Obviously, all my flights were not in perfect weather, but I rarely logged weather data. One exception was returning to Austin from Angleton when thunderstorms forced me to turn back. I set the weather on FSX to “building thunderstorms†and depart in the Cherokee. I don’t notice too much difference, but the plane becomes increasingly harder to control, and visibility slowly decreases. After half an hour, I turn back to KLBX and land. The logbook shows IFR conditions for .2 hours, but I never lost sight of the horizon.

I change to the Cessna 150 at San Marcos and put in some crosswind and clouds for work in the traffic pattern. Practice is helping, and I make several touch-n-go’s with no problem. I do the same at Austin Mueller.

I switch to FS2004 and take a short trip in the Skyhawk from Austin Executive to Taylor and back. Again, work in the traffic pattern is paying off. Then, I go to the Saratoga and recreate a short flight from Bremerton to Apex Airpark in Silverdale. Practice makes…better.

VIRTUAL LOGBOOK:

PA28-140 OY-DHD (FSX)

From: KLBX (Brazoria County) To: KLBX

C150 SX-BDG (FSX)

From: KHYI (San Marcos) Local

From: KATT (Austin Mueller) Local

C172 N176CM (FS2004)

From: 3R3 (Austin Executive) To: T74 (Taylor) To: 3R3

PA32-301 N18ST (FS2004)

From: KPWT (Bremerton, Washington) To: S42 (Apex)

LOGBOOK:

June 16, 1991

PA28-140 N55633

From: LBX (Brazoria County) To: LBX

SEL: 1.2

November 16, 1988

C152 N5323P

From: T98 (San Marcos) To: Local

SEL: 1.1

November 13, 1989

C150 N50297

From: AUS (Austin Mueller) To: Local

SEL: 0.7

June 10, 1990

C172 N6601D

From: 3R3 (Austin Executive) To: T74 (Taylor) To: 3R3

SEL: 1.1