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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ATC Ground contacted for instructions.
Slowly taxying into the re-fuelling area.
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.
Passengers dis-embarking.
Re-fuel for the return trip to Santa Paula.
A very enjoyable short flight.
...and all the passengers loved it...!
Cheers all...!
Paul.
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