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Stage 3 - Bella Bella to Thumb Harbour Part 1 Whle I was having fun on the water, the Seasky kit has been mounted on the Eaglet, which was taken to the nearby Shearwater SPB. Weather is now friendly and we take off towards our first stop at Ocean Falls. After some 15 mns of flight, we are at the last turn with the flaps already on approach configuration : And I land on the water near an anchored cruise ship : The Heiltsuk native speaking people inhabited the coastal region surrounding Ocean Falls f

Wind has turned to the west and gone up to 6 knots. I'm now doing 3.5 knots, but right on course, which I couldn't do before as the wind was blowing 180° from my course ( sailors know this is the slowest angle to the wind, so I had to set my angle at 150° with the gennaker, and was sailing 30° off course. ) A quick pic :

Forgot one feature : when you are on a long trip, you can set your autopilot either to keep a bearing or an angle to the wind, and you receive emails informing you of the conditions ( at a frequency you can set yourself like every 3 hrs or 12 hrs.... ) Also it seems you can be several people on the same boat ( skipper sends invitation ) not tested yet. At the moment I'm trying with the cruiser a crossing between Antibes in the South of France and Calvi in Corsica ( this is the path of a a race I used to do every year at this time with around 200 other boats ) Not helped with the N

But I know some here are also sailors like me... Jumped today in the early access of "Sail Away" a realistic sailing sim. Real time, you can set your boat on a long trip while you are offline. You can teleport to anywhere in the world with real local weather. Every sheet, halyard, traveller, backstay, trimming device is working ( you can set difficulty from Beginner where the sim does all the trimming for you to Expert where you have to manage everything ) Chat with other people online or only 20 nm around you, weekly races organised. For now only 3 boats available ( wh

I know you've been busy Joe and thanks again for all your work to keep this great place running... I kept my story going on my french forum in the meantime, this is why I posted a lot today to catch up !

No flying - Kimsquit River Run Part 2 After a coffee and a short siesta, I float down the river to the fjord : Once on the fjord, we can unleash the 450 horses and cruising at 45/50 knots we easily overtake the log pushers : You can spot from far away the scuttled ship near Dean River : In front of the rent-a-boat outfit, our taxi plane is waiting for better weather in the afternoon to fly us back to Denny Island. As we wait for the clouds ceiling to lift up, we head for a warm place ..

No flying - Kimsquit River Run Part 1 As forecasted the next day weather was awful for flying. Rain, low clouds and bad visibility... Rather than staying in the hotel room, I jump into a Malibu 32' for a water tour around the Kimsquit River.. There are buoys on the Kimsquit River over 10 nm : Going up the river at 15/20 knots, finding our way through several river arms, we can sometimes spot some wildlife : The river run ends at Victory Valley ( PF 30 ) where you can also come by air on nice days ( dirt strip a

Stage 2 - Bella Coola to Bella Bella - Part 3 Taking off from Kwatna just above the tree tops, we fly over the trucks loading logs by the river : Some more boat traffic as we fly up the main fjord towards Denny Island : I'm about to get into a left hand downwind leg to Denny Island CYJQ : Because of a Cessna making circuits around CYJQ, I have to hold a few minutes near Shearwater on the left and Whiskey Cove (in front) : While he end his touch and go, I slip in the final leg and taxi to

Well done Wain ! Glad to see everyone back !

If you guys are interested I posted in the news recently there was an update adding 200 new ships and routes. 200 AI ships and AI traffic - Available on Avsim - download # 199700 7th May Must be installed after global AI ship traffic V1.

Thks for warning, will upload some of my pics in advance ... and thks again for hosting our shots !

Didn't know this, thks for info. Gives me another good reason to stick with Windows 7 for the moment...

