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Everything posted by Melo965
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Here is what I found in the real world: Caiguna Aerodrome (YCAG) runway 04/22 4265 ft long (1,300 m) x ? width Location Coordinates (ARP) -32.28046, 125.47794 321650S 1252841E Coordinates (Center) -32.28078, 125.47757 321651S 1252839E Latitude 32° 15' 54.00" S Longitude 125° 29' 34.79" E Elevation: 87 feet MSL (27 m MSL) Magnetic Variation: 2.2 E (as of December 2023) Time Zone: UTC +8.0 (Standard Time) UTC +8.0 (Daylight Savings Time) Airport Status: Operational Facility Use: Public Type: Airport Traffic Pattern Altitude (MSL): 1087 feet (331 m) CTAF: 134.2 Navigational aids Name Ident Type Distance Direction Caiguna CAG VOR-DME 2.6 km 041° No fuel or facilities. Here is what it looks loke in MSFS 2020 And here is the FSX screenshot, also from Little Navmap. Thanks a lot for building the Aerodrome!
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How do I change my flightsim.com Display Name? I went into my account settings and it is not a field that can be edited by me.
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Caiguna barely qualifies . . . .
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The Caiguna VOR is there in MSFS 2020. Have not read back too far in this thread. What is the planned aircraft type for this route? Or is that pilot's choice like the last Rally? Looks from the map now that I took a closer look like it is a four leg trip. Only four landings.
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I just checked in MSFS 2020 and all of the same airports are there as in Kit's FSX list. As well as Caiguna is there as an airfield, but just a dirt strip no frills or even a building. (I did not yet check each airport environment on the list individually as Kit did.) Here is my picture of Caiunga from MSFS 2020 Since that strip is so very simple, and I have experience in Airport Design Editor, I could probably whip up a version of the Caiguna airstrip in FS9 and FSX in fairly short order, although my better half will FOR SURE want me to wait until after Christmas to do it. So if this next Rally is scheduled for Mid-January to February sometime then we could have this airfield for the event as well. Let me know what you think.
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Always more fun when we are both flying an event. Glad PP let you join after the official start date!
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Congratulations, job well done!
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Great landing!
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And a toast and three cheers to you PhrogPhlyer for hosting this event, and keeping all of us rebels in line in the process. Thanks for keeping the FAA off our backs!
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Yep that was my old neighborhood. Yes, it was great when you came to visit! We flew to Catalina and back in the RW. Palm Springs Air Museum was one of the highlights too. Every airplane there is flyable. And Kit's accent and distance travelled to get there got us into the pilot and co-pilot seat on the B-17 Flying Fortress, which was normally forbidden. We quietly snuck off when the other staff started yelling at the docent because someone was spotted in the cockpit windows.
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Really glad you took the southern route.
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Mission Accomplished!
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Great landing picture! And a V0 is Awesome! Great work!
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Do you want me to meet you at Needles and swap out your Bristol Mercury XX 9-cylinder radial engine for a Merlin? The three extra cylinders could help you get over those mountains!
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I agree. Not a great fan of airliners, but willing to try them as well. I personally do not exceeed fuel limits, and don't use time compression, as to try to keep the flight more realistic. If it is a landing challenge, I will NOT be on the medal platform.
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I totally agree, thanks for the suggestion.
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Starting a new contest for the rest of us?
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That is a great picture!
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I just checked and this RealAir Spitfire was modelled very well. Here is the crowbar as standart equipment.
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That PRXI we built together is still here in the library. Kit was my test pilot, and it turned out very well considering what was possible those days in the simulator. We used Flight Shop to build it.
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Yes, this was in FS98. And Kit did all the hard work to allow this photographic evidence to be preserved all these years. I found this description of my part from the Spitfire perspective: As the Spitfire XI was not normally mid-air refuelled, here was my description of hooking up to get fuel and unhooking afterwards: "Connecting to the refueling hose is the easy part. Lots of previous formation flying practice during training at the OTU is all that is needed." "Unhooking after the refueling is done is the tough part. Actually you lash down the flight column to keep it really really steady, open the canopy and reach out with the crowbar provided in the spitfire and bang on the refueling cone until it works it's way loose from the spitfire, all the while keeping the spit's wings completely level until you can scramble back in to the cockpit and close the canopy."
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Cool! A much better shot of the Hollywood sign than I was able to capture on the way in.
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Is that the Milton Shupe version? His aircraft models are all excellent!
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Looking forward to that report!
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The main one where I have trouble is my current home airport of Bremerton Washington (KPWT). But I also have an add on scenery loaded there to make it look more realistic. The fault is probably in that add-on scenery which was created by someone else.
