Simviation Forum - BWIA in the French Polynesian Part2

Jun 29^th, 2003 at 6:44pm

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Approach looked good as the flight attendants prepared the passengers for an emergency landing. The plane was alittle sluggish as I battled the controls. I know these things are built to fly with one engine..............but come on !!!

I stayed focused on my instruments while my copilot joked about the people in the sailboats below, "Look at them,..... no worries, a nice non-stressful Sunday afternoon cruise".
We both let out a chuckle!

As I tried to keep her in the glidescope, she started to drop quickly. I almost had to give her full throttle to keep her nose up. We were almost there. I did NOT want to go swimming!!

"West Indies flight 1634 this is the tower, you are clear to land. Be advised that there are emergency vehicles at the end of the runway. Please proceed to them upon landing"
"His approach looks good George, he'll be allright. He DID almost clip the mast on that sailboat!!
Another exciting Sunday afternoon here in the tower!!"

My Copilot yelled out, "Dave, You almost took out that sailboat" Shocked

I in return said, "With that jetwash they are about to experience, they will now know the real meaning of sailing!!"
We both laughed again as the runway appeared beneath us.

The giant aircraft landed without a problem.
As we engaged the thrust reversers, my copilot asked me , "Were did you learn to fly a plane with one engine not running like that?"..........
I in turn laughed out loud and said...."Flight Simulator2002 of course, were did you think?" !! Grin

And you all thought that it would end in death and destruction!!
Sorry.
Hope you liked.

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Reply #1 - Jun 29^th, 2003 at 7:06pm

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And you all thought that it would end in death and destruction!!
Sorry.

Well,it may have ended in death & destruction,you never confirmed the sailboat & it's crew were ok! Grin

But nice story & great pix.

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Reply #2 - Jun 29^th, 2003 at 7:07pm

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You made it Grin

Dave, I have to say that these pics are some of the best I have seen in this forum! beautiful composition, wonderful colour and amazingly sharp, I love the story too.

You are going to be hard pressed to produce a series of pics to beat these!

Well done,

Nick

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Reply #3 - Jun 29^th, 2003 at 7:53pm

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I fear theres been a bit of colour editing going on here in that penultemut shot the sea is almost black

but very nice shots anyway.

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Reply #4 - Jun 29^th, 2003 at 8:07pm

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Thank you very very much!!
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Posted by: Joker Posted on: Today at 7:07pm
You made it
Dave, I have to say that these pics are some of the best I have seen in this forum! beautiful composition, wonderful colour and amazingly sharp, I love the story too.
You are going to be hard pressed to produce a series of pics to beat these

It is good to see you around more often, Nick. How is the new job?

You should have seen these before I had to knock down the resolution. I thought they looked incredible, I am not saying that bcause I posted them, just the colors of blue and aqua and the sun reflections with the "tropical colored plane"....They are pretty interesting. Wish there was a way to keep the resolution up, as you have stated yourself!
Thanks again!!

Crumbso, I didn't edit anything except size. I have some 3rd party water textures that are constantly changing. I love them. It does look black but that is how they are! ???

Check out the edited pics I did of this plane in the edited section here:
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Reply #5 - Jun 29^th, 2003 at 9:29pm

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Third party water textures? Can that be found here at Simviation?

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Reply #6 - Jun 29^th, 2003 at 9:43pm

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Third party water textures? Can that be found here at Simviation?

You can get them at Avsim for sure.
Fly2e, is that the Gmax BWIA 737-800 by SGAir/FlightFX?

I only pretend to know what I'm talking about. Heck, that's what lawyers, car mechanics, and IT professionals do everyday. Wink

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Reply #7 - Jun 29^th, 2003 at 9:59pm

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Damn, awesome...thats all i can say

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Reply #8 - Jun 29^th, 2003 at 10:02pm

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Dave, .....have you a spare airline ticket for French Polynesia ?....I think you have almost convinced me to go...the only further encouragement I need is a lawn mower and babes in grass skirts..... 8)

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Reply #9 - Jun 29^th, 2003 at 10:26pm

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Hey, glad your diggin' the French Polynesian sights!!.
Thanks Ken,..I will keep an eye out for the girls in the grass skirts!

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Posted by: orenda635 Posted on: Today at 9:43pm
on Today at 9:29pm, Angel_Maker wrote:Third party water textures? Can that be found here at Simviation?
Fly2e, is that the Gmax BWIA 737-800 by SGAir/FlightFX?

The 3rd party water stuff I got a while ago at AVSIM. There are so many different zips and upgrades now...I do not know which one I have. I actually have two other versions sitting on my plate, but find no reason to try, these are really great I think! What we need now are some coral reefs!! 8)
This is the scenery that came out today for Tahiti here at SimV.
Yes it is the GMAX BWAI. I saw an American Airlines 737-800 the other day posted by Pman and wanted to check it out. I got the scenery and plane this morning and flew both add ons together on the 1st go around!! Grin

Wasn't expecting the engine failure, (who does.... Wink

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but made for an interesting story!

Thanks guys!!

Dave 8)

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Reply #10 - Jun 30^th, 2003 at 6:07am

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isn't this plane bit too small for you...what happened with your tripple seven?? nice landing! Wink

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Reply #11 - Jun 30^th, 2003 at 1:52pm

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either that or you have been changing the colours on your video card which is legitamate

not making accusations but I'm just wondering why the shots have a very red tint to them.

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Reply #12 - Oct 1^st, 2003 at 1:33pm

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Lovely pictures - keep them coming lol Grin

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Reply #13 - Oct 1^st, 2003 at 8:29pm

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Nice pics man, that plane sports a lovely livery I tell you!
Grin

Have it in my hangar aswell

Some useless facts Roll Eyes

Even if there's an engine inoperative, on the 737NG you are still allowed to use the FD or a single channel Autopilot to aid you. Luckily, the NG series are equipped with great engines (the 600 series is overpowered quite a bit...) so an engine failure isn't that dramatic anymore.

And to give you a little advice (this might help you next time). Final flap setting for single engine approaches is 15. If you fly the approach with flap 30, or 40 , you will need much more power, because of the increased drag. That's why you had to give "full throttle" when you flew short finals

Judging from the pics, you flew with flap 40, please forgive me if I'm wrong

Nice pics nonetheless. We want more Grin

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