September 13, 201312 yr Commercial Member On another note, I'm going to fly again! Just don't know from where and when...lol haha! Kyle, thanks for pointing to your blog, good job! You took me back to my days of training, although back then we did not have DA40s and the amazing avionics you can find in today's GA fleet. I remember my first trip to the airport looking at a beat up C152 and thinking "what am I getting myself into" Anyways, best of luck in your endeavor, I will visit your blog for updates Hey John - thanks! Yeah, I was giving Luke Pabari a hard time the other day because he was about to fly his long solo cross country in an aircraft with a moving map GPS. The blog doesn't go back to my PPL training back in 2003-2007, but my long cross country was flown in a C152/A with a paper chart and looking at the ground, while double-checking my times on my paper plan... I flew that same aircraft from OKV-PEO (about 215nm) a few months after getting my license, at night, over the "mountains" of western PA, using VORs alone to get myself where I needed to be. It was pretty fun, actually. Heck, it wasn't until October of 2011 that I even decided to get checked out on the G1000 where I rent planes. As for the DA40, I just fly it for the speed. It gets me to the destination a little faster, so unless I'm building time, I use it because it's a little cheaper in the end, point-to-point. Kyle Rodgers
September 13, 201312 yr Author Library Administrator I went through PPL 1995-1996. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Brian A. Neuman Proud simmer since 1982 using the following simulators: Sublogic Flight Simulator 1 and 2. Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0, 5.1, FS95, FS98, FS2000, FS2002, FS2004, FSX (and unfortunately Flight!). Terminal Reality Fly 1 and 2. Sierra Pro Pilot, Looking Glass/Eidos/Electronic Arts Flight Unlimited I, II and III, Laminar Research X-Plane 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, FS Aerofly 2, Lockheed Martin Perpar3D 2.X, 3.X, 4.X and 5.X and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020). Not to mention numerous combat simulators and games related to flight that I have played with over the years. System: Intel I7-7700K-Water Cooled, 32GB Ram, GTX 1080Ti, 500gb SSD, 1TB HD and dedicated 1TB and 2TB SSD's for Flight Simulators
September 13, 201312 yr i have an agreement with my girlfriend.. no facebook, no twitter (wouldnt ever use that anyway) Tebin Ulrich
September 13, 201312 yr ...but my long cross country was flown in a C152/A with a paper chart and looking at the ground, while double-checking my times on my paper plan... Ah, what a way to fly. The only plane I fly that has a GPS is a Super Decathlon, but that's only because if I took a paper map I'd end up wearing it after my first roll. Jordan Forrest
September 13, 201312 yr After a 777F flight earlier today, I decided it was time to fly "old reliable" Chris Sunseri
September 13, 201312 yr I'm eating a ham sandwich, with tomato. Dennis Trawick Screen Shot Forum Rules
September 13, 201312 yr Author Library Administrator I'm at work. In briefing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Brian A. Neuman Proud simmer since 1982 using the following simulators: Sublogic Flight Simulator 1 and 2. Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0, 5.1, FS95, FS98, FS2000, FS2002, FS2004, FSX (and unfortunately Flight!). Terminal Reality Fly 1 and 2. Sierra Pro Pilot, Looking Glass/Eidos/Electronic Arts Flight Unlimited I, II and III, Laminar Research X-Plane 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, FS Aerofly 2, Lockheed Martin Perpar3D 2.X, 3.X, 4.X and 5.X and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020). Not to mention numerous combat simulators and games related to flight that I have played with over the years. System: Intel I7-7700K-Water Cooled, 32GB Ram, GTX 1080Ti, 500gb SSD, 1TB HD and dedicated 1TB and 2TB SSD's for Flight Simulators
September 13, 201312 yr And flew the 737-700 today. Still an awesome aircraft and a joy to fly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Same feeling, missing the NGX already, great aircraft, i can say it is the BMW M3 of aircrafts, a joy to drive, i mean TO FLY. Steve
September 13, 201312 yr Hey Kyle, the good old long x-country.. I still remember mine N07-KAVP-KALB-KGON-N07... lots of fun, just plain charts and the good old E6B. I am sure it is all on IPAD or other electronic device nowadays, I wish we had these available back then. I haven't flown GA in quite a few years, last time I went up in a friends M20 I remember getting a bit nervous waiting for him to flare (I am used to sit a bit higher now ..lol) . anyways .. good luck and be safe up there! John.
September 13, 201312 yr 777 is a great airplane and I like doing the long hauls (takeoff before bed, land in the morning) but the airplane is so automated that after flying the NGX for so long there seems like there's nothing to do. Steve Giblin
September 13, 201312 yr Having toast for breakfast #yolo #jamontoast Haha! :lol: / CPU: Intel i7-9700K @4.9 / RAM: 32GB G.Skill 3200 / GPU: RTX 4080 16GB / Freight Pilot
September 13, 201312 yr I don't know what to do right now. FSX: PMDG 744/MD11/JS41/736/737/738/739, CS752/753/763/C130, SimCheck A300, Leonardo MD82, MJC DH8D, Aerosoft CRJ7/CRJ9/A318/A319/A320/A321, RAZBAM Metroliner, ORBX Global, FlyTampa KBUF/OMDB/TNCM/VHHX, ActiveSky Next DCS: A-10C II/F-16C/AH-64D/F-15E/KA-50 III/Mi-24/Persian Gulf/Syria/F-15C XP11: FF 752/753, iniBuilds A306, HotStart TBM900 MSFS: Fenix A320, FS2Crew Fenix A320, FS2Crew Pushback Express, PMDG B77W, ActiveSky FS, Drzewiecki Design UUEE
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