April 13, 20179 yr Took my new Carenado Cessna 337 Skymaster on an early morning flight from Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (KTMB) to San Andros Airport (MYAN) on Andros Island. This is probably the first time in nearly a week that I have been able to get on flight simulator and this flight was quite relaxing. Carenado ORBX Global Base + Vector + OpenLC NA + Trees HD REX 4 Texture Direct w/Softclouds FreemeshX Departing KTMBFSX-2017-apr-13-001-2 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr Climbing out over MiamiFSX-2017-apr-13-005-2 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr Over downtown.FSX-2017-apr-13-009-2 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr Reaching cruise just off of the coastFSX-2017-apr-13-010-2 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr CruisingFSX-2017-apr-13-012-2 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr Descending towards Andros IslandFSX-2017-apr-13-016-2 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr Overflying the airportFSX-2017-apr-13-018-2 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr Turning back.FSX-2017-apr-13-020-2 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr FinalFSX-2017-apr-13-022-2 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr ParkedFSX-2017-apr-13-024-2 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr Its a miracle that any aircraft handled by me is able to be used again. :wink: My Modest Rig (Laptop is a must, need to be mobile for college): MSI GE60 Apache/ Intel I7-4710HQ @ 2.5 GHz/ 8GM Ram/ Nvidia GTX 850M/1TB HDD/ 125 GB SSD. Gear: CH Eclipse Yoke, CH Pro Pedals, Trackir 5 Scenery That I Use: ORBX FTX Global, Vector, OpenLC NA, Trees HD, FreemeshX, REX Texture Direct w/ Soft Clouds
April 13, 20179 yr The 337 is a good looking plane. One day I too will own the Carenado version. Nice weather in the sim. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
April 14, 20179 yr Beautiful, that brings back memories. The Skymaster was the first multi-engine airplane I flew in charter operations 40 years ago. I used to fly cancelled checks from upstate New York to White Plains every night, stay over, then pick up checks and fly them back in the morning. One winter flight in the Skymaster going to Rochester, New York after starting the descent, white billowing thick smoke started to rise from under the instrument panel. It hit me like a ton of bricks how locked in you are in a fire situation. Funny thing was, I could breath, I was not choking. I opened the little side window and that was enough to suck a little of the smoke out so I could somewhat see for landing. It turned out the mechanics serviced hydraulics and spilled a lot of hydraulic fluid on the carpet. When I started to descend the heater blowing hot air changed direction enough to cause a reaction with the carpet in the form of thick white smoke. I thanked my lucky stars it wasn't a full blown fire, because that would be an awful situation to be in. Another time on a bone chilling day the throttle for the rear engine froze in cruise flight and I could not retard it for landing, so I had to shut it down in the descent, but with centerline thrust, it is pretty much a non-event. That was a fun airplane... Alexander L Pavlis Captain Al http://subsonicflighttraining.com
April 14, 20179 yr Hi Folks, Beautiful set in one of my favorite places to visit... A few years back - KMGJ - we had a fatal in a 337 as the owner elected to attempt a takeoff on a single engine knowing the second engine wasn't working... I believe the POH explicitly forbids this... Seriously - you can't make this stuff up... My CFI used to do the same with cancelled checks in a Lear 35 out of Bradley CT to a few places around Chicago - I never realized cancelled checks required such a priority... Regards, Scott
April 14, 20179 yr 3000 miles separated by a common language! I had to look up what cancelled checks were as far as the US is concerned! My confusion is that I thought cancelled meant - torn up, not honoured (returned in your case). :) Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
April 14, 20179 yr Hi Mark, Hah - LOL - yeah - perhaps a better word would be "paid checks" as they would be stamped by the bank ??? I'm assuming these would be the checks the banks actually paid on which would make far more sense than a voided check ??? The "cancel" infers the check itself no longer has any cash value as it's already been paid to the recipient ??? LOL - but don't go by me - I haven't written a paper check in 15 years or so... Regards, Scott
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