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Post by Tom Goodrick on Apr 2, 2012 17:43:24 GMT -5
Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #73 on Mar 10, 2012, 5:03am » KCOE is on the list Allen. And Lou, I didn't say anything about going on line, I'll just wander along and hope that there might be a few others to swap stories with. The 421 seems very good to me, Ed
[flightplan]______________________Subject to tourist modifications AppVersion=9.0.30612 title=KBFI to MMGL description=KBFI, MMGL type=VFR routetype=0 cruising_altitude=15500 departure_id=KBFI, N47* 31.03', W122* 17.49', +000018.00 departure_position=31L destination_id=MMGL, N20* 30.86', W103* 17.59', +005009.99 departure_name=Boeing Field/King Co Intl destination_name=Don Miguel Hidalgo Intl waypoint.0=, KBFI, , KBFI, A, N47* 31.03', W122* 17.49', +000018.00, waypoint.1=, S44, , S44, A, N47* 5.21', W122* 25.88', +000373.00, waypoint.2=, S47, , S47, A, N45* 25.09', W123* 48.86', +000035.00, waypoint.3=, KPWT, , KPWT, A, N47* 29.57', W122* 45.75', +000439.00, waypoint.4=, CYVR, , CYVR, A, N49* 11.70', W123* 10.92', +000014.00, waypoint.5=, PAKT, , PAKT, A, N55* 21.33', W131* 42.82', +000096.99, waypoint.6=, PANC, , PANC, A, N61* 10.46', W149* 59.78', +000151.99, waypoint.7=, CSR, , CSR, A, N61* 9.52', W149* 46.84', +000285.00, waypoint.8=, PAJN, , PAJN, A, N58* 21.30', W134* 34.58', +000019.00, waypoint.9=, KCOE, , KCOE, A, N47* 46.46', W116* 49.18', +002317.00, waypoint.10=, 58S, , 58S, A, N48* 24.48', W114* 17.97', +003065.00, waypoint.11=, KFCA, , KFCA, A, N48* 18.69', W114* 15.31', +002976.00, waypoint.12=, CYWG, , CYWG, A, N49* 54.60', W97* 14.07', +000783.00, waypoint.13=, CYGM, , CYGM, A, N50* 37.68', W97* 2.53', +000755.00, waypoint.14=, CYWG, , CYWG, A, N49* 54.60', W97* 14.07', +000783.00, waypoint.15=, KMSP, , KMSP, A, N44* 52.83', W93* 13.02', +000840.00, waypoint.16=, KOZW, , KOZW, A, N42* 37.77', W83* 59.05', +000960.00, waypoint.17=, KBOS, , KBOS, A, N42* 21.86', W71* 0.31', +000019.00, waypoint.18=, CYHZ, , CYHZ, A, N44* 52.85', W63* 30.52', +000476.00, waypoint.19=, CYAW, , CYAW, A, N44* 38.38', W63* 29.97', +000166.00, waypoint.20=, KBOS, , KBOS, A, N42* 21.86', W71* 0.31', +000019.00, waypoint.21=, 32M, , 32M, A, N42* 7.67', W71* 22.22', +000136.00, waypoint.22=, KLBE, , KLBE, A, N40* 16.56', W79* 24.29', +001185.00, waypoint.23=, OH96, , OH96, A, N39* 2.02', W83* 53.17', +000953.00, waypoint.24=, KGCY, , KGCY, A, N36* 11.58', W82* 48.90', +001607.00, waypoint.25=, KBNA, , KBNA, A, N36* 7.47', W86* 40.69', +000599.00, waypoint.26=, KHSV, , KHSV, A, N34* 38.43', W86* 46.39', +000630.00, waypoint.27=, KTCL, , KTCL, A, N33* 13.24', W87* 36.68', +000170.00, waypoint.28=, KCSG, , KCSG, A, N32* 30.98', W84* 56.33', +000396.99, waypoint.29=, FL65, , FL65, A, N26* 2.69', W80* 22.40', +000004.00, waypoint.30=, KSPG, , KSPG, A, N27* 45.91', W82* 37.62', +000006.00, waypoint.31=, F39, , F39, A, N33* 42.85', W96* 40.42', +000749.00, waypoint.32=, KLRD, , KLRD, A, N27* 32.62', W99* 27.69', +000508.00, waypoint.33=, MMMY, , MMMY, A, N25* 46.72', W100* 6.42', +001270.00, waypoint.34=, MMGL, , MMGL, A, N20* 30.86', W103* 17.59', +005009.99, « Last Edit: Mar 10, 2012, 5:07am by Ed Burke »
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Post by Allen Peterson on Apr 3, 2012 0:01:07 GMT -5
Ed Burke Member member is offline It's not healthy living, it's having fun that keeps us going! Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 252 Location: Flaxton, Queensland, Oz Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #76 on Mar 12, 2012, 4:17am » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forget the formality Allen, this is just a wander at whatever pace you feel up to. It might take many days, or many weeks or even months. Depends on the hospitality I guess !! And I intend to do a bit of sightseeing along the way. At S44 we have "billybob" who lives at Lakewood, some 7 miles NNW of the field. Most of the info comes from the forum members list plus a few I remember from yesteryear. At Tillamook there is a guy who's name escapes me, we did some adventure flights from his place out east through the mountains He has not been around for a long time and as the old forum info has gone, it's not possible to look for details and names. I fancy his name might have been Jerry but don't put any money on it. I have not yet kicked the tires of the 421, Fun is the word, have some. Ed Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Goodrick