Month: September 2016
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A viewer request flight for Puerto Rico. We take the Aerosoft Beaver amphibian, departing San Juan Bay off the floats, then heading east to land at Jose Aponte de la Torre. Improvisation required to dodge clouds and weather along the way, and to manage some unexpected terrain inhibiting an otherwise straight forward left downwind approach…
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Today in my real-world flight instruction we did pattern work. This was the second lesson in the past three days, and I have been very grateful to get some time in the airplane after logging a whopping two hours in August. I think I had six or seven lessons either scrub or need to be…
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I recently had this exchange with a reader and thought it might be worth posting. I have a question regarding your setup. I have upgraded my pc to exactly your specifications (6770k 4 gh -> overclocked to 4,6; 16GB DDR4 3000, NVidiaa GTX 980TI) with 3 monitors (all 3 with nvidia surround connected together to…
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Rob Ainscough, P3D beta tester and AVSIM moderator, has put online at AVSIM a user guide for Prepar3d. It’s already getting great reviews, and it’s free. Get it here, and here’s the description. This AVSIM Prepar3D Guide will cover the following topics to help users get the most of Lockheed Martin’s Prepar3D platform. Some…
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There’s a new addition to the training aircraft on the ramp at my local field: this sweet little Cessna 140 tail dragger. Note the cool stars on the wheels.
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Yesterday I was able to carve out about three hours to complete the next flight in the PilotEdge Alphabet Challenge, Kanab (K) to Long Beach (L). This is one of the longest flights in the series, logging in at 345 nautical miles with the route I’d planned, a VFR flight of KKNB MMM LAS DAG…
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Here’s a link worth following: www.pilotworkshops.com. PilotWorkshops runs an online proficiency center to provide professional training to general aviation pilots. With my membership to AOPA I get free access to their Pilot Proficiency Portal, but there are a number of free resources on the site as well, and many more for those who register. I look…
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A reader request flight around the Drzewiecki Design New York City X scenery, using the Aerosoft Beaver float plane just for fun. Thanks for watching.
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A follow-up to this post: Tom Tsui has now released the Saitek FIP nav gauges for the A2A 172 and 182. Get them here. The engine gauges are next, although Tom says it may be a month or so before they’re available. If you’ve not used his FIP gauges, I highly recommend them. They look…
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