to 21, June
let's just see what happens;


PAED>>>CYVR

06/21/09 10:13

[smilo]

down safe and sound;
PAED>>>CYVR

flight time=02:21:32
fuel consumption=49523.8 lbs (shocking!)
30 minute bonus for Canada

I've got to run inside
to pee and get a bottle opener,
then it's off for a short hop to KNUW
I've got some beer to deliver.

[PRB]

I've "acquired" a cargo bird, which is parked over at Whidbey, just in case. Should be big enough... :d