WestWind Airlines

 

 This was done on FS9 and i am 14 so to me this is a big thing :P

Im feeling pround right now i was at dever int with the westwind training jet 

 

Got out from a gate onto taxi

Asked ATC for taxi to runway ( i got a flight plan)

Went to runway

Tailstriked softy on takeoff slighty out of nerves

But its is to rapid city so when i land i"ll update this

Time now: 1:34pm perth time

 

UPDATE: 2:23pm

 

Told by ATC i was 74 south of rapid city being my aproch at 7,000 feet  

UPDATE:2:55pm

Laned at rapid city a little crazyi missed the airport the first few times then a crazy landed but i"ve landed and for a test fight its not to bad iset it  

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Ivan Baker
CAT3 YSSY
25 Hours in one Month- January 2010

Way to go Ivan!!!

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Kevin Stanley
WW-2018
Vice President Cargo Operations - Asia/Pacific
KLAX Hub Manager
Command Captain
FSX

Ivan:

 

Tailstriked softy on takeoff slighty out of nerves

You can avoid tail strikes by using some elevator "up" trim on takeoff. If trimmed properly, the aircraft should fly off the runway without you pulling back on the yoke.  Your yoke, or joystick should have a elevator trim up and down button on it. Check your joystick/yoke instructions or the FS9 keyboard assignments to see which is the trim.

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Bob Sturm
Senior Command Captain+2
Retired Exec. Officer - Scenery
My Website

Oo thanks this will help with my other takeoffs :) 

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Ivan Baker
CAT3 YSSY
25 Hours in one Month- January 2010

Congratulations! By the way, what country do you live in?

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EVP Hub Operations, Sr. Test Pilot
Senior Command Captain +4
RWP SEL Instrument Rating (almost)
FSX-SP2 + Radar Contact
Orbiter, FaceBook

I live in AU that why i"ve joined the sydey hub ( yes i passed my training) And i think im going to love it 

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Ivan Baker
CAT3 YSSY
25 Hours in one Month- January 2010

Ivan:

I live in AU that why i"ve joined the sydey hub ( yes i passed my training) And i think im going to love it 

Super. It looks like you are off to a great start. I always like to see new people in Australia. That is a great place to fly. I will be doing the Great Australian Air Raley in February (GAAR 2010). I am really looking forward to it.

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EVP Hub Operations, Sr. Test Pilot
Senior Command Captain +4
RWP SEL Instrument Rating (almost)
FSX-SP2 + Radar Contact
Orbiter, FaceBook

Thanks :) i just hope that i can start to complete fights redy to start moving up the ladder

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Ivan Baker
CAT3 YSSY
25 Hours in one Month- January 2010

Good job, sounds like you had a good time, which is the most important part.

You said you missed the airport a few times, were you able to figure out how to set up your autopilot to help fly the approach for you? It makes finding the airport and landing the plane a whole lot easier.

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John McWilliams
KCVG - Cincinnati
CAT - III

The only things i know with the AP are the altitude hold and heading hold i havent figred out the Aproch hold yet 

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Ivan Baker
CAT3 YSSY
25 Hours in one Month- January 2010

Found this on the vatsim fourms: http://flightsimulatorguide.com/ilsapproach.html

You could always fly visual approaches, but ILS sure makes landing alot easier for me. Hope it helps you too.

A good place that I have been using more frequently now is flightaware.com  for real world routes and charts.

Any questions don't hesitate to ask, and you don't have to learn all this stuff if you don't want too, if its too much just fly and have fun.

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John McWilliams
KCVG - Cincinnati
CAT - III

Also, do you use the FS9 planner to plan your flights with the gps? If so, you can switch you NAV autopilot to GPS and it will follow the route for you, that way as you fly along you wont have to adjust the heading manually to stay on course.

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John McWilliams
KCVG - Cincinnati
CAT - III

Yes i use FS fight planer GPS but follow ATC orders and use the AP for my heading :) 

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Ivan Baker
CAT3 YSSY
25 Hours in one Month- January 2010

Do you fly on VATSIM?

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Not right now due to the fact that i need to get my landings right 

 

Sooner or later i"ll go on but it wont be for abit yet  

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Ivan Baker
CAT3 YSSY
25 Hours in one Month- January 2010