ViperPilot2 Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 13 minutes ago, Sirrus said: Summer in Australia and ... ...the last flyable Shorts Belfast gets its feet wet along with at least one of the Navajos I looked at. Cairns Airport under flood water. Now who suggested an East Coast Rally, or was it meant for seaplanes? https://www.accuweather.com/en/au/australia-weather "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPenDragon Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 1 hour ago, taoftedal said: and they are even willing to give the TomP team a factory M-Class to fly if desired I don't have an M, but I do have a Saratoga with hardly any hours on it. Hadn't even thought of that one. The choice just got tougher... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperPilot2 Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 28 minutes ago, TomPenDragon said: I don't have an M, but I do have a Saratoga with hardly any hours on it. Hadn't even thought of that one. The choice just got tougher... There's a nice Turbo Meridian in the Library, and a couple of Panels that complement it nicely. Paul Craig did a nice job on this one, just like his other Pipers... 1 1 "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPenDragon Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, ViperPilot2 said: There's a nice Turbo Meridian in the Library, and a couple of Panels that complement it nicely. Paul Craig did a nice job on this one, just like his other Pipers... Thanks! Paul's made some nice aircraft over the years, hasn't he? A good VC is really important for me, though. Throw a turbine into the Saratoga... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbasil_1 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 13 minutes ago, ViperPilot2 said: There's a nice Turbo Meridian in the Library, and a couple of Panels that complement it nicely. Paul Craig did a nice job on this one, just like his other Pipers... I even did a pretty ridiculous repaint for that one, back in the days lol... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 An interesting sidelight to this event is checking out the aircraft that actually competed. I'm considering using the Staggerwing, the Simtech model is old but still nice to fly, The real aircraft, a 1944 D17, continued flying into the nineties, when it went to a museum in Australia, still in the same paint - In 2019 it went to New Zealand for a full restoration. I'm dubious if this photo is the restored plane, but it was captioned as such Now, if I use the Beech do I ship my blue plane "down under" or fly this one (repaint time)? Or "borrow" a local plane - an attractive Australian registered plane currently flying in New Zealand (yet another repaint) - (Four photos of this plane, still can't decide if it is black or very dark blue.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPenDragon Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 On 12/17/2023 at 10:21 AM, PhrogPhlyer said: I'm definitely lost at this point. RBV is the Robbinsville VOR in NJ ( a few miles from my house and home field N87. "Auntie Em, it's a twister..." It took flying from CYTZ to KLGA via RBV for me to figure this out. I mentioned 23 miles from RBV, 65 miles to KLGA, but this was just a guess, since my sim session died. RBV-KLGA shows as 44.8nmi in FS9, 44.7 in SkyVector. I was around 20 miles southwest of RBV, hadn't reached it yet. Perhaps I should stick to Bonanzas, Barons, King Airs, Staggerwings, D18's, and maybe the occasional 400A for the time being, because this COVID brain fog is a Beech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 7 hours ago, TomPenDragon said: something open cockpit - maybe a WACO CTO might be nice There was a Tiger Moth in the race. I'm sure they didn't win, and just as sure they had fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPenDragon Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 35 minutes ago, jgf said: (Four photos of this plane, still can't decide if it is black or very dark blue.) I think that'd be drop-dead gorgeous in as dark a blue as you can find and a very light silver for the trim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taoftedal Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 6 minutes ago, TomPenDragon said: I think that'd be drop-dead gorgeous in as dark a blue as you can find ... ... drop-dead gorgeous ... for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperPilot2 Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, TomPenDragon said: It took flying from CYTZ to KLGA via RBV for me to figure this out. I mentioned 23 miles from RBV, 65 miles to KLGA, but this was just a guess, since my sim session died. RBV-KLGA shows as 44.8nmi in FS9, 44.7 in SkyVector. I was around 20 miles southwest of RBV, hadn't reached it yet. Perhaps I should stick to Bonanzas, Barons, King Airs, Staggerwings, D18's, and maybe the occasional 400A for the time being, because this COVID brain fog is a Beech. Oh, I wouldn't go that far... it was an Exercise to see if you could do it. Things just move faster, that's all. 1 "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPenDragon Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 19 minutes ago, taoftedal said: ... drop-dead gorgeous ... for sure. I found some shots of her on jetphotos.com: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirrus Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 My contacts tell me that at least one team has been out recceing the route... