October 11, 2025Oct 11 On 9/2/2025 at 6:31 AM, tttocs said: Density altitude is NOT your friend at mountain airports in the summer. Flying too low likely caused newlyweds’ plane crash in Telluride - The Durango Herald Sad, the plane owner was a commercial airlines pilot as well. Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
October 11, 2025Oct 11 On 6/18/2025 at 7:57 PM, ryanbatc said: I purchased this from Orbx for MSFS 2024...the airport is well modeled and it's a beautiful area to fly in and out of - and BJC is such a heavy GA/bizjet airport - I was happy to buy it. I just hope it can be optimized a little and the sheltair thing fixed. The windsocks aren't a huge deal. This is as close as I can get to the arch... I got close to the arch the other day hehe Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
October 11, 2025Oct 11 3 hours ago, Noel said: Flying too low likely caused newlyweds’ plane crash in Telluride - The Durango Herald Sad, the plane owner was a commercial airlines pilot as well. Sadly, Rocky Mountains remorselessly kill unwary flatlanders all the time They were from Florida, where the max ASL terrain maybe averages <50’, and the only obstructions are radio towers and such. No need to really understand maneuvering limits there (where I learned to fly - boring as hell, really 😉). that box canyon he flew into is absolutely gorgeous, but he could’ve just turned to port out of the airport - instead of pulling through a 270 - and had just as wonderful views for as far as he wanted to fly Methinks he was lulled by the power of his usual airliner jet engines and forgot he was in a naturally aspirated bug smasher.
October 11, 2025Oct 11 2 hours ago, Noel said: I got close to the arch the other day hehe Oooh nice Falcon | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
October 11, 2025Oct 11 2 hours ago, UrgentSiesta said: Methinks he was lulled by the power of his usual airliner jet engines and forgot he was in a naturally aspirated bug smasher. 🙃 Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
October 11, 2025Oct 11 Author 4 hours ago, UrgentSiesta said: that box canyon he flew into is absolutely gorgeous, but he could’ve just turned to port out of the airport - instead of pulling through a 270 - and had just as wonderful views for as far as he wanted to fly That's the part I don't understand. Why, oh why reverse course after departing 27? You can basically almost fly runway heading with a few minor turns and climb over a canyon/valley which eventually opens out into lower country. He instead reversed course and headed towards the wall of mountains off the departure end of 9. With the density altitude that day, doing any climbing would have been rough in a normally aspirated piston airplane. Turning towards the major peaks? Incomprehensible. If you've ever been there IRL, you know. A very sad story and difficult for me to understand. Scott
October 11, 2025Oct 11 Nederland gets 100mph winds. Also, stay away from lenticular clouds. dd Edited October 11, 2025Oct 11 by Sky_Pilot071
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