Another good starting choice of rudder pedals : http://www.thrustmaster.com/press/thrustmaster-tfrp-rudder-pedals-first-rudder-system-featuring-smart-technology-completely-smoo I'm still equipped with Saitek stuff ( rudder pedals, quadrant, yoke and trim wheel ). For joystick steering planes ( and other flight sims like Condor Soaring and Rise of Flight ) I have a Thrustmaster T16000M.

Stage 2 - Bella Coola to Bella Bella - Part 2 Soon after taking off from Kimsquit River, we fly again by Dean River : After the cruise ships, I also find freighters boat traffic in the fjords : Soon I spot the river inlet entrance leading to the Kwatna mine : As I spot the dirt strip at the end of the river inlet, I can see the surrounding cliffs will make the approach a bit tricky : From inside the cockpit, we can clearly see I must approach over the river and make a S turn just before

Stage 2 - Bella Coola to Bella Bella - Part 1 After our trip to Owikeno Lake in the south, we will now fly north towards the Dean River and the logging camp on the Kimsquit River. In the second part we will fly down to the Kwatna River ( Orbx logging camp and RTMM coal mine ) then we will end at Denny Island and the Bella Bella ( CYJQ ) airfield. We take off around 12:30 after lunch from Bella Coola, with a nice weather : No wind - Temp 20°C - Clouds scattered 15.000 ft broken 26.000 ft - Pressure 1025 hPa / 30.27 inch As I will have to use

Thks Wain ! I don't care about VR either, no place left on my desk for the paper bags...

Bella Coola : Changing my ride On the way back to Bella Coola with the Drifter ( same way as flying in ) I had time to think a while... The Drifter is really nice and I love it, but it's really slow ( 60/65 knts cruise speed ) and moreover at this time of the year the open cokpit makes it a bit chilly to fly in this region ! So I decided to change my ride for now ... On the Bella Coola airfield, a brand new Tecnam P92 Eaglet is waiting for me. Bonus : + 40 knts in cruise speed, still reasonably cheap to fly with its 100 HP Rotax engine ( 4 to 4.

Nice set and flight ! You don't deliver with dive bombers anymore ? Although I can understand if it's a crate of tequila....

Did some gambling at the Casino over the week end in the evening and took some time during the day for a boat trip to some nice locations around the lake...

My 2 cents : I installed my FSX Gold in Nov 2013 after building the PC I'm still using ( middle range around an Intel i5 4670K and a 2Gb GPU ) I used for the whole setup the guidelines I found there : http://www.simforums.com/forums/the-fsx-computer-system-the-bible-by-nickn_topic46211.html A very interesting read, it was worth the time I used to read and understand it. Since then I never had any problem although I installed many sceneries ( GEX/UTX, Orbx regions, freeware ) payware and freeware planes and freeware airfields. The only few times I had a

As a bonus, a short video of the real thing :

Thks for sharing, I think I will wait a few months until the EA is more advanced...

Day 1 : Bella Coola to Okiweno Lake - Part 2 As we get to the eastern part of Owikeno Lake, I fly over the Machmell village, at the mouth of the river with the same name. You can see the eastern ferry terminal and the small dirt strip. Heading west, in front of us the Owikeno Lake in all its majesty. On the northern side of the lake, near the Ashlulm Creek mouth, the smoke of the first Brad's B+B of the trip : I had made a stop there two years ago when I had a boat tour of the lake : O

Day 1 : Bella Coola to Owikeno Lake - Part 1 Weather report 13:54 local time : Wind 6 knots from 290° - Temperature 14° C - Pressure 1020 hPa / 30.12 in - Clouds few 3000 ft broken 5000 ft - Visibility 24 km Outside Bella Coola marina, facing the west wind and ready to take off : While the Rotax is warming up in my back at 2500 rpm, a quick look at the office ( water temp, speed, compass, altimeter, exhaust temp, radio, tachometer, GPS ) After a westward take off , I turn around towards the Bella Coola valley, meeting

Thks for info... Price is reasonable, might have a look in the coming weeks. Thks Jess for the full review !