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A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 1:21 pm
by Fozzer
FS 2002 Pro.
Default scenery.
LAGO's FSSE.

The gorgeous Britten-Norman Trislander.

Hi all... ;D...!

A fantastic, triple Lycoming piston engined plane, with a super cockpit, complete with radios, and as many switches, dials, and controls as you could shake a stick at, and a sound file from Aaron Swindle, (Soundworks), to die for.....!
Include it in your Hangar...it may take pride of place for those balmy sunny days when you want to take passengers for a ride into the blue...!

Fuelling up at Santa Paula.
Pick up all the passengers and mail.
Check all control surfaces for free movement.
Hand brake on.
Beacon/Strobe/Nav lights on, (Warning=Aircraft active!).
Fire-up.
Cycle the engines and props.
Check carb heat.
Check the temperatures and pressures.
Tune the Nav/Com radios.
Everything fine for take-off.
Get clearance from the Tower.
Hand brake off.

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Climbing out of Santa Paula en route to Van Nuys Air Force Base with passengers and mail.
Carb heat off. Throttles full. Mixture set full rich. Props set to fine pitch.

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Radios tuned to clear Point Magu approach.
Tuned to Van Nuys VOR.
Autopilot on. Heading and altitude set.
Throttle, prop and mixture controls set for the cruise.
All needles in the green.
Looking good.

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Overhead at Van Nuys after being picked up by Socal approach radar.
Contacted the tower. Cleared for landing.
Autopilot off. Re-trimmed nose up.
Throttles backed off. Carb heat on. Prop and mixture controls pushed full forward.

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Lined-up for a touch-down.
Carb heat off.
Flaps, stage by stage.
Keep checking the air speed, (The stall speed is quite high!).
Flare.
A nice gentle landing with very little braking.

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ATC Ground contacted for instructions.
Slowly taxying into the re-fuelling area.

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Re-set all controls for next take-off.
Shutting down the three Lycoming engines, (Mixture weak, cut-off), after gently cooling them down.
Mags off. All switches off. Master/Batt off.

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Passengers dis-embarking.
Re-fuel for the return trip to Santa Paula.
A very enjoyable short flight.
...and all the passengers loved it...!

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Cheers all...!

Paul.

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Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 1:44 pm
by Airborn511
;D Really great short flight and story.......Air

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 1:52 pm
by Omag 2.0
Nice trip and shots!

Offcourse all passengers loved the flight ... there captain was the living legend Mr. Fozzer from the UK...  ;D

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 1:56 pm
by atotti2000
;D my most favourite plane in the whole of the world. lucky you paul. i managed to once blag a flight in one from Alderny to Guernsey. Best flight of my life  8)

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 2:06 pm
by Fozzer
[quote]Nice trip and shots!

Offcourse all passengers loved the flight ... there captain was the living legend Mr. Fozzer from the UK...

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 8:36 pm
by FLYING_TRUCKER
Great Flight Paul and a Great Choice of Aircraft :)

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 12:58 am
by lemoncat
great shots paul been looking at that for a while i think it's time to give it a try :) :)

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:37 am
by eno
Paul ................ you forgot something!!

Mirror
Signal
Manouver

Downloaded that bird yesterday ......... only had a trial flight.
Great pics ....... and commentary.

cheers
eno

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 1:42 pm
by Fozzer
Paul ................ you forgot something!!

Mirror
Signal
Manouver

Downloaded that bird yesterday ......... only had a trial flight.
Great pics ....... and commentary.

cheers
eno


LOL...!

Hi eno...!
I find it amazing fun to adjust the engine, prop, mixture, and flight controls to obtain the maximium speed with the minimium of fuel burn.... ;D...!
And with three piston engines to safely control, it's even more fun and keeps you busy... 8)...!
...temperatures, pressures, vacuum, needles-in-the-green, etc... ;D...!
...and how about actually dialling in the numbers in the Nav/Com/ VOR/ADF-DME radios, rather than just pressing acceptance keys on the keyboard... ;)...?
Cool, or what... ;D...!

Cheers eno... ;)...!

Paul....I love my piston-engined planes with a full compliment of radios/nav aids.... 8)...!

LOL...!

P.S.   and Fozzers Favourite just to illustrate the point...>>>

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Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:13 pm
by ozzy72
Lovely stuff Paul ;)

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:17 pm
by Ivan
that's easy compared to the mighty Il-18...

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:22 pm
by YodaNYC
Great pics and story Fozzer!!!  No better place than the sun and sand of Southern California...

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:27 pm
by Fozzer
that's easy compared to the mighty Il-18...


...gimme a Russian Yak 50/52, any day... ;)...!
...that's what I call...FUN... ;D...!
LOL...!

Paul.

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:34 pm
by Fozzer
[quote]Great pics and story Fozzer!!!

Re: A Tasty Trip in a Trislander..!

PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:35 pm
by atotti2000
i find walking on the beach is better. you dont go past as fast  ::) :P