Michael63

Will is right you know. There should be room for all kind of simmers in here. The newbies and the hardcores all share the same passion but on different levels. Judging from the video though I would not even pay 1$ for that add on.

This has been an eventful day for the Rookie on Team Avsim. Started the day at 0700Z with a leg from SPIM-SPTN where I overstressed the plane after t/o and had to restart.( :mad: stupid autopilot on the Epic or Pilot error?) It cost me only 4 min and I did good time on the leg. Then the AmericanPilots had to sleep and we were missing pilots for the Continental Jet leg. I volunteered since I love a good Jet leg. I practiced landing at SIMK which is a little airfield for the Tristar but it was a piece of cake - I thought. Then I flew the whole route to check out the winds aloft and risk for overspeeds - The L-1011 is very capable of overspeeding. Test flight also went perfect. Then came the actual flight as primary baton and all went as expected until the final approach. The plane would not slow down?? AT off, AP off, everything off, plane yawed left and I had to use full right rudder :( . 100 ft AGL at 200 KT and to the left of the runway I decided to go around. I kept struggling with the plane and could not troubleshoot the problem ? "I must get this plane on the ground safe without using my mulligan". Gained enough directional control but the speed would still not go below 200 KT I used the speedbrake all the way down to the runway and landed safely with a green Duenna. I thought that was all in a days work? But we still had 2 WC Jet legs and No pilots signed up for them yet except for Harv. I might as well do another Jet leg but as wing this time. Short before t/o from Salvador to Ascension Island Harv's FSX broke down but I was ready and took the Primary baton with Rob as wing. T/O and climb was perfect and the winds at FL330 was 287/27 for 2 hours. Well that was not going to change because I was getting tired of looking at wind speed and direction and overspeed seconds on the Duenna. Then it happened, 1 windshift that I didn't see and the only one for the whole flight which cost me 96 seconds of overspeed which again means failed leg :unsure: I decided to play my mulligan here and pass the baton to Rob who now HAD to make the landing at Ascension Island. Everybody was now watching Rob make that landing on the Ascension Island which he did perfectly. Now it is up to the rest of the team to secure the Victory in Cape Town. :danemark-flag: Rob's landing on Ascension Island:

Rookie mulligan transfer of baton at FHAW due to more than 90 seconds of overspeed.Baton transferred to wingman - IF he makes it :-)

I have the baton SBSV-FHAW in the Tom Ruth L-1011 Tristar FSX.

Baton is free at SIMK.

I have the baton from SAAV-SIMK in the Tom Ruth L-1011 Tristar FSX.

Baton is free at SPTN.

I have the baton SPIM-SPTN in the Lionheart Epic LT FSX.

Wild card leg up through the pacific to Alaska was quite uneventful. Nice weather and stable winds prevented any overspeeds. Weather turned to the worse in the Bering Sea but Rob and Svenk did an amazing job landing at St. George in low vis.

Wing down safe at PASY.

Flying wingman RJAM-PASY in the Tom Ruth L-1011 Tristar FSX.

Teamflight member down safe at YPDN.

Participating in the teamflight from YKKG-YPDN in Manfred Jahn CC Lockheed 1049-G FSX.

Baton is free at WBGG.

I have the baton from VVTS-WBGG in Lionheart Epic LT FSX.

Beautiful flight across the Himalayas in the sunset from ZWTN to YGSY.

Baton down safe at VGSY.

I have the baton ZWTN-VGSY in the Tom Ruth L-1011 Tristar FSX.

Wingman down safe at LGKL.

Flying wing HLTS-LGKL in Noriega P180 Avanti FSX.

Teamflight participant Landed safe at FALW.

Participating in teamflight from FACT-FALW in Craig Richardson Ford Trimotor FSX

Wing crashed in the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar by Tom Ruth :-)

Flying wing in formation flight KSFO-KPDX. RR-SOH Hornet F.1 (Hornet F Mk 1 Prototype Sea Hornet).`` Flight aborted.

Landed safe in teamflight at KFFA.