December 19, 20205 yr Living in Dallas and sitting right between KDFW and Love Field, I get my share of airline flights directly overhead. When Dallas is favoring the north runways, I'm literally a stone's throw away (well....a few hundred yards..but you know) from the waypoint STONZ in the very popular BRDJE arrival from the North East. The aircraft turn directly over my house (well almost) and with binocs....watching them and knowing they are at 11000 feet is really cool to see them crank it to the left to enter the downwind. And over at Love, they are only a few thousand feet when they go over. I decided to replicate the approach, and although the approach is for turbojets only...I told the controllers I was Steveo (well...I AM a Steve, LOL) and they just slid me in between the faster planes. Still a while out...but you can see on my MFD in the center that I'm in the Conga Line of approaches into Dallas. 🙂 The yellow arrow is pointing to STONZ and where my house is. There is Addison airport, just a few miles from me. There is Love Field off my left and the yellow arrow is pointing to right about where I'm typing this text from. 🙂 Just made the turn over STONZ and on downwind to 35C. What a STUNNING morning cloud formation....it was epic!!! About to make the turn to base and final Just a cool shot Safely on the ground at the FBO at KDFW. What a great flight....except for the headwind. 😞 Never could have had this level of immersion without MSFS! Loving the sim! Edited December 19, 20205 yr by Steve Dra pic sequencing Regards, Steve DraGet my paints for MSFS planes at flightsim.to here, and iFly 737s hereDownload my FSX, P3D paints at Avsim by clicking here
December 19, 20205 yr Nice shots Steve! Dallas was sort of my second home for about 20 years due to work. I actually kind of miss it. Certainly do miss Esparza's. Every now and then they would slip Everclear in your margarita's, probably still do. I'm thirsty now. 🍹 Dylan Charles "The aircraft G-limits are only there in case there is another flight by that particular airplane. If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no G-limits."
December 19, 20205 yr I use to instruct out of Addison back in summer of 2013. I lived over by lake Lewisville. that cloudscape looks amazing! FAA: ATP-ME, 737 CA, enough time in the 757/767 to be dangerous 🤠 Matt Kubanda, 7950X3D, 64GB RAM, RTX 5090@4k, MSFS 2024
December 19, 20205 yr What time of day was it, Steve? I'm sure it's 4:20 somewhere... My bad, stonz, not stoners... 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!)
December 21, 20205 yr Author Thanks Guys! @DylanC yeah when I started working at the hospital near there, the local staff took us to Esparza's....a GV staple. @ahsmatt7, its a nice airport....during spring/fall (pre-COVID), we sat on the patio at Chuy's on Belt Line and watch all the student's doing T&Gs. Saw a lot of biz jets too.... Agree the atmosphere effects were jaw dropping that morning! Love how the sim replicates it. @HighBypass hehe....Its always 4:20 somewhere. 🙂 Edited December 21, 20205 yr by Steve Dra Regards, Steve DraGet my paints for MSFS planes at flightsim.to here, and iFly 737s hereDownload my FSX, P3D paints at Avsim by clicking here
December 21, 20205 yr You always have the best Waypoint names...🙂...to pick on, Steve... Great bits of story-line...!!
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