~*~Virgin Sun A320 EGCC - LEIB~*~

[tommchowat]

Hi chaps :-wave
First of all, I'd like to apologise to 56k users - there are quite alot of shots here. I won't blabber too much, and I hope you enjoy this post as much as I enjoyed making it! :-jumpy
Some info:

Aircraft: Airbus A320-200: Virgin Sun 642
Flight: EGCC (Manchester) - LEIB (Ibiza)
Distance: 897nm
Distance to Alternate: 596nm
Initial Cruising Alt: FL330
Cruise Speed: Mach 0.82
Weather: Winds calm, Vis >20miles, Light clouds

Planning the fuel for the flight
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Walkin' round the plane, makin' sure everything is OK ;)
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Everything looks good, starting the APU
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Inputting FMC info regarding takeoff
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Taxiing to the active runway
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Holding short at the active runway, making sure that the route is sorted out. As you can see, we will take off from RWY 6L, intercept SIDs D108, then head out right to POL33 and LISTO
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Cleared for takeoff :-jumpy
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Ensuring flaps down, radios are set, and autothrottle to the TO/GA gate
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Rotation - climbing up
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Fairly good weather, so seatbelts off at FL150 :7
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Cruisin' FL330 :-cool
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Some cruise information for you chaps :D
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FMC is indicating that a new cruise altitude would be better due to the loss of fuel, so we're climbing up another 4,000 feet with ATC permission to FL370
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Filling in the information for the approach for RWY 24 as we get ready to let down
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Start of the Airbus controlled descent
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11,200 feet set in the FCU as we approach the main island with a right turn
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Sorry for the quality of this one :-roll
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A view from the office. In the HSI you can see the STAR that will be taken for ILS 24 Ibiza.
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Localizer IBZ intercepted at 190 KIAS
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Intercepted the glideslope, slowing to 145 KIAS, fully flapped and gears down
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100......50...40...30...20...Retard! Retard! Re-!...5...:-lol:-lol
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And a good looking touchdown using the Airbus Autoland :7
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Turning off the runway to the gate - starting the APU
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And seatbelts and engines off. Partygoers free to disembark :)
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That's all chaps! I hope you enjoyed this flight, and please feel free to leave a comment if you wish! :-jumpy
:-wave

[yv35p]

:-eek Absolutely FANTASTIC post Tom!:-jumpy...wow, thats an incredible bird, and good job on flying her:-cool...thanks for taking the time to assemble a post like this one my friend, really appreciated and ejoyed:D

Regards

[sanyok]

that was cool, but why haven't you used IFDG model instead? that's what took the points off your post :)
These type of simulation software turnes explosive only when used with top-quality freeware models, IFDG, POSky, Kittyhawk, Dreamwings.

Approach shots taken within the cokckpit with ILS guidance displayed on EFIS, I wish you included that too. But this was nice, fellow PSS pilot.

[tommchowat]

Hey Carlos :-wave
Thanks for the nice comments, it was my pleasure making this post! Saturday's over for me, it's 9:30pm here in Jakarta...maybe time for another flight! :-lol Thanks for stopping by! :-jumpy
:-wave

[tommchowat]

Yeah that really irritated me aswell, I should've taken a shot in VC during the ILS approach...suppose it slipped my mind...oh well...Thanks for stopping by! :-jumpy
:-wave

[philliptan]

Personally, I will not use any panel that calls the pilot a RETARD! :-lol :-lol :-lol

Great shots, Tom! :)

[tommchowat]

:-lolI've gotten used to it!!!:-lol
Thanks for stopping by Philip! :7
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[woottsbj25]

[font color="blue" size="2" face="arial"]Wow, amazing shots Tom, they are amazing!

Sanyok - That is really not true a lot of the time. For instance, there is no better visual model than the PMDG 737NG out there, so why use a freeware one when the payware one is better?

Also, the problem with the iFDG is that it really really eats frame rates, so a lot of people don't like to use it.[/font]


Regards,

Tom Wootton

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www.atlanticsunairways.com

What happened to real flying? Oh yeah, went down the spout because of some stupid computers.

"The computer is only as good as the idiot (pilot) who puts the info into it"

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[tommchowat]

Har, thanks for stopping by young Thomas :-jumpy
HINT/whispers: learn how to fly the airbus!

:-lol:-lol:-lol

[woottsbj25]

That's perfectly fine young-but-older-than-me Thomas!

No, I still like my NG :-) I also have joined Atlantic Sun now so I have all those aircraft to feast upon ;-)[/font]


Regards,

Tom Wootton

http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...cf248a2963.jpg

www.atlanticsunairways.com

What happened to real flying? Oh yeah, went down the spout because of some stupid computers.

"The computer is only as good as the idiot (pilot) who puts the info into it"

woottsbj25@hotmail.com - add me to MSN if you want!


3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 with HyperThreading
120 GB Hard Drive
ASUS P4P800 Motherboard
1024 MB SD DDR RAM
Gainward GeForce FX5900 Ultra
17" Flatscreen AOC Monitor
HP PSC 1350 All-In-One
TDK DVD-+RW
CH Products Flight Sim Yoke
CH Products Rudder Pedals USB