Post by Dutch Owen on Oct 27, 2012 8:45:50 GMT -5
FSCaptain 1.4 is about ready to ship, so it's time for last-minute testing. As long as nothing major happens, this is about the most fun time of development.
Acme has had me hauling PAX around the Fjords and mountains of the lower section of the state for several days now in their new (to them) Basler BT-67 Turbo DC-3 conversion. (This is a sweet Freeware airplane - look on Flightsim.com search for BT-67 base pack). So this morning it was nice to get back into the comfortable if well-worn seat of one of the Acme 727-100s for a cargo run.
The standard Fairbanks to Kenai run and back, about a hour flight each way. This time I got a priority flight with fragile cargo (medical stuff was the hurry.) Always a good thing for the old career score if you can get it.
It was a gorgeous morning for a flight at the crack of dawn. Overcast at PAFA but once out of the clouds the views of the snow-covered mountains glowing in the orange light were stunning. But the icy surfaces had us slowed down on the long taxi from the cargo ramp so we were a little behind on the time curve.
Not much time for sightseeing - it was a priority flight and someone there needed the stuff I was hauling bad, and I could use the score. So to be sure I cranked up the throttles in cruise. Eat your heart out 737 and Bus drivers -- .825 Mach at a steady 1.85 EPR in the spry old lady. Result: Arrival on time to the minute (ETE 0:00 at brake set) with a smooth landing at 172 FPM.
And no problems with the FCDU!
I love the 727 because you get to fly it. I usually hand fly anything below 10,000 feet, including the twisty DP out of 1L in Fairbanks. You pretty much have to as the autopilot is, ah, less than state-of-the-art, not helped by the company mech's inability to get the VS adjustment paddle to work consistently.
That's why they have long-range VOR's out on the Last Frontier, for us old pilots in the old-time birds.
Dutch
Acme has had me hauling PAX around the Fjords and mountains of the lower section of the state for several days now in their new (to them) Basler BT-67 Turbo DC-3 conversion. (This is a sweet Freeware airplane - look on Flightsim.com search for BT-67 base pack). So this morning it was nice to get back into the comfortable if well-worn seat of one of the Acme 727-100s for a cargo run.
The standard Fairbanks to Kenai run and back, about a hour flight each way. This time I got a priority flight with fragile cargo (medical stuff was the hurry.) Always a good thing for the old career score if you can get it.
It was a gorgeous morning for a flight at the crack of dawn. Overcast at PAFA but once out of the clouds the views of the snow-covered mountains glowing in the orange light were stunning. But the icy surfaces had us slowed down on the long taxi from the cargo ramp so we were a little behind on the time curve.
Not much time for sightseeing - it was a priority flight and someone there needed the stuff I was hauling bad, and I could use the score. So to be sure I cranked up the throttles in cruise. Eat your heart out 737 and Bus drivers -- .825 Mach at a steady 1.85 EPR in the spry old lady. Result: Arrival on time to the minute (ETE 0:00 at brake set) with a smooth landing at 172 FPM.
And no problems with the FCDU!
I love the 727 because you get to fly it. I usually hand fly anything below 10,000 feet, including the twisty DP out of 1L in Fairbanks. You pretty much have to as the autopilot is, ah, less than state-of-the-art, not helped by the company mech's inability to get the VS adjustment paddle to work consistently.
That's why they have long-range VOR's out on the Last Frontier, for us old pilots in the old-time birds.
Dutch
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