July 22, 201213 yr Hi! I don't know if anyone remembers a band called Jamiroquai from the 90s with their singer Jay Kay. They had a few hits in the UK but I'm not sure how popular they were worldwide. Well the singer was really into cars and used to feature them a lot in his videos. When they took a break he decided to learn to fly a helicopter and their new video features him piloting a helicopter with someone driving a car in the desert. There's not much to it and I'm not even sure if he did most of the flying but it looks pretty cool and will surely help generate interest in helicopters. The music doesn't make me want to rush out and buy it but it does go well with the video. Anwyay the link if interested: Many thanks. Pierre
July 22, 201213 yr More manly, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5jeLSKrBxX4 Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings. Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”
July 22, 201213 yr Hi! Yes I was reading PPrune and Jay Kay was getting bugged a lot for flying such a puny helicopter when he has so much cash! That Clint Eastwood video was pretty good and he seems like a nice guy. It was a little worrying when ATC didn't have him even though he was right over the runway numbers but he got back ok! He lives the real version of my virtual life: he acts and flies and designs golf courses while I watch movies and play flightsim and play Microsoft Links golf sim! Many thanks. Pierre
July 22, 201213 yr Music videos with airplanes you say? I'm no old fart yet... B) :yahoo: :dance: Ró. Rónán O Cadhain.
July 22, 201213 yr Here are some other good ones! I'd like to get one made of our flights landing on our short 3000' runway with the Dash-8. That won't be happening since I am now moving to the ATR 72. Maybe a jumpseat before they are all gone next year. Chris Miller
July 22, 201213 yr Hi! Music videos with airplanes you say? I'm no old fart yet... B) :yahoo: :dance: Ró. Thanks. I really like that song but had never heard it. Some flying with some club scenes. That guy seems to be playing to a hall filled with 2,000 beautiful women! I always though night time paragliding would make a good music video. I don't think many people paraglide at night though but I found one: Many thanks. Pierre
July 22, 201213 yr Hi! Here are some other good ones! I'd like to get one made of our flights landing on our short 3000' runway with the Dash-8. That won't be happening since I am now moving to the ATR 72. Maybe a jumpseat before they are all gone next year. They were great, especially the first one. I'll have to look into why KLM are flying these routes. Also is there a reason why in the first video with first landing (in Quito I think), he's coming in from so high and/or landing so far past the numbers? If you go to 3.07 in the first vid it looks very different to a normal approach. I'm not saying it's bad or anything as I['m just a sim pilot but it just looked different to me though I may be wrong. Many thanks. Pierre
July 22, 201213 yr I'd like to get one made of our flights landing on our short 3000' runway with the Dash-8. That won't be happening since I am now moving to the ATR 72. Maybe a jumpseat before they are all gone next year. Same here, I'd love to be able to get one of those "Go Pro HD Cameras" and film some of my flights for you guys. If only our PR department weren't so god darn strict.... :Sigh: Ró. Rónán O Cadhain.
July 22, 201213 yr Hi! Same here, I'd love to be able to get one of those "Go Pro HD Cameras" and film some of my flights for you guys. If only our PR department weren't so god darn strict.... :Sigh: Ró. Ever thought about writing a book similar to "Flying the Big Jets". That was for the Boeing 777 but nowone's done Airbus. You could explain the Airbus in the first part and then detail a couple of trips in the second, one short-haul A320 and one long-haul A330. No people stories just flying details of the two flights. I'd definitely buy it! Many thanks. Pierre
July 22, 201213 yr Hi! Ever thought about writing a book similar to "Flying the Big Jets". That was for the Boeing 777 but nowone's done Airbus. You could explain the Airbus in the first part and then detail a couple of trips in the second, one short-haul A320 and one long-haul A330. No people stories just flying details of the two flights. I'd definitely buy it! Many thanks. Pierre Way ahead of you, one's already in the works [just barely]... ETA: Before 2016 hopefully... It will be akin to Captain Mike Ray's "Pilots Handbook" but will be more aimed at people just starting out on the A320/A330, differences between them for those doing a CCQ and for really advanced simmers. I've got a rough plan made and the first bit started, but progress is mind-numbingly slow. If you have some ideas for it though, feel free to PM them to me.... Ró. Edit: Either that, or I may just start up a blog with some interesting tales from over the years, who knows... Edited July 22, 201213 yr by Rónán O Cadhain Rónán O Cadhain.
