Awesome stuff. That approach sounded pretty hellish....I tried doing an approach like that, just to see whether I could.

I could not! Need more practice at bad landings.

Also, not meaning to nitpick, but I think it's Antonio Carlos Jobim Airport in Rio, named after the Brazilian bossa nova/jazz composer.

Nice bit of flying there

Only one suggestion at the end of each report, maybe you could post departure and Arrival times, and total flight time.

No offence, but I just looked at your leg 12 and I have no idea of how long it took ???

btw, you have the little blue dot for the pre-booked visit of me

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Take a look at the Flight Log link - the distances and times are all in there.

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You're absolutely right about the pre-flight and I will make sure I do a proper one next time!


Thanks for the info on Antarctica. I'm by no means constrained to default airports although the target for the flight was to take in the most Northern and Southern airports by defult.
I haven't checked that file but if it's the one I think it is, it contains fictional airports. I don't have many rules with my flightsim, but where scenery is concerned, that's a big no no for me. I'll download it anyway just in case.

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Thanks for taking the trouble to look into this Matt.

If the places actually exist, then I don't mind artistic licence in portraying them.

The South Pole itself, in common with the North Pole, is unreachable in FS2002. In fact it doesn't exist within the model at all because of the design.

I think I'm going to go with this. My next leg is down to Guardiamarina Zanatu in Chile which is the most Southern default airport in FS2002, but if I'm going to set myself these kind of targets, then I think I ought to try and achieve them. So I'll get the scenery and, after Chile, I'll be putting my woolly gloves on to head down to which ever of these add-on stations is furthest South.

If I subsequently start talking in a high pitched voice and keeping the company of a brass monkey, you're to blame!

Matt - I'm gonna make you come with me!

It's 2,794nm almost due South from Guardiamarina Zanatu to Vostok/Ross Island      (AAVK) which is the most Southern of the new add-on stations as modelled.

That's at least 2 legs each way and what am I going to have to look at while I'm flying it? Ice. LOTS and LOTS of Ice!!!

You can fly it - I'll be sleeping on the back seats.

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I knew the statue was missing in the default scenery but I put some add-on scenery in for Rio which is why I was even more disappointed than usual.

As to the flaps.......errrr....well....... I was so busy looking for the statue that I didn't have time to look at the panel!

(That's my hideously feeble excuse and I'm sticking to it!! )

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Nice to know I'm not the only one. You must have been looking for that statue too I bet!

The fact that leg 13 is coming up hadn't escaped my attention. Particularly as I'm going to be landing at an airport with no navaids or ILS, inevitably low on fuel, and probably with a bunch of penguins sitting on the runway...

Must speak to Pete about getting a "quivering with fear" smiley made available...

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I'm glad I'm not alone.  I usually knock the auto pilot on when I toggle the Shift + Z information.

Will

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You're very welcome!

In the course of putting the pre-booked stuff on the map, I did a bit of calculating. North West USA is going to be fun. I can get about 6 destinations visited in one leg there! LOL

However Pitcairn Islands is going to be a doody. I'm either going to have to head out from Chile and come back again, or do a Pacific tour and take in Hawaii at  the same time - which will be  lot of mileage. Either way, I'll be seeing a lot of water!

Incidentally there's no airport on Pitcairn Island. I know it's very small and not having seen it in FS2002, (no telling me please!), I'm unsure whether I could actually land on it if I wanted to. It depends on the terrain of course as well as the size. It's questions like that that keep it interesting when I'm covering hundreds of miles of ocean though.

Atleast the Northern & Southern Lights are modeled into the simulator so theres something to look at when there's no scenery

btw, you should install a cd player into the cockpit, that will give you something to do on those long boring flights

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Out of curiosity, which CD Player Gauge are you using?

What's the 'new' way of displaying additional windows in a panel? I'm curious because I have a few panels that the window slots 1-9 are all filled up!

Now you lost me, cuz i've never used FLY! before

I can't wait to see the results!

Tipster, could you put your web-site link in your posts about the trip updates?  I enjoy reading the posts and then want to go directly to the site, but didn't have it book marked and then I have to go find it each time.  Thanks. Great trip and good write up/pics of the trip.  Has been interesting to read and keep up with.  One of these days when I have a little more FS experience and learn to do screen shots, I may try it.  Thanks again for sharing the trip and all of your knowledge here at simviation.

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Nothing built in to do that (I don't think Baron designers didn't expected their planes to be flown by idiots like me ) but it wouldn't be difficult to code an annunciator warning light for it.

Despite my best intentions, I've been sidetracked into coding up some upgraded gauges for my Baron at the moment. I've just replaced the fuel computer and bank angle gauges with ones that a) work as they should and b) match the Garmin stack colour coding. A guy called Chris Reed very kindly helped me out by doing the XML syntax for the logic I provided.

I might perhaps add that annunciator - just in case I get lazy again LOL.  I had an idea for another one I wanted but it's escaped me now. I've got to remember to write these things down...


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Andrew has kindly covered the link issue I think.

Thanks for the kind remarks - much appreciated!

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If it's possible in FS2002 (and I doubt it is) no-one has come up with a way to do it yet with a 2D panel. With the advent of clickable V.C. panels in FS2004, the whole question could become adademic, but I'm wondering about the quality of the imagery. If it's as blurry as it appears in FS2002 V.C.s, it's not going to get a lot of use from me.

My own proposed method is a half way house. I'm working on hot spot movement between new fixed views that effectively move the point of view half a screen. In the Baron, I'd only want left, right, down and up, but in the B-52, I'm exploring having a number of views for the bombardier, navigation and possibly radio operator stations as well. All speculative at the moment, but that's the way I'm heading.