Member member is offline Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 991 Location: Madison Alabama Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #77 on Mar 12, 2012, 4:57am » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looks like a very interesting route, Ed. I will dust off my Cessna 414 and fly that route. (If anyone is interested in my 414, I think it is still available from Avsim. It does not have an operating door but has most everything else people like in planes these days. Don't remember if I finished the Virtual Cockpit but I know it has good inside-out views.) I am going to need some help getting this flight plan loaded. I tried copying it into a blank Notepad file and then re-naming it. That gave nothing. Then I vaguely remembered there is a hidden header on the .pln files so I loaded a working .pl n file, erased the body and copied in your body. That worked except that it los all the waypoiints. It showed KBFI and MMMY and nothing in between. What is the secret? In the past I have just emailed flight plan files to anyone who asked for one. OK I figured out what works - maybe. I made a new flight plan just from BFI to MMMY with no waypoints. Then I copied in the waypoints from Ed's file starting with the second and ending with his MMMY waypoint. It worked. I saw his complete route. There is both a hidden (non-ascii) header and trailer that are lost if you just copy the text you see in a listing of the .pln file. Why go back up to Anchorage and then back down? I'd start at Anchorage and go to Seattle and the KCOE.... I made those edits in the corrected file. Not sure I can fly the Cessna 414 on all the longer legs. I'll check it out. The 414 is the same as the 421 except the engines are direct drive on the 414 - no gearing to the props. « Last Edit: Mar 12, 2012, 5:14pm by Tom Goodrick » Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Goodrick For free music go to: www.soundclick.com/TomGoodrick
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Post by Allen Peterson on Apr 3, 2012 0:05:44 GMT -5
Ed Burke Member member is offline It's not healthy living, it's having fun that keeps us going! Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 252 Location: Flaxton, Queensland, Oz Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #78 on Mar 12, 2012, 8:56pm » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good on you Tom. The reason for starting at BFI is that is where we finished up when you asked about doing something else. I'll stick to that 'cos in my olden sim days I used to fly everywhere. I NEVER teleported. If I was in Dubbo and someone got something going in Reykjavik then I would fly there to join in. I have all my old log sheets somewhere and when I am looking for a change I will plot them all on a world map, Google Earth or something and plaster the walls with large scale prints. Anchorage is to drop in on Jim Bertleson of late great BGA fame. Vancouver, Whitefish and Norfolk Mass, are calls on my personal fiends er friends, and they know sfa about flight sim although the Norfolk guy has several thousand hours instructing in sailplanes at my old club. They are all pretty well behaved despite having had Oz exposure and all comers will be welcomed. Who remembers the Tillamook man It is difficult to find locations for most members and if you think of someone I have left off, then put your hand up. And if you need fuel just grab some somewhere, this is a jolly not a competition. Maybe the world wide members???mmmmm!! cheers, Ed « Last Edit: Mar 12, 2012, 9:00pm by Ed Burke » Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged --------------------------------------------------------- Tom Goodrick Member member is offline Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 991 Location: Madison Alabama Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #79 on Mar 13, 2012, 3:25am » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I see your point but had I known you wanted to go through Anchorage, I would have used Anchorage for a gas stop on the route from Nome to Seattle rather than Juno. I liked Jim Bertleson. He did some very good work in figuring out some details about the gauge design that Microsoft did not tell us about. I was corresponding with him outside this Forum when he suddenly disappeared. In my view someone here threatened his life. (He was an OBGYN and chief of Gynacology at the main hospital in