Links
Archives
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
Sunday, September 28, 2003
Simulator pilots who have never flown real airplanes can learn a lot through reading
"You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.
Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. - from "Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" -- Richard Bach
The man who wrote this [above] is Richard Bach, author of:
Jonathan Livingston Seagull; Biplane; The Bridge Across Forever; Running from Safety; Illusions; One; Stranger to the Ground; A Gift of Wings; There's No Such Place As Far Away; Nothing by Chance and Rescue Ferrets at Sea (including five more books in this series), plus many more.
About Biplane:
"In a sublime journey toward understanding time and space, Richard Bach takes flight through American skies in a 1929 biplane. Soaring from New Jersey to California, he learns to navigate by following railroads and highways, masters the dangers of thunderstorms, and tastes the exhilaration of... "
"Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself." -- Richard Bach
Anyone reading only one book by Bach will be a better person (and simulator pilot) for it.
"You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.
Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. - from "Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" -- Richard Bach
The man who wrote this [above] is Richard Bach, author of:
Jonathan Livingston Seagull; Biplane; The Bridge Across Forever; Running from Safety; Illusions; One; Stranger to the Ground; A Gift of Wings; There's No Such Place As Far Away; Nothing by Chance and Rescue Ferrets at Sea (including five more books in this series), plus many more.
About Biplane:
"In a sublime journey toward understanding time and space, Richard Bach takes flight through American skies in a 1929 biplane. Soaring from New Jersey to California, he learns to navigate by following railroads and highways, masters the dangers of thunderstorms, and tastes the exhilaration of... "
"Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself." -- Richard Bach
Anyone reading only one book by Bach will be a better person (and simulator pilot) for it.
Thursday, September 25, 2003
"align with the centerline"
good answers . . . but . . .
aligning with the center line is not always the best place to conduct runway operations: take-off or landing
it is [apparently] a little known fact that on many runways (albeit mostly older, realworld ones)
the center line marker lights are raised; that is, they are encased in metal protective housings
when an aircraft is "align with the centerline" they have the nasty habit of making a clickety-click-click sound as ground operations are conducted on the runway center line (where the lights are installed)
we always taxi-to-position-and-hold just to the left-of-center on the runway
it's a lot smoother and quieter during the take-off roll
cheers,
p.s. thanks to Dick Collins [formerly with Flying Magazine] for drawing this to our attention ca. 1980
So much for Richard Collins. I've finished the morning mail -- often referred to as 'straightening out the world', so we can move on to my real life. Bern worked yesterday so I did my usual thing: showed up for my life. Firstly -- after 'straightening out the world' -- drove over to the Mess and picked up our golf passes for October 23rd at Olympic View Golf Course. Then on the way home, walked around the back nine (southern end) of Cedarhill Golf Course and hhit about 20 balls on the range; then, stopped at the store then home for lunch with my sweetheart at 11:30 a.m.. Spent the rest of the day flying in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004.
Using the simulator is a great way to study geography. FS9 (as it's called) contains the topography of every location on Earth (our home planet). Currently, we're flying in Turkey and Egypt. I've learned much about Istanbul, Ankara, Cairo, Luxor and many other related sites along the Nile and at the Dardanelles. What an ancient and historically wonderful part of the world.
good answers . . . but . . .
aligning with the center line is not always the best place to conduct runway operations: take-off or landing
it is [apparently] a little known fact that on many runways (albeit mostly older, realworld ones)
the center line marker lights are raised; that is, they are encased in metal protective housings
when an aircraft is "align with the centerline" they have the nasty habit of making a clickety-click-click sound as ground operations are conducted on the runway center line (where the lights are installed)
we always taxi-to-position-and-hold just to the left-of-center on the runway
it's a lot smoother and quieter during the take-off roll
cheers,
p.s. thanks to Dick Collins [formerly with Flying Magazine] for drawing this to our attention ca. 1980
So much for Richard Collins. I've finished the morning mail -- often referred to as 'straightening out the world', so we can move on to my real life. Bern worked yesterday so I did my usual thing: showed up for my life. Firstly -- after 'straightening out the world' -- drove over to the Mess and picked up our golf passes for October 23rd at Olympic View Golf Course. Then on the way home, walked around the back nine (southern end) of Cedarhill Golf Course and hhit about 20 balls on the range; then, stopped at the store then home for lunch with my sweetheart at 11:30 a.m.. Spent the rest of the day flying in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004.
