UKJim 502 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Just a short spin through some small strips - I don't manage to get a lot of time simming these days so just a few short hops... LEGS: Each leg will be a post with screens Hope you enjoy the flight! Jim Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted June 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 LEG 1: EGNX -> EGCL Pre-checks - fuel is good to go... On the blocks... The office... Taxi... Take-off EGNX... Bye Bye East Midlands... Going past half way and passing EGXJ... EGCL in sight - joining pattern... Downwind... Looking for base turn... Turning on finals... Happy landings... Parked up and ready for tea... Thanks for viewing Link to post Share on other sites
Sabre 28 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Excellent start Jim, really enjoyed that. A great little aircraft for the tour and a lovely set of shots Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Purrrtttyyy. I was flying the A2A Cherokee today for a short set of hops up some Cali-Valleys, plan to continue later up to the coast (after a Chores break...sigh...laundry) and as far as time allows tonight. Great little tour plane, that has gathered too much dust since their Comanche came out. Cheers. Matt. Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 nice shots, nice plane...... Wayne Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Thanks for the ride along Jim, see ya on the next leg. Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted July 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 LEG 2 OK, so the Comanche, VATSIM and the odd VA flight has taken me on a side track to this tour - so here is leg 2 - VATSIM was used but only Unicom no coverage. The flight went from Fenland to Duxford - a change of plan last minute as it was dark and could not see Fowlmere at all Getting a bit hairy now Coming out the cloud There is RAF Wyton In the distance is Cambridge Airport Detour and landed at Duxford - Taxi to parking Full route map Thanks for viewing - hopefully will not have to wait long for the next leg Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Nice shots! Reminds me that I need to hop back into the Comanche up in the Portland area... doh! Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Keep up the good flying Jim and yeah, best to hit those small strips during daylight hours. Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Some fantastic shots there Jim. Look forward to the next leg Link to post Share on other sites
Chairman7w 1 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Loving this!! I created an account just to join you and follow along. Having a blast so far, finished the first two legs with you. The first one was a mess, I had to do a fly around and abort the landing, due to nasty weather. The second leg was gorgeous and I'm looking forward to the third. Thanks for this. Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Those small UK airfields look much better with the UK2000 VFR Airfields packages installed, and there is a great freeware package of Duxford available. Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 You know I have to apologise - since getting the Comanche this has been completely ignored. Maybe I will continue this with the Comanche on one of my streams some time. At least finish the route - I am glad people were enjoying this. I have put a note in my phone to do this at some point Couple of updates though - I now have Orbx England and also UK2000 VFR airfields too - so I would expect the scenery to be different. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 4 hours ago, Chairman7w said: Loving this!! I created an account just to join you and follow along. Having a blast so far, finished the first two legs with you. The first one was a mess, I had to do a fly around and abort the landing, due to nasty weather. The second leg was gorgeous and I'm looking forward to the third. Thanks for this. Thanks for the comments - I do stream on Twitch and you are more than welcome to join in on the fun, the link is in my signature. I also post on twitter when I am streaming too. I will more than likely stream the rest of this tour. What plane are you using for your trip? Link to post Share on other sites
Chairman7w 1 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 5 hours ago, Christopher Low said: Those small UK airfields look much better with the UK2000 VFR Airfields packages installed, and there is a great freeware package of Duxford available. YES!! Just downloaded Vol 2 of the UK Airports, and Orbx UK. Spent a half hour this morning checking out some airfield. They look gorgeous. Great set up for flying around the UK. Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 28 minutes ago, Chairman7w said: YES!! Just downloaded Vol 2 of the UK Airports, and Orbx UK. Spent a half hour this morning checking out some airfield. They look gorgeous. Great set up for flying around the UK. Orbx also do several small strips for Orbx England too - e.g. Shoreham, Goodwood. I am waiting for some sales to grab some more Orbx products - the time will come Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Yes, those ORBx UK airfields are very nice. I have them all working just fine with the PlayHorizon UK VFR Photographic Scenery. Link to post Share on other sites
Jess-b 420 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 4 hours ago, UKJim said: Orbx also do several small strips for Orbx England too - e.g. Shoreham, Goodwood. I am waiting for some sales to grab some more Orbx products - the time will come Better grab then soon Jim, the current sale ends on May 31st and come June, the prices are due to go up . Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 2 hours ago, Jess-b said: Better grab then soon Jim, the current sale ends on May 31st and come June, the prices are due to go up . Didn't know there was a sale right now - I will go look lol Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Oops I just got Shoreham and Fairoaks lol! Be great for the next stream tho - but I'll try and complete the tour first. Damn you Jess lolol Link to post Share on other sites
Jess-b 420 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 You're welcome. Muhahahaha Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted May 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 So, I managed to complete legs 3 and 4, but for a change, this time I streamed it and recorded my stream. Unfortunately this was the first time I had done this and found a few issues. So the background music was not loud enough, the moving map bloody stopped working and to be honest I was not very happy with it in general. But, the legs and flying was great, the Cherokee was used and I had not been in that for a long time too Not all bad as it was a good learning curve, so next time at least I know to double check the map and to tweak my FSX volume. Unfortunately, there were only a few dropin viewers and none of my regulars, so not much chatting, my next video will probably be the multiplayer session I will do and hopefully plenty of chatting - we shall see. Thanks for viewing and here is the vid (skip to 4mins in after the starting soon screen - I am not a huge fan of video editing )... Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Nice flight. Great landing. !! 1 hour video? How long does it take to upload something that size to YouTube? It takes over an hour for a 10 minute video for me! Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 5 hours ago, Captain Coffee said: Nice flight. Great landing. !! 1 hour video? How long does it take to upload something that size to YouTube? It takes over an hour for a 10 minute video for me! I had the exact same problem until I upgraded my Internet to fibre. Now that video from start to finish took approximately 1hr to upload and then 15mins to publish - so around 1hr 15mins. Thanks for the comment about landing vut rough for me but down and safe. Link to post Share on other sites
Chairman7w 1 Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 On 5/26/2016 at 02:42, UKJim said: What plane are you using for your trip? The A2A Cherokee. It's my favorite Flight Sim plane, by far. I'm a low & Slow guy, but need a little more beef to get around than the 172, and the Piper Cub provide. The Cherokee is the perfect middle ground to me. Link to post Share on other sites
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