1) Teamflight GA aircraft
Well, it has begun again, the yearly event that puts the teams in the air to do a world tour, This year Avsim started in a team flight GA aircraft. in the dark only 57 Nm but none the less exciting.
Since it was a short flight we decided not to do a wing man since a batton transfer would result in a 30 min penalty which is in effect the same as a complete reflown route. Eventhough some experienced pilots were participating not all landings went according to plan. That is the result of a plane pushed to its limits and gusting wind. I brought my Trusted a2a cherokee for this part, and soon found my self bringing in the red lantern.
I posted some wide screen pictures of the flight
https://app.box.com/s/6agfeamkvixgnzdo7ec8a39m0kqvwnaa
this is where i will post images of the race and this overall post of mine will be updated accordingly.
it ended reasonbly well, green duenna and a broken prop
2) after a short night ( race started at 0100 CET) i reported to the race channel and found that we have had a good first night. no serious mistakes and not in an all too bad situation. we are entering European territory now and i am waiting on a runway for the heavy jets to arrive. Flying wingman. Have coffee close to the virtual cockpit a nice music on the background and following the race on the live tracker. Yes you must be a bit of a nutt to like this event, but then rest assured you are not alone. they are out there you know ......
My second appearance of this race also ended in a green duenna. I was flying a hornet at 18700 and was helped with 99 kts tailwind, giveing me an extra 15 kts of speed. I was for the fun of it racing the supposely faster bearcat of Jock he started with 4 Nm head start and we managed to colse the gap withing 1,5 at landing. some screenshots are in the folder including the kamikaze style landing approach.