Anchorage. I would certainly agree with a stop there in his honor although he would probably hide from us. It just seems like a bad way to start a tour by going north 675 nm and then coming back about the same amount. My own memories of long flights in piston twins are not as rosy as yours. I was glad when they ended. That's why I like to fly jets today whenever possible on such long flights. Jerry is the guy who lives in Tillamook. He still writes on this Forum now and then. When he moved to Tillamook, we all found a very interesting place to fly into and out of. In Real Life I flew into Norfolk MA a few times. That's a nice place and a good place to practice short landings (about 2600 ft as I remember - no problem for a Cessna 150!). MIT based their soaring club there and they came over my house once in a while when I lived in Bellingham (west and upwind from Norfolk). They would get a ride to a position near my house and then fly back to Norfolk. I also had a friend who based his own Cessna 150 there. Flew with him one evening to Martha's Vineyard and back. I think he wanted some company for the over-water leg. I still can't get your flight plan to stick in my system. I copy it in and then go to look at it. Only once did I see the entire path. Usually all the waypoints disappear. Guess i'll have to construct the path from scratch. I would recommend using Norfolk as an operational test for any aircraft you want to fly. I am still planning on using the 414 but might consider the Mustang Jet. Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Goodrick For free music go to: www.soundclick.com/TomGoodrick
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Post by Allen Peterson on Apr 3, 2012 0:20:45 GMT -5
Ed Burke Member member is offline
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Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 252 Location: Flaxton, Queensland, Oz Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #87 on Mar 16, 2012, 1:24pm »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 16 and the C421C lifted off from a busy Boeing Field, with me on board I might add, into a beautiful 'fair weather' sky for the short run to S44 at 2000'. A total contrast to BFI, there is sweet nothing here bar for the tall trees that make the shortish strip even shorter and raised my anxiety level somewhat. The result was a hard landing that really tried out the retractable bits. "billybob" lives in Lakewood. I'll be here for a short spell while I attend to some chainsaw work on my home patch. Hey, there is some great mountain scenery hereabouts, Ed « Last Edit: Mar 16, 2012, 1:27pm by Ed Burke » Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged flaminghotsauce Member member is offline
Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 353 Location: KIRK Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #88 on Mar 19, 2012, 5:49am »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- this looks like a nice tour. It could take me weeks at the rate I get in my flying time. I may get in ONE leg per week. I'm going to have to fly a single, as I have lost the ability to use two throttles with my Saitek quadrants. Ink spill, 6 year old, etc.
I might have to look into the Mooney. High speed single that I don't put much time in. Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged flaminghotsauce Member member is offline
Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 353 Location: KIRK Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #89 on Mar 19, 2012, 8:24am »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I went to Google Maps and input each airport identifier to get a clue about the routing. I put KNVD and KIRK after KMSP. Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged
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Post by Allen Peterson on Apr 3, 2012 0:26:47 GMT -5
Ed Burke Member member is offline
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Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 252 Location: Flaxton, Queensland, Oz Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #93 on Mar 21, 2012, 2:51pm »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My forecast of fair weather moving in proved to be spot on. I pulled out of Tillamook around 1300 local and wandered north at 5000' , gazing at the mountains big and small. My Rainier is one of the bigger lumps. Plenty of water features too with all those Puget Sound meanderings.
