California Tours No. 10 Central Cali.

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We will start of at Dunlap [Baker & Hall Airport] (77CL), overfly Kings River Community College (CA13), land for a short break at Sierra Sky Park Airport (Q60), and land at Johnston Field Airport (5CL9).

Tour Time: 8:00 P.M. GMT

Saturday October 13 2007      
     
Propeller aircraft will only be used on this flight.  
 
Flight Plan  
GPS Heading, Speed 120Knots, ETE short flight this time 37min+

[Sir_Crashalot]

Need something slow to fly this tour. Piper cub will do.

Crash

[mrjake2002]

Probably go for the cub too.  :)

[Fozzer]

Probably go for the cub too.  :)

A short flight this time, so the Baron will remain in the Hangar for a change.

I thought about using the default Piper Cub for the flight, but those wings are much to wide apart, and those main wheels are much too close together, often resulting a damaged wing when the plane tips on to its side when maneuvering on the ground if great care is not taken, (Ground Loop!).... ...!

Tip: Once landed in the tail-dragger Piper Cub, ALWAYS come to a complete standstill BEFORE changing direction (Taxiing).. 8-)...!

I've lost count of the number of times I have watched my Multiplayer Chums ground-looping their Piper Cubs...always good for a laugh, and wondering what next years Insurance Premium will be!...Tee-Hee!... ...!

So...for the flight I think I will wheel out my default, red and black, Cessna 172. It should do the job quite nicely. (It's a shame Uncle Bill didn't include a DEFAULT Cessna 150/152 for this type of short flight!).

Flight Plan filed, gassed-up, oiled-up, bugs removed, tyres inflated, beer cans installed, and ready to roll... ...!

F...G-BPLF... 8-)...!

[mrjake2002]

My graphics will be rubbish this week... awaiting delivery of my new graphics card.

[mrjake2002]

On second thoughts, I think I'm gonna go for the Trimotor this time!  :)

[Fozzer]

On second thoughts, I think I'm gonna go for the Trimotor this time!  :)

........Tip: Once landed in the tail-dragger Piper Cub, ALWAYS come to a complete standstill BEFORE changing direction (Taxiing).. 8-)...!

I've lost count of the number of times I have watched my Multiplayer Chums ground-looping their Piper Cubs...always good for a laugh, and wondering what next years Insurance Premium will be!...Tee-Hee!... ...!

F...G-BPLF... 8-)...!

LOL... ...!

Chicken!.... ...

You obviously read my words of wisdom, regarding the Piper Cub, and changed your mind.......!

F.... ... ... ...!

[mrjake2002]

...Lol!!!  ;D

Sticking with the stable Tri-Motor, don't much like the sound of ground-looping....!   ;)

[Fozzer]

...nice steady little flight...

...just the two of us... ...!

Piper Cub and Cessna 172.

F.... 8-)...!

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Very good. It was the first time I navigated the whole flight using just a map a watch and FSNav.

Great flight.

[Sir_Crashalot]

FS started to screw up right after take off. Don't know what is wrong with it but it keeps giving me a headache. I think it is time for some re-installing of my entire pc.

Crash

[mrjake2002]

Was struggling with my new system so couldn't make it unfortunatly...  ::) Be on tomorow for the SA tour though...!

[Fozzer]

FS started to screw up right after take off. Don't know what is wrong with it but it keeps giving me a headache. I think it is time for some re-installing of my entire pc.

Crash

Hello Crash... ...

I sometimes find that if I have been browsing, fiddling around, etc, on the Computer for hours on end, and then fire up the Flight Sim (or a Game), I often get strange, random crashes, corruptions, etc, so what I do now is to shut down the Computer completely and clear out the Memory and Hard Drive for a few minutes to settle it down, then start up the Flight Sim from scratch just before the Flight.
It appears to run more reliably, without problems then.

F.... ...!

[Sir_Crashalot]

Thanks for the advice Paul. Will try tonight.

Crash

[Fozzer]

Thanks for the advice Paul. Will try tonight.

Crash

Hello Crash... ...!

It's a funny old do...

But sometimes I forget...

Whenever you install a new Game, the recommendation is to ALWAYS re-set the computer BEFORE playing it....

..so.... (if I remember).... I try to do the same thing before firing up the Flight Sim, for the same reasons.... ...!

...it deletes the contents of my Memory...for a while... ...!

LOL... ...!

F....Vacant....as usual... 8-)...!