Round the Poles- leg 1, part 8-end of leg 1

[beaky]

When ATC finally clears me to descend, I try to get down quickly.






The airport is VFR, but as soon as I level off at 2000 I'm in the soup.
     



ATC vectors me towards the runway, and soon enough I think I can just barely see it.
     




"Runway in sight"...and time to dump flaps and gear.






I need to stop using the autopilot so much: my final is a little jittery. The crosswind isn't helping, either...




A little more airspeed will keep me closer to the centerline next time... but not a bad landing, really.
     



A look at ATC's vectors to final; not too roundabout this time... and a look at the entire course. Had a decent amount of fuel left when I arrived, but I have to cut the consumption down more for upcoming legs.

     

Next: Leg 2, part 1

[Jared]

I give you 5 happy faces because that looks like an awesome flight

[Ecko]

Nice shots. Looks like a nice little twin too, Cessna 310, right?

[beaky]

Nice shots. Looks like a nice little twin too, Cessna 310, right?

Yes- 310L, to be precise.

[flyboy 28]

So when do you plan to take Casper for the same hop?

[beaky]

So when do you plan to take Casper for the same hop?

LOL!
Casper would probably not make it to Jacksonville, let alone the South  Pole. There would be a trail of parts the whole way...
One of these days I'll do a RTW in FS9 in something really slow like that... maybe.

[cheesegrater]

I fly from takeoff to touchdown on autopilot.

[beaky]

I fly from takeoff to touchdown on autopilot.

You mean the autopilot flies from takeoff to touchdown...  ;D  


Seriously, though- how do you manage that? The only FS model I've found with autoland is the VC10, and it certainly won't take off by itself.

[Mictheslik]

The Moach 737 has autoland, also the PMDG has effectively automatic take off, all you ave to do is pull the stick back and put on autopilot.

.Mic

[cheesegrater]

You can do it with the defualt 737.

On take-off I just have the aircraft trimmed and auto-throttle engaged. Once I'm airborne I punch in the altitude and heading hold. On approach I just use ILS hold. Then auto-brake.

Although you might have to punch off ILS hold during flare, so there is a little flying involved.

I gotta get the payware models with full auto-land to fix that.