Having not flown since January, it was high time I got some stick time on something, and I figured the best way to do that would be to role play a bit with a scenario that didn’t require a ton of pre-flight planning (other than designing the small bit of extra scenery needed) and where [...]
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Flight Log – Turbulence
January 9th, 2013 · No Comments · Gaming
At last, I made time to climb back into the good old 172 and head out from Trenton-Robbinsville (N87) up north to Lincoln Park (N07). I’ve been planning to do this for over a month now, ever since I finally finished off Lincoln Park back at the end of November last year. Today wasn’t the [...]
Flight Log – Diversion
September 10th, 2012 · No Comments · Gaming
I recently took a second look at Plan-G, which is a freeware VFR flight planning tool built for FSX. I had checked it out originally a year or so ago but felt it was too much extra trouble to learn and use when I really didn’t need any complex flight planning tools – I mean [...]
Flight Log – Windy Days
January 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Gaming
Here is the flight plan for this trip. Leg 1: KVAY – NJ84 It was a blustery day yesterday according to the weather reports, so the first thing I did after finishing my pre-flight checklist on the tarmac of KVAY in the Cessna 172S was taxi on over to the pump to top off the [...]
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Flight Log – Dodging Bad Weather
June 12th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Gaming
So the weather was a bit rough today, cloud ceiling as low as 800 feet in some areas and no higher than 1500′ pretty much everywhere. I’m still not ready to bother with IFR procedures so I took the easy way out and climbed into the helicopter so I could stay VFR and be comfortable [...]
Flight Log – Memorial Day Fly
May 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Gaming, Personal
Wow has it really been just under 2 months since I’ve last flown?? Yikes I’m afraid so! Luckily in that space of time I’ve still been really productive, churning out over a dozen new airports for MSE Airports and also getting nominated for an AVSIM Reader’s Choice Award in freeware scenery. I don’t expect to [...]
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Flight Log – Weather Wise
February 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Gaming
I made three major changes to my flying on this trip: Logging flight time. I’m not going to actively log hours, as right now that is entirely meaningless for me, but I have started getting into a habit of sticking to a flight schedule. This is because 1) at some point in my virtual aviator [...]
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Flight Log – Coastal VFR
January 29th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Gaming
Today’s flight was compounded by weather, but for the most part turned out okay. The plan was to take off from Aeroflex-Andover (12N) and head west to hook up with the Delaware River, then follow that all the way down to the Delaware Bay, at which point I would round the tip of Cape May [...]