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 7 minutes ago, TomPenDragon said: I found some shots of her on jetphotos.com: Exactly, in some photos it definitely looks black, in others just as definitely dark blue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrogPhlyer Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 8 hours ago, Airbasil_1 said: Definitely... I would love to get a few more real world Repaints for the Carenado King Air C-90 or the Aeroworx King Air B200. My comment on repaints was in reference to recreating the aircraft that flew the actual 1976 event. I apparently need to be more clear. If there is any interest in recreating/repainting and flying aircraft that actually participated, speak out. If not, I'll polish the Vampire and wait for the green flag to start. Always Aviate, then Navigate, then Communicate. And never be low on Fuel, Altitude, Airspeed, or Ideas. Laptop, Intel Core i7 CPU 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz, 8GB RAM, 64-bit, NVIDIA GeoForce MX 130, Extra large coffee-black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 I can easily paint the Staggerwing in the appropriate livery, I believe that is the Beech default scheme; dozens of images of these planes in every color combination imaginable but in the same pattern (several of the Simtech liveries are variations of this). (Will still do that nice dark blue job.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taoftedal Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, PhrogPhlyer said: If not, I'll polish the Vampire and wait for the green flag ... The Vampire? You must be planning to really make tracks 'down under' ... what happened to low and slow? (but she sure is a beauty). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrogPhlyer Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, taoftedal said: what happened to low and slow? Too many hours beating along Rt. 66. Thought maybe something different. Still not sure which aircraft, so many great possibilities. And now thinking one of the actual entries? Oh well, we've all got some time to sort this out. 2 Always Aviate, then Navigate, then Communicate. And never be low on Fuel, Altitude, Airspeed, or Ideas. Laptop, Intel Core i7 CPU 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz, 8GB RAM, 64-bit, NVIDIA GeoForce MX 130, Extra large coffee-black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taoftedal Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 42 minutes ago, PhrogPhlyer said: Oh well, we've all got some time to sort this out. For sure ... but that Twin Comanche does seem to be calling my name ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 5 hours ago, PhrogPhlyer said: Still not sure which aircraft, so many great possibilities. And now thinking one of the actual entries? Such a variety of aircraft, from a Tiger Moth to a DC-3 to a Vampire, even a helicopter, and nearly all available for FS. I'm still pondering which to use, but I think (I know, I'm not qualified) we all should select from that list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 7 hours ago, taoftedal said: The Vampire? You must be planning to really make tracks 'down under' ... what happened to low and slow? Maybe he has the FB variant, planning on practicing ground attacks (with that jet he'll get everywhere ahead of us and chew up the runways). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrogPhlyer Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 5 hours ago, jgf said: ahead of us and chew up the runways And eat everything off the barbie. Always Aviate, then Navigate, then Communicate. And never be low on Fuel, Altitude, Airspeed, or Ideas. Laptop, Intel Core i7 CPU 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz, 8GB RAM, 64-bit, NVIDIA GeoForce MX 130, Extra large coffee-black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPenDragon Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 This might add more confusion to the question of what plane to fly, but is there anything saying that the route can't be run multiple times in different aircraft? I'd say that any scored run has to use the same plane for the whole route, but if PhrogPhlyer wants to tear up the airfields in his Vampire for a couple days and then spend a leisurely three weeks touring the route in a DH-60, I've got no problem with that. What do y'all think? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPenDragon Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 minute ago, PhrogPhlyer said: And eat everything off the barbie. At least with the jet exhaust, everything would be well cooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taoftedal Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, PhrogPhlyer said: And eat everything off the barbie. Sounds like a whole lot of barbie and chew to me ... better bring along some fruit ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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