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Ifr flight plan closure while being vector after missed approach at kord


sgrealey

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HI THERE FLIGHT SIM READERS...

 

THIS IS MY 1ST TIME POSTING ON THREAD, I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY MISTAKES SEEN IN THIS THREAD;

 

I HAD A VERY UNUSUAL PROBLEM TAKE PLACE WHILE BEING VECTORED AFTER A MISSED APPROACH AT KORD ON FREE FLIGHT, HERE IS THE STORY...

 

I WAS FLYING A 747-8i ON A IFR FLIGHT FROM KMDT TO KORD IN FSX DEFAULT STORMY WEATHER, EVERYTHING FROM WHEN I LEFT THE GATE IN KMDT TO WHEN I WAS GIVEN LAST INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LINING UP WITH RUNWAY 9R, WHILE FLYING WITHIN CHICAGO CLASS B AIRSPACE, I WAS ASKED TO DESCEND AND MAINTAIN 7,000 FT, OK NO PROBLEM THERE, THAT IS UNTIL I NOTICED THAT CHICAGO TOWER HASN'T ASKED ME TO LOWER MY ALTITUDE YET AND I'M ALMOST ON TOP OF RUNWAY 9R INTERCEPT CONE ALTITUDE, SO I DEPLOY SPOILERS, LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER, I'M AT RUNWAY 9R INTERCEPT CONE ALTITUDE, AFTER GETTING SETUP FOR THE LANDING, I LOOKED OUTSIDE AND SEE A WHITE, GREY AND RED MAULE M7-260 ORION FLYING VERY SLOW ON THE APPROACH AS WELL, AFTER ONLY A SPLIT SECOND TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I COULD FLY SLOW ENOUGH TO AVOID HITTING THE MAULE M7-260 THAT WAS ONLY 3/4 MILE AHEAD OF ME, I INSTANTLY AND IMMEDIATELY HAD EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH, BY THE TIME THE 747 I WAS FLYING FULLY RESPONDED TO THE MISSED APPROACH, CAME WITHIN 300 FT OF HITTING THE MAULE M7-260, I IMMEDIATELY ALERTED CHICAGO APPROACH THAT I WENT MISSED APPROACH AT KORD, THEY INITIALLY GOT ME VECTORED TO FLY ON A WESTERN HEADING, THIS IS WHERE I BEGIN TO HAVE SOME VERY HEAVY WORRYING CONCERNS AS TO WHAT IS CHICAGO APPROACH TRYING TO DO WITH ME, ANYHOW I NOTICED AFTER FLYING AT LEAST 15 MINUTES ON A WESTERN HEADING AND NEVER GOT ANYMORE INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN AROUND AND LINE UP FROM CHICAGO APPROACH, THEY HAD TRANSFER ME TO ROCKFORD APPROACH, SO I DID AND AGAIN WAS ASKED TO MAINTAIN WESTERN HEADING, ONCE I GOT TO NORTHWEST OF ROCKFORD AIRPORT, ROCKFORD APPROACH RUDELY, WHILE FLYING AT 7,000 FT IN ABSOLUTE IFR WEATHER IN UNFAMILIAR AREA IN A 747-8i AND REALLY NO OTHER AIRPORTS IN THE AREA THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE 747-8i OTHER THAN KORD, ROCKFORD APPROACH RUDELY CLOSED MY IFR FLIGHT PLAN, WITHOUT ANY REASON, WHICH HAD ME VERY WORRIED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE ONLY AIRPORT I KNEW THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE 747-8i IS KORD, I DECIDED TO END THE FLIGHT MID-FLIGHT, BEING I WAS VERY TIRED AND FIGURE I WOULD GET AN ALERT POST OUT AND HOPEFULLY GET AN ANSWER AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMONLY NOTICED OR IS IT VERY UNUSUAL PROBLEM;

 

I HAVE FLOWN FSX SINCE CHRISTMAS OF 2008, I JUST GOT BACK INTO FLYING FSX A WEEK AGO AFTER VOLUNTARY 3 YEARS BREAK TO LET MYSELF RELAX, BEFORE FLYING THE FLIGHT IN QUESTION, I HAVE FLOWN AT LEAST 20 PRECAUTIONARY FLIGHTS BEFORE THIS FLIGHT SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TOO MANY PROBLEMS FLYING IN DIFFERENT PLACES, IN FACT THIS CHRISTMAS WILL MARK 10 YEARS I HAVE FLOWN FSX, I APPRECIATE ANYTHING YOU MAY HAVE TO SAY IN REGARDS TO THE PROBLEM.

 

SINCERELY

 

sgrealey

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