Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:13 amIts been ages since I made an ILS approach, so today I thought I would revive the virtual airline pilot inside of me and take to the skies of Europe in POSKY's brilliant B737-700 (which I have flown on in real life from London Gatwick to Barcelona and back), taking a short early morning hop from Liverpool (In England) to Aldergrove, Belfast (Northern Ireland).
Here are 12 screenies I took along the way:
1) Pushback from the EGGP airline hub
2) Gear up over Liverpool- thats a nice contrast between the orange and grey there
3) Crossing our first enroute VOR overhead the Isle of Man airport (just under the left wing)
4) Sunrise as we climb to a cruise altitude of FL220. There was so much AI activity over the Irish Sea here!
5) Who says the sun don't shine out my arse?
6) Over the Irish coast, and descending over Belfast city
7) Approach number 1...
8) Approach number 2... dam it, the one time I choose to fly IFR, I forget to run 'AI Smooth' in the background and ended up giving way to a "bmibaby" A320 who ATC cleared to land just before me
9) Finals
10) Touchdown- yes I know it was a cr@p landing, all three sets of wheels touched down on the right side of the centreline, but my exucse for this was the annoying crosswind blowing from the Real World weather I had downloaded.
11) Exiting the runway. This airport is actually an RAF Base but shares international flights with civilian traffic.
12) All parked up, a very enjoyable flight all in all
Oh, and I just remembered. Each topic here should be based on New Zealand, so, um, here is a screenie of our glorious flag:
Here are 12 screenies I took along the way:
1) Pushback from the EGGP airline hub
2) Gear up over Liverpool- thats a nice contrast between the orange and grey there
3) Crossing our first enroute VOR overhead the Isle of Man airport (just under the left wing)
4) Sunrise as we climb to a cruise altitude of FL220. There was so much AI activity over the Irish Sea here!
5) Who says the sun don't shine out my arse?
6) Over the Irish coast, and descending over Belfast city
7) Approach number 1...
8) Approach number 2... dam it, the one time I choose to fly IFR, I forget to run 'AI Smooth' in the background and ended up giving way to a "bmibaby" A320 who ATC cleared to land just before me
9) Finals
10) Touchdown- yes I know it was a cr@p landing, all three sets of wheels touched down on the right side of the centreline, but my exucse for this was the annoying crosswind blowing from the Real World weather I had downloaded.
11) Exiting the runway. This airport is actually an RAF Base but shares international flights with civilian traffic.
12) All parked up, a very enjoyable flight all in all
Oh, and I just remembered. Each topic here should be based on New Zealand, so, um, here is a screenie of our glorious flag:
a great module, so easy to use...