Another cool quiz on airspace from Boldmethod. 7/8 for this student pilot.
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I’ve been fortunate to travel to Bonaire many, many times with family over the past 25 years. And today I found this. Downloading ASAP …
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I’ve been saving for this and finally pulled the trigger. Here’s a quick look at the Basement Sim’s new avionics from FlightIllusion (http://www.flightillusion.com). I can’t wait to start flying with them! Thanks for watching.
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I shot an unboxing video that I’ll post tomorrow, but here’s a glimpse of the new FlightIllusion gear in its temporary installation. More to follow … it’s pretty awesome!
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I think it’s really cool that the Basement Sim has inspired builds all over the world, including this from 14-year-old Aviv in Israel. How cool to be building this at his age. He writes:
Im Aviv, 14 years old from Israel. Before 6 monthes I started to build my fligth sim that based on Flight Sim Liberty and your sim. Your website and videos are great, and they help my alot to build the sim. Im thery close to finish the sim, just need to connect all the things together. Here some photos of the sim.
![IMG_5730[1]](http://www.ontheglideslope.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_57301.jpg)
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![IMG_5779[2]](http://www.ontheglideslope.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_57792.jpg)
![IMG_5780[1]](http://www.ontheglideslope.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_57801.jpg)
![IMG_5781[1]](http://www.ontheglideslope.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_57811.jpg)
Keep up the great work Aviv!
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I was looking for a way to send Windows 10 audio to to more than one sound device so I could have the Buttkicker picking up the low end from the subwoofer output while still having audio running through my headsets. Why? So I can keep the sim quiet for family, and so I can record GoPro audio when needed. I found a video with a method that works for me, and here it is:
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I can’t tell you how happy I was to see this in my inbox this morning. Some big changes are coming for the Basement Sim. More to come!
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Today’s real-world lesson was great, and one I’ve been looking forward to for some time (in part because it has been scrubbed twice due to winds). Today was my first flight into a towered airport – KILG in Wilmington, DE – and we treated it as a mini cross country, doing VOR navigation along the way, and doing pattern work in Wilmington to get some of the towered landings requirement out of the way. The weather was clear and sunny, with some winds to keep it interesting. The pattern work was solid, as was the navigation, but the best part was putting all my PilotEdge time to the test talking to KILG tower. I nailed it, and made every call with no mic fright whatsoever. It was a blast, and I can’t wait to do more. It was really fun just to fly somewhere. Here’s today’s track, and if you click here you can replay the flight at CloudAhoy.
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It’s been some time since the last Alphabet Challenge flight and I was eager to get back on PilotEdge and fly one. No video this time, and I really enjoyed doing a nice flight down the simulated California coast, enjoying the views and the ATC chatter along the way, and experiencing the new dimension of simulation brought by the new Buttkicker (one of the highlights – feeling the gear lock up over the rumble of the engine).
Long Beach in LA to Montgomery Executive outside of San Diego seems straight-forward, but in many ways it’s not. Here’s the chart and route:
There are more than a few airspace challenges here: stay out of the LA Bravo, transition the KSAN Charlie, avoid the R-2503B&C restricted area, manage the Palomar Delta, and stay out of the relatively complicated San Diego / Miramar Bravo shelfs near KMYF. The answer? Pick up ATC advisories, which makes the Charlies and Deltas go away, fly at 3,500 which navigates the Bravos, and hang a left at Mt. Soledad to stay clear of the Miramar and San Diego surface shelfs. All went according to this plan, thanks to the great service from PilotEdge ATC. And the weather was great, too, which made for some fun ORBX sight seeing (along with watching the very busy PE drone traffic zooming about):
Next up is M to N, Montgomery to Yuma (KNYL). 128.6 miles as the crow flies, and maybe I’ll get this in over the next couple of days. Here’s the challenge progress so far:
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