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Winter Flying

Postby Sean_TK » Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:04 pm

Hey guys,

I'll most likely be online on the following server tomorrow, which is Saturday, January 10th. I'll post specific times as we get closer to midday tomorrow. I am using this server because it has shown to be the most stable one on my system, and has been virtually trouble free for the other members here that have flown with me while using this address.

64.22.75.166

Status: http://64.22.75.166/


I was planning on starting out with a few flights in beautiful Alaska. I use FS2004 for all of my simming, and with this, I have installed the freeware Glacier Bay version 2 addon, by Holger Sandmann et al.

I still need to examine the coverage area for this addon, but right now it looks as if one route will be Juneau - Haines - Skagway. (Did it in reverse yesterday and it was awesome.)

For this type of flying, I would suggest bringing along a small propeller driven aircraft with a cruise speed not in excess of 200 knots. You also may want one that doesn't go too slow either, or you may have trouble getting over some mountains if we decide to take a few detours to explore the area.
If you have Glacier Bay, it is very friendly to float planes, with nearly all "major" land airports in the region having float plane ports in close proximity. You don't even have to worry about bring an amphibian...if all it does is float, that's fine.


If anyone needs addon recommendations, let me know.

Following some Alaskan flights, depending on what time it is, I may do some flying in the Northeastern region of the United States, along with flying either around Norway, the UK, or Switzerland. Aircraft recommendations for these areas vary, and will probably only be decided during the flight, when/if we decide to do more.


Finally, just out of curiosity as I plan future flights:
I've lost track of how many FS2004 Project Tupolev Tu-154M pilots we have on these forums, so a "show of hands" would be appreciated.



Thanks guys, see you in the skies!  ;)

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Re: Winter Flying

Postby Ivan » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:58 am

1: When?
2: Should i prepare the Tupolev for this session
Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones),  Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and [url=http://an24.uw.hu/]An-24RV[/ur
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Re: Winter Flying

Postby Sean_TK » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:11 pm

1. Expect to begin around 4:30pm US Eastern Time.

2. Unless no-one else shows up, do not expect the Tupolev on this day.
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Re: Winter Flying

Postby Fozzer » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:35 pm

Installed the Glacier Bay v2 Scenery, and did the  Juneau - Haines - Skagway run this afternoon in my Cessna 150 Aerobat...

Interesting add-on scenery en-route...;)...!

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Re: Winter Flying

Postby Sean_TK » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:32 pm

The flight is still on for around the 4:30 US Eastern timeframe. I'll probably be on a little earlier though.

If you are planning on showing up, post here.
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Re: Winter Flying

Postby Mictheslik » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:06 pm

I might be there for a bit :)

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Re: Winter Flying

Postby AMDDDA » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:42 pm

Sorry, I hadn't gotten my new wireless card until around 4:30 PM CST :X...
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Re: Winter Flying

Postby an-225 » Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:37 am

I'm a Ty-22 pilot. Mind if I come along for the Ty-154 session?  ;)  >> (Blinder)
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Re: Winter Flying

Postby Sean_TK » Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:08 pm

The Tupolev session will probably occur next Saturday, so hopefully I'll see a few of you guys there. Still need to decide on a route and time.
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Re: Winter Flying

Postby ShaneG_old » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:24 am

Dang, sorry I missed this one. :(

Still waiting on my ISP switch to occur, (thursday!!! ;D)

Hopefully I can make it for this Saturday's run. ;)
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Re: Winter Flying

Postby Sean_TK » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:33 pm

At this point, assuming that some great, and fitting, scenery will not be released in the coming days, I'm planning on having the destination of the Tupolev flight be: URSS, Sochi-Adler, Russia.
http://virtualvss.com/index.php?option= ... elect&id=1

And for the departure field......well, let's just say that this will be a pretty short flight, thus allowing non-Tupolev users to participate in the fun later, so the 154 flyers don't have an overly long flight to themselves.

URKK, Krasnodar, Russia
http://www.avsim.su/files.phtml?search= ... p&folder=0
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Re: Winter Flying

Postby Sean_TK » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:36 pm

At this point in time, the flight for tomorrow, Saturday, is confirmed.

After the Russian flight, we will be doing one flight in the Glacier Bay area of Alaska.

After these flights, there will be a helicopter session using Nemeth Design's free EC120, or Owen Hewitt's Bell 206. These will occur in the New York City area and are meant to practice landing on the dockside helipads around Manhattan.

Aircraft:
EC-120
http://64.34.169.161/cgi-bin/ifolio/ima ... p&bool=and


Bell 206
http://64.34.169.161/cgi-bin/ifolio/ima ... p&bool=and


Scenery:
NYC Helipads
Grab East 34th Street, West 30th Street (Metro Version), and JRB-Downtown Manhattan.
http://www.metrohelo.org/download/?content=scenery



I know that many here don't really care for helicopters, so that is why it is scheduled last. Feel free to join in on any or all of the events on this day.

Approximate start time for the first session (Russian flight) is at:

1400 (2:00pm)
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Re: Winter Flying

Postby AMDDDA » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:24 am

I'll be there! :).
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Re: Winter Flying

Postby Sean_TK » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:28 pm

First flight to occur in about 30 minutes. The server we are using is mentioned in the first post in this thread.
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