Melo965

I do plan to go there someday. Definitely on my bucket list.

Good flight and great pictures! You made better progress than me. I am still in South Dakota and headed west toward Washington state.

If you need our carrier group to rendezvous with you, just send us a message through the usual channels and give us a few days notice to reposition the fleet!

Glad I could help! Excellent landing, I had no doubts!

I will be there! Thanks for the invite. Now that you posted the Menu, maybe more people will show up as well. Other activities used up my daylight today. Will plan to meet you there tomorrow.

Wittman Regional (KOSH) to Foss Airport (KFSD) Pre-flight done, ready to start the engine. Advancing throttle for take off on runway 18. Will try for a flawless takeoff with the crowd watching. Climbing out on runway heading. On course and climbing through 8,700 feet. 30 minutes flight time. Flying close to 11,000 feet altitude. Half way there after 38 minutes. Altitude around 12,000 feet. Not much to see except white clouds and blue sky. 1 hour elapsed so far. Still at 12,000 feet. 70 minutes so far. At Top of Descent. Still nothing to see but clouds and sky. Descending through 6,800 feet. Hope to break out of the clouds soon. 2 minutes later. Broke out of the clouds at 3,800 feet. Airport in sight ahead. Lined up for Runway 21. Is that man made pond below big enough for Kit to land in? Over the numbers. Landed safely in the rain. A 1 hour and 17 minute flight. Parked at Foss Airport. This airport is named after Joseph J. Foss. He flew Wildcats in Guadalcanal during World War II and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Here is part of his citation: "His remarkable flying skill, inspiring leadership and indomitable fighting spirit were distinctive factors in the defense of strategic American positions on Guadalcanal." He became an Ace during his first week of air combat, and eventually matched Eddie Rickenbacker's score in World War I. My next stop is Ellsworth Air Force Base (KRCA) on the other side of South Dakota.

Please do!! They were really nice! (It helped that the RAAF covered all of my fuel costs in Australia.) I had enogh on hand to cover the bill. Left a nice tip for them. They said we are welcome back anytime!

Where do you want me to put it down?

Meigs Field (KCGX) to Wittman Regional (KOSH) More popularly known as just Oshkosh. Walking out to my Spitfire after the very enjoyable FlyIn here at Meigs Field. Lots of great company, and maybe a drink or two too many last night. Hence my late start today. The ramp is pretty empty so I must be the last one to leave after the party! Pre-flight done, engine started and ready to taxi. There is one other aircraft here after all. Advancing throttle for take off on runway 18. Wind direction dictated a takeoff to the south. Climbing out on runway heading southbound. Swung back around to the North. One last view of Meigs Field behind me. Stayed out over Lake Michigan on purpose so I caould get a nice view of the Chicago skyline on the way past. 15 minutes of flight time. Already more than half way to Oshkosh. 20 minutes. At Top of Descent point. Descending through 6,500 feet. That is Fond Du Lac County Airport (KFLD) under my right wingtip. Cockpit view of Airport in sight ahead. Lined up for Runway 36. Over the numbers. Landed safely. 28 minutes flight time total. Quite a crowd here to cheer my safe arrival. Parked in the Warbird section at Oshkosh. Next to a huge neighbor. My next flight is to Foss Airport (KFSD) in South Dakota. Only 1,479 NM left to go to get home to Bremerton.

Thanks a lot. Looks like a good place to do some training.

I will definitely give that a try.

Great, thanks. After I make it home to Bremerton, will give helicopters a try in FSX.

It really was. That was the worst thunderstorm I have ever experienced in FS. My Spitfire was literally being tossed about, climbing and dropping 3,000 feet or more in seconds. Lets go to the Victory Tap over on the South Loop. Good Italian food, and I sure could use a drink after that flight! Tomorrow, or the next day - Next leg is to Oshkosh!

Great explanation! So how does it work in the sim if I have a normal joystick (with throttle) and rudder pedals? Are you controlling the cyclic and collective with one device? For one of these upcoming events I want to fly a helicopter.