Arrived at Bremerton after 50 odd minutes in the air, very pleasant. RHI there is a BGA type nearby, Meryl I believe. Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged Ed Burke Member member is offline
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Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 252 Location: Flaxton, Queensland, Oz Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #94 on Mar 23, 2012, 12:42pm »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bremerton to Vancouver at 3000', water features aplenty, good stuff. No BGA types to visit here but a friend I haven't seen for a few years and then it will be Anchorage via anything that looks interesting. Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged
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Post by Allen Peterson on Apr 3, 2012 0:29:55 GMT -5
Tom Goodrick Member member is offline Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 991 Location: Madison Alabama Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #95 on Mar 24, 2012, 6:49am » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm coming! I started the journey this morning in my Commander 690 Pjet. I have put only the essentials on my route because I have to create it from scratch. So far I have entered Seattle, S47, COE and MSP. I just left Alaska so I won't go back for a while. my flight for Boeing Field to Tillamook went well. I flew low enroute until I could turn west and fly unobstructed to the ocean, and then come down the coast top Tillamook. I turned in and made a landing on 31 (?). then before I could note the fuel, time and landing smoothness, I had a building crash while looking for a place to park. THEY HAVE NO APRON!!! What ditts! I don't park my pjet in the mud. So I converted it to a helicopter to search for a better parking place and then discovered why I don't fly helicopters anymore - no rudders!!! Time for a snooze and then off to COE. Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Goodrick For free music go to: www.soundclick.com/TomGoodrick Allan_Lowson Member member is offline Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 142 Location: Scotland Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #96 on Mar 24, 2012, 12:52pm » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've rarely taken to helicopters, but one that is easy enough for me is the S-55 from this page: www.easyfly.co.nz/Freeware/index.php?dir=/USAIt has wheels, instead of skids, that allow arrivals to be almost deliberate. There are other FS9 aircraft/helicopters on this and other pages on the site which acts as a portal for free issues of previously payware Alphasim aircraft. Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged Ed Burke Member member is offline It's not healthy living, it's having fun that keeps us going! Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 252 Location: Flaxton, Queensland, Oz Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #97 on Mar 24, 2012, 1:58pm » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I believe helicopters are not the way we were intended to leave the ground. I have heard it said and I reckon it's true that they don't really fly but are so ugly that the earth repels them. In my job I was often required to levitate in the awful gadgets, Bell 47's, Hillers, Hughes 500, Jet Rangers. Went atop Mt Wilhelm (PNG) in a Bell 47. I consider myself fortunate ----- to have survived I mean. These days I will only get in one if it is really necessary, like at Mitchell Falls West Oz a few years ago when faced with a lengthy walk back to our vehicle in the heat and Nicole had never been in a chopper. Anything that requires so many moving parts for its flight integrity is going to tear itself to pieces eventually. We had a media identity who was learning to 'fly' choppers. He got into severe lee turbulence behind one of the Glass House Mountains not far south of my home base and the crazy machine cut its tail boom off with the main rotor !!! I think this behavior may be the real reason they got they name of 'chopper'. Needless to say our hero found the resultant rate of descent a bit too high to survive. I suppose a virtual 'copter is not going to hurt me too much but, gee, I like to FLY. Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged
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Post by Allen Peterson on Apr 3, 2012 0:35:08 GMT -5
flaminghotsauce Member member is offline Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 353 Location: KIRK Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #101 on Mar 26, 2012, 5:52pm » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well I didn't get any flying in this weekend. I thought I would get a couple of legs in, but I got involved in a TV series that was an offshoot of XFiles. It's called the Lone Gunmen, and it's a bizarre mixture of government intrigue, conspiracy, computer hacker genius, and total cheesiness. These intrepid investigators are always getting outsmarted, outflanked, but the good guys still win at the end of every episode. I'm almost embarassed to admit I watched EIGHT episodes on disk today! Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged Ed Burke Member member is offline It's not healthy living, it's having fun that keeps us going! Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 252 Location: Flaxton, Queensland, Oz Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #102 on Mar 27, 2012, 1:59am » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I understand, Nicole is addicted to the West Wing. Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged Tom Goodrick Member member is offline Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 991 Location: Madison Alabama Re: Burke's Ravings « Reply #103 on Mar 27, 2012, 5:14am » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My wife has all the West Wing DVD's and I have all the NCIS DVD's. I got into NCIS a few years ago when they killed off the female Director. Maybe that has meaning? But I have since gone back through and learned the stories from the beginning. Sometimes it seems like a good crime show and sometimes it seems more like a soap opera. Now, the current NCIS show seams to be degenerating into spinnoffs. Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top Logged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Goodrick For free music go to: www.soundclick.com/TomGoodrick
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