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June 20, 2010

Time: 2:30pm US Eastern

Route:

Manapouri (NZMO), New Zealand

TO

Queenstown (NZQN), New Zealand

Warning! The approach to Queenstown is in the mountains and challenging! No ILS either!

Distance: Approx 55nm

Aircraft: User choice. I recommend a Cessna 172, Beech Baron, anything by De Havilland Canada. Be familiar with what your aircraft is capable of.

Here is what the path to the one side looks like...
http://www.airliners.net/photo//0971349/L/
http://www.airliners.net/photo//1326748/L/

And the other side.....
http://www.airliners.net/photo//1653894/L/

As can be seen, you're surrounded by mountains on approach.

Sim Time: User choice (night is not advised)

Weather: Real world


FS2004 Scenery:

Manapouri-
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/?ID=85&page=15

Queenstown-
nzqnv10.zip @ flightsim.com

After a few fine test flights on my stock GPU, I think I might be able to attend this. 

I'm so done with not being able to fly whenever I want.   

[quote]After a few fine test flights on my stock GPU, I think I might be able to attend this.

[quote][quote]After a few fine test flights on my stock GPU, I think I might be able to attend this.

[quote][quote][quote]After a few fine test flights on my stock GPU, I think I might be able to attend this.

....LOL...!

I know the feeling..... ...!

I find large, piston prop, Tail Draggers a bit of a handful, especially on the ground.
Once up in the air, they are fine, its just manoeuvring around on the ground that gives me a headache!... ....!

I find my Douglas DC4, "Tricycle", (With its Bendix-King Radio Stack), a much better bet than the default DC3!.... ...!

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/b ... vegas4.jpg

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav... 8-)...!

Did several online test flights today, and it appears as though my on board graphics chip is up to the task, so I am a confirmed go for this flight.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Looking forward to it too. 

[quote]After a few fine test flights on my stock GPU, I think I might be able to attend this.

I had an OK graphics card, but for 2 years,
I ran it like it was a great graphics card,
and then one day,
it went pop,
the fan locked up,
and then flew off inside the computer,
and I've been on the motherboards graphics chip ever since. 

Good thing I didn't skimp on the motherboard. 

The funny thing is...

I've still got my trusty old Gigabyte AGP Motherboard with its ancient AMD Socket 7, 2600XP+ (2.1 GHZ)

Next card I get, I plan on using it with some earned common sense. 

My thinking was, push every setting on the card to it's max, and that would get me great graphics. 

For two years I pushed it like that, and then  it started acting weird, and giving me artifacts on the screen.

When I decided to turn the settings down to see if that would fix it, my sim looked better than it ever had before.
Two weeks later, pop goes the weasel. 

I deserved to have it blow up for treating it like that. 

Next time, install the card, and leave it on the default settings, and let FS9 do the work like it was meant to.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[quote]Next card I get, I plan on using it with some earned common sense.

You've taught me some very important lessons during my time here Paul...

Learn to use the Bendix, and trust in it,

and....

Leave well enough alone. 



Words of wisdom that everyone should follow.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

My advice is; never fiddle with things!.... ....!

When you are very young, you cant resist fiddling with "things"...

..and before you know where you are ...

...you are suddenly;..."Married"!.... ...!

Let that be a warning!... ...!

Paul... ... ... ...!

Nice one, Paul.


Just a reminder that this flight is on a SUNDAY, not a Saturday like usual.