Allegheny County Airport (KAGC) to Meigs Field (KCGX) Pre-flight done, engine started and ready to taxi. Advancing throttle for take off on runway 13. Climbing out through 1,900 feet and headed for Chicago. On course and at altitude. Around 12,000 ft now. 15 minutes of flight. Being tossed about by nearby storms. 30 minutes elapsed. Still very turbulent. 4 minutes later. That lightning flash was way too close! 2 minutes later. Calmed down to just a driving rain. 1 hour of flight. Much better than half an hour ago, thank goodness! 7 minutes later. At Top of Descent. At 3,700 feet. Johnsons Strawberry Farm (9IN3) is below, and Hobart-Sky Ranch (3HO) is behind it. Can see Lake Michigan off my right wingtip. Gary/Chicago International (KGYY) is ahead. 1 hour and 14 minutes so far. Finally able to see Chicago in the distance. Airport in sight ahead. Long curving Spitfire final for runway 36. Over the numbers in a left to right crosswind. Landed after 1 hour and 18 minutes flying time. Parked at Meigs Field. I think I am the last one to finally land, but good to see some friends are still here.

Excellent! Thanks a lot!

I do have strong reservations about getting this serious with any "bad" behavior. To some degree the forum admins should step in before things ever got to this point. We are here to have fun and share our flying experiences.

I always run in windowed mode. Full screen leads to more problems and crashes, at least for me.

That is the way I did it. Skimmed the manual, then dove in and referred back to the manual when I was stuck on something.

I would suggest Airport Design Editor (ADE). It can be found here: https://www.scruffyducksoftware.com/airport-design-editor I was home from my job for about 5 weeks during the pandemic and learned how to use it then. I have built 4 airfields since then, the best one being Kit's EGDF. The manual for ADE is 390 pages long though. I learned how to use it bit by bit and it was not very difficult to use in the long run.

John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK) to Allegheny County Airport (KAGC) Pre-flight done, ready to start the engine. No aircraft nearby, just some baggage vehicles. Advancing throttle for take off on runway 22R. Climbing out and headed for Pennsylvania. I grew up near Pittsburgh. On course and at altitude. Around 12,000 ft now. 30 minutes elapsed. Nothing to see below but the solid overcast. 45 minutes of flight. Finally seeing some terrain below. Currently due south of Bellefonte Airport (N96) which was part of the first transcontinental Air Mail route from New York to San Francisco in 1920. 50 minutes so far. That is Raystown Lake below. You can barely see Altoona-Blair County Airport (KAOO) At Top of Descent at 53 minutes elapsed time. Throttle to idle and descending. Descending through 5,500 ft. Cockpit view of runway 28 ahead at Allegheny County. Final for runway 28. There is a small crosswind component now, but wanted to land on 28 again. This is the same runway I landed on with an instructor back in 1980. Over the numbers. Landed safely. 334 miles per hour average for this leg of the journey. Parked at Allegheny County next to some cool helicopters. Here is where I first took flight lessons after college in 1980. Had one of my most memorable flights here as well. Our flight instructor and three students were on a three leg cross country flight out of Allegheny County. Each student flew one leg of the triangle. I flew the last leg back to Allegheny County in the right seat. The instructor had done both landings at the first two airports, but on the approach to KAGC I still had the controls. He was telling me what to do and I flew the plane all the way to touchdown and even greased the landing. With 2.5 hours of flight instruction under my belt. After we landed I asked him why he did not take the controls. He said I was following his directions very well so he let me do the landing on my own! Here is the Beechcraft Model 19 Musketeer Sport that I landed. I think the depicted paint scheme was applied later after 1980 though. Next stop is Meigs Field (KCGX) in Chicago. I will post that flight report in the "[ Club Chachapoya ] Meigs Or Bust" thread.

A very classy aircraft.

You aren't going to fly all the way around the world to attend like Kit and I are in the progress of doing.

I forgot to answer this in my above responses. I think we don't really need a home base airport for this group. It is kind of cool that participants are from all over the world. It would be hard to pick one location that everyone was happy with considering how spread out around the globe people are so far.

Here is my stab at the answer. 2 white 2 red is (usually) a 3 degree glide slope. That is generally recommended. But the PAPI (precision approach path indicator) is just an aid to help you determine how your flight path compares to the optimal glide slope as you approach the runway. When I was landing Cessnas I would check the PAPI and sometimes make some height adjustments further out, but the closer I got to the actual runway the less I looked at the PAPI. Once I was sure to make the runway my focus was on the runway and the round out and flare process and not the PAPI at all. Commercial pilots might stay perfectly on the glide slope all the way to touchdown, but in my Cessna that was rarely the case.