Above: Bosporus Strait -- entrance to the Black Sea
Click this and other images to view larger
Using the simulator is a great way to study geography. FS9 (as it's called) contains the topography of every location on Earth (our home planet). Currently, we're flying in Turkey and Egypt. I've learned much about Istanbul, Ankara, Cairo, Luxor and many other related sites along the Nile and at the Dardanelles. What an ancient and historically wonderful part of the world.
Encarta Map of Turkey
Click this and other images to view larger
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
New info added Wednesday September 24th
O.K., got my mojo workin' on this Blog thingy. Learned to edit a previous post and learned how to enter hyperlinks. It's notable how closely related Blog's interface is to MS Frontpage. There's many Blog users out there who wouldn't be caught dead using FP200X, yet use this very same interface; they probably find it easy to use and powerful; gee, I wonder if that's why so many of us are using FP? Daaah! Even the hyperlink icon is the same!
O.K., got my mojo workin' on this Blog thingy. Learned to edit a previous post and learned how to enter hyperlinks. It's notable how closely related Blog's interface is to MS Frontpage. There's many Blog users out there who wouldn't be caught dead using FP200X, yet use this very same interface; they probably find it easy to use and powerful; gee, I wonder if that's why so many of us are using FP? Daaah! Even the hyperlink icon is the same!
Thursday, September 18, 2003
Esenboga (LTAC)
Latitude: N40* 7.69'
Longitude: E32* 59.71'
Elevation: +3125
Runway Length Surface ILS ID ILS Freq. ILS Hdg.
3R 12303 Asphalt IANK 110.30 032
21L 12303 Asphalt IESB 108.10 212
3L 12303 Concrete IAKR 108.90 032
21R 12303 Concrete IEBG 108.30 212
***
Ataturk (LTBA)
Latitude: N40* 58.57'
Longitude: E28* 48.85'
Elevation: +158
Runway Length Surface ILS ID ILS Freq. ILS Hdg.
18 9843 Concrete IISB 111.10 175
36 9843 Concrete IYES 111.30 355
6 7546 Concrete IIST 110.30 055
24 7546 Concrete IATA 111.90 235
*****
C172 into KORD
B734-notes
B752 Notes
Baron 58 notes
King Air 350 Notes
More B734 Notes
DHC-8/311 Notes
DHC-8/Q400 Notes
*** end of notes ***
EGLL DOCKING STANDS
EGLL STAND KILO
Latitude: N40* 7.69'
Longitude: E32* 59.71'
Elevation: +3125
Runway Length Surface ILS ID ILS Freq. ILS Hdg.
3R 12303 Asphalt IANK 110.30 032
21L 12303 Asphalt IESB 108.10 212
3L 12303 Concrete IAKR 108.90 032
21R 12303 Concrete IEBG 108.30 212
***
Ataturk (LTBA)
Latitude: N40* 58.57'
Longitude: E28* 48.85'
Elevation: +158
Runway Length Surface ILS ID ILS Freq. ILS Hdg.
18 9843 Concrete IISB 111.10 175
36 9843 Concrete IYES 111.30 355
6 7546 Concrete IIST 110.30 055
24 7546 Concrete IATA 111.90 235
*****
C172 into KORD
B734-notes
B752 Notes
Baron 58 notes
King Air 350 Notes
More B734 Notes
DHC-8/311 Notes
DHC-8/Q400 Notes
*** end of notes ***
EGLL DOCKING STANDS
EGLL STAND KILO
