A little something I do to relieve stress. (Flight Simulator)

James · Aug 7, 2011

Departing South Bend Regional in a CRJ700

Coming off of Lake Michigan into Chicago/O'Hare Intl.

O'Hare approach.

Flying in over the O'Hare terminal.

Taxiing off the runway at O'Hare. Damn tower kept yelling at me to get off, I'm going...I'm going...chill already.

I think they had them stacked up pretty tight as I was barely off the runway when he got take off clearance. :shocked:

Next I hopped onto a 747 bound for Minneapolis. Take off at O'Hare.

Final at Minneapolis.

Wheels down at Minneapolis.

Here's a nice shot of the moon over the lake while inbound to South Bend Regional with the CRJ700.

Inbound South Bend Regional.

Rack · Aug 7, 2011

I am glad to see you getting some use of the corporate jet.

Travace · Aug 7, 2011

nice what sim is that? do you have a joystick and throttle set up?

I use to have a decent throttle and joystick and i enjoyed playing the microsoft flight sim that was out around 2000. Was kinda neat you could download real time weather and they even had digital jobs you could get hired for. I had fun with it untill a fire melted my joystick along with part of my house..... never got back into it after that.

Emily · Aug 7, 2011

Travace:
nice what sim is that? do you have a joystick and throttle set up?

I use to have a decent throttle and joystick and i enjoyed playing the microsoft flight sim that was out around 2000. Was kinda neat you could download real time weather and they even had digital jobs you could get hired for. I had fun with it untill a fire melted my joystick along with part of my house..... never got back into it after that.

I like how as a second thought you decided to mention that not only your joystick caught on fire but your house did :lol:

Travace · Aug 7, 2011

Emily:
I like how as a second thought you decided to mention that not only your joystick caught on fire but your house did

and how is that funny? my wife was pregnant with our first child and my house nearly burnt to the ground. putting my pregnant wife and i out of a place to live for 3 months.... HAHAHA real funny

PALMER84ONE · Aug 8, 2011

James:
Departing South Bend Regional in a CRJ700

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Coming off of Lake Michigan into Chicago/O'Hare Intl.

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O'Hare approach.

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Flying in over the O'Hare terminal.

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Taxiing off the runway at O'Hare. Damn tower kept yelling at me to get off, I'm going...I'm going...chill already.
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I think they had them stacked up pretty tight as I was barely off the runway when he got take off clearance.

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Next I hopped onto a 747 bound for Minneapolis. Take off at O'Hare.
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Final at Minneapolis.

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Wheels down at Minneapolis.
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Here's a nice shot of the moon over the lake while inbound to South Bend Regional with the CRJ700.

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Inbound South Bend Regional.
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Wow, when I read the title I was hesitant to open it up. Then I remembered I was on DBA and its PG 13 and the Admins post. Nearly dodged that bullet.

Emily · Aug 8, 2011

Travace:
and how is that funny? my wife was pregnant with our first child and my house nearly burnt to the ground. putting my pregnant wife and i out of a place to live for 3 months.... HAHAHA real funny

No no sir, I said the way you typed it was funny.

Fires are no good :naughty:

Buckrun · Aug 8, 2011

allah snackbar! Many thanks to you non-Sharia infidels! You save us time and money!

:shocked:

Travace · Aug 8, 2011

they did remove the twin towers from the sim games after 911.

and i mean the games that were already out not future games not made yet.

yamadogyz · Aug 8, 2011

Nice flying, ever crash into anything :noidea:

James · Aug 8, 2011

KTMRack:
I am glad to see you getting some use of the corporate jet.

Yup Mr. Edge was nice enough to let me use it this weekend.

Travace:
nice what sim is that? do you have a joystick and throttle set up?

It's FS X

I used to have the Saitek X52 Pro, but for some stupid reason I sold it ( :noidea:

late teen years, to busy with other stuff :smirk:

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The (MFD) Multi-Function Display was pretty badarse as you could adjust your radios with it.

Plus the throttle had a mouse on it, that way you never had to take your hands off the controls.

Yeah the weather system is pretty sweet, I love making the visibility less than 1/4 mile, cloud cover down to 300-400 ft, and at night. :lol:

IMO there's nothing cooler then flying under IFR and having ATC bring you to the localizer in virtually zero visibility. And then bringing the glideslope down until you can see the runway a few hundred feet in front of you. :shocked:

Did you ever use a headset for your ATC? If you have an USB one (or a 2nd sound card) you can separate the ATC/radio from everything else. Now I just need to get that voice recognition setup, that way you can actually talk. :rocker:

Buckrun:
allah snackbar! Many thanks to you non-Sharia infidels! You save us time and money!

Huh?

yamadogyz:
Nice flying, ever crash into anything

I usually try doing everything by the book, but now my bro would always go and see how many times he could flip a 747. :lol:

Travace · Aug 8, 2011

never had a headset but i did have a saitek ... it had a throttle but it wasnt nearly as nice as that one is. I was in Fry's(electronic store) the other day and they had a tripple monitor set up. all three screens where turned sideways with the 2 on the side tilted in a little so you have that surrounded feeling. All i could think of was how cool it would be for a flight sim type game.

I remember looking at forums where guys had crazy full on cockpits in their house.

These sims are really awesome tho. You really can learn how to fly... the only thing you dont get is a feel for real rutters with real turbulance and all the g forces and what not. other then the physical aspects of flying you really do learn all the other stuff.

James · Aug 8, 2011

Travace:
had a tripple monitor set up. all three screens where turned sideways with the 2 on the side tilted in a little so you have that surrounded feeling.

I used to have a second monitor where I'd put the radio stack, upper panel, and throttle quadrant on.

Travace:
These sims are really awesome tho. You really can learn how to fly... the only thing you dont get is a feel for real rutters with real turbulance and all the g forces and what not. other then the physical aspects of flying you really do learn all the other stuff.

Yeah FS X very realistic, for example all frequencies and airport layouts are the same as the real world.

You can turn on the rudders, turbulence, gyro effect, engine/wing stress, etc; but yeah you don't get the "real" feel of them.

I have flown a real Piper Arrow (little single prop plane) and the instructor was so impressed with my "experience" that he let me taxi, takeoff, fly, and land without any help from him. All he did was handle the radios. :rocker:

Travace · Aug 8, 2011

Nice... yea back when i was playing i was pretty confident that if i had to i could fly one of the smaller sesnas (horrible spelling) and that was from the older one not FS X but the one before it.

Next time you play fly out of San Diego international to Mcarthor(?) or whatever it is called that is in las vegas. I use to love flying that one.

James · Aug 8, 2011

Travace:
Nice... yea back when i was playing i was pretty confident that if i had to i could fly one of the smaller sesnas (horrible spelling) and that was from the older one not FS X but the one before it.

Next time you play fly out of San Diego international to Mcarthor(?) or whatever it is called that is in las vegas. I use to love flying that one.

Yeah I do need to start flying other routes, the problem though is that I need to go print out the frequencies and maps. :lol:

I believe that that's McClarren (sp?) :noidea: