2008 RTW Practice #4

[buzzbee 51]

We are going to work our way down to the tip of the continent and then back up. I have not visited all of these fields yet, just using google earth to pick out a route that sticks to the mountains. Some are shorter, I have no idea about lights on the fields, but we need to practice flying into places at night as well.A lot of fields are on the shorter side, so practice your slow flying skills on approach and land with as little airspeed as possible and try not to bounce. This should give us good practice at deciding to go around. In the race it is more important to go around and not crash than it is to try and save a botched approach.SCDA - SCPESCPE - SCESSCES - SCECSCEC - SCTLSCTL - SCFTSCFT - SCHRSCHR - SCNTSCNT - SAWH

[jt_williams 291]

ATR 72-500

[jt_williams 291]

http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/183677.jpg

[buzzbee 51]

In P-51 on the team equipment.

[buzzbee 51]

That third bounce is always the charmhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/183679.jpg

[Bryan Rosier 31]

In the Hornet on RV server and TS

[Bryan Rosier 31]

The winds switched 180 degress 3 miles out would have switched runways in race but got done ok :)http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/183683.jpg

[buzzbee 51]

Rolling

[buzzbee 51]

Crash - No lights on the field in a populated area. Got a little vertigo and looked to be landing long and lost control when I decided to go around and try again. Dropped the wing and it was all over. Watch that torque!

[jt_williams 291]

In the P51H

[jt_williams 291]

Absolutely Dark Airport. Landed long but safely. http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/183689.jpg

[buzzbee 51]

We are going to add a leg to the route.Change SCTL - SCFT to SCTL - SCPCThen SCPC - SCFTSCFT is an extremely challenging field with FS Genesis mesh. It would suck to fly 400+ miles and crash and have to refly. This new leg splits it in half.If you want to divert to somewhere nearby and then make a run into SCFT, feel free to do that as well.

[Guest d.lahrman]

In the P-51H

[Guest d.lahrman]

It was a dark runway but at least the weather was on my side and visibility was not bad. Smooth and fast all the way.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/183758.jpg

[buzzbee 51]

In the dark. In the P-51