July 22, 201213 yr Hi! It will be akin to Captain Mike Ray's "Pilots Handbook" but will be more aimed at people just starting out on the A320/A330, differences between them for those doing a CCQ and for really advanced simmers. I've got a rough plan made and the first bit started, but progress is mind-numbingly slow. If you have some ideas for it though, feel free to PM them to me.... Ró. Edit: Either that, or I may just start up a blog with some interesting tales from over the years, who knows... They both sound like good ideas. Or if they don't work you could always write "Flying the Airbus A330 for dummies" from that series! Many thanks. Pierre
July 22, 201213 yr Hi! They were great, especially the first one. I'll have to look into why KLM are flying these routes. Also is there a reason why in the first video with first landing (in Quito I think), he's coming in from so high and/or landing so far past the numbers? If you go to 3.07 in the first vid it looks very different to a normal approach. I'm not saying it's bad or anything as I['m just a sim pilot but it just looked different to me though I may be wrong. Many thanks. Pierre You have to remember that the main gear is way back behind the cockpit so they were fairly close to putting the main gear down close to the markers. The first time I flew in the cockpit of a Boeing 757-300 I thought we overshot but I forgot that the gear is way behind you on those long aircraft. Chris Miller
July 23, 201213 yr Hi! You have to remember that the main gear is way back behind the cockpit so they were fairly close to putting the main gear down close to the markers. The first time I flew in the cockpit of a Boeing 757-300 I thought we overshot but I forgot that the gear is way behind you on those long aircraft. Thanks. That makes sense. I remember watching a St.Maarten video a long time ago where all these 8 year old flighsim kids were giving this real world 747 pilot hell because he "landed long"! Ah the glamour of being an airline pilot! Many thanks. Pierre
July 23, 201213 yr but progress is mind-numbingly slow. If you have some ideas for it though, feel free to PM them to me.... Ró. I'm no expert but my opinion is the trick to writing an aviation book is "don't try to be creative in any way". For an aviation book it's really easy. The subject matter is so interesting that all you do is copy. For example if you wanted to write a book on your flying life all you would need to do is copy down what happened from memory. The more facts and small details the better. The same with stories involving people. People are naturally interested in relationships and friendships and love so you just copy down what you remember. For an instructional book maybe do it in point form first. Break it up into categories for all the different parts of the training/real flying and for each catagory make a list of points or tips that you want to pass on. Then add to that personal anecdotes and stories behind the points and finally turn it into continuous writing. Then for the last part maybe go through a couple of actual flights you flew. Maybe pick an A320 and A330 flight from your experience and detail how you flew each. Maybe pick your favourite routes/destinations. I know when learning flightsim I barely read the technical manuals and always read the "Tutorial flight: Flying the PMDG 737 from KDEN to KABQ." It's more fun because it's about real places and you're flying a cool route and learning at the same time. Anyway please take my "advice" with a big pinch of salt. I have actually never written anything except Airliners.net "trip reports" so I really am no writer! I am also not a pilot in any way! Hope it might help. Many thanks. Pierre
July 23, 201213 yr It is difficult to write an aviation instructional book. I had one directed at prospective student pilots that walked them through the process of finding the right school and instructor. Things to expect and some basic rules and regulations that would help them with decisions on how to do that. It even included study methods and so on. I had it nearly ready to publish in paper and electronic form and the one copy I hadn't backed up went blamo! It was something I spent many months on and unfortunately it was before the time of easy cloud storage and I had never thought of putting a backup on my web server. Oh well my claim to print fame is no more. The best strategy is to write it with some wit and humor but not too much to take out the educational purposes of the book. I think that Rod Machado level of humor is too much and hides the educational information a little too much. Jeppesen Textbooks are actually not too bad and it is nice to read little side stories or history about the subject being presented in each chapter. Chris Miller
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