Nick and I sharing the cockpit of the Carando TBM850 flying around KTEX using the Orbx Global Scenery..

20160929181226_1 by Tracer Facer , on Flickr

20160929181138_1 by Tracer Facer , on Flickr

20160929181730_1 by Tracer Facer , on Flickr

So to fully flesh out what these guys are talking about...

Nick and I were sharing the cockpit in our new TBM850. We followed Cygon, who was flying a DC6, and left KTEX. We flew around for a few mins and Nick, who was piloting deciding to do a touch and go. Nick not knowing the airport approached from the wrong direction so we had to go around (see the steep turning pic, with KTEX out our port side.) we leveled out from that point and flew past the airport to line up for our approach..

This is where T.H.E happened..

I did not touch the blue knob..

I touched the red one..(something about fuel cutoff)

Next thing you know Nick is whining about not having power or something..I'm yelling at him "Mountain!!" He's yelling "I know! I got no power!, whats going on!" I'm snickering...hehe... Despite my sabotage, Nick set the plane down very nicely and we all survived.. as we landed, Cygon buzzed us in his DC6.

Good fun!

Flight FX455 flight report log Date March 14 2017

Flight ID: FX455
Flight Type: Normal
Pilot: Fred Smith
Company: FedExed
Aircraft: MJC8Q400_SRK
Flight Date: March 14 2017
Departure: 14h56 (22h57 GMT)
Arrival: 16h54 (23h55 GMT)
From: KPSP - Palm Springs Intl - United States
To: KPHX - Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl - United States
Nbr of Passengers: 78

Report:

Flight Distance: 225 Nm Landing Speed: 116.92 kt
Time Airborne: 00h48:39 Landing Touchdown: -276.92 ft/m (nice)
Flight Time (block): 01h25:46 Landing Pitch: 6.92°
Time On Ground: 00h10:13 Landing Weight: 62516 lbs
Average Speed: 277.83 kt Total Fuel Used: 2082 lbs
Climb Time: 00h16:38 Climb Fuel Used: 989 lbs
Cruise Time: 00h23:05 Cruise Fuel Used: 888 lbs
Average Cruise Speed: 339.30 kt (M0.52) Cruise fuel/hour: 2309 lbs (calc)
Descent Time: 00h08:56 Descent Fuel Used: 205 lbs


Passenger Opinion: Exceptional flight (100%)
-Are relieved to have landed safely after the extreme weather they experienced during landing.
-Hated that they did not see the entire movie.
-Were in a better mood because they had food.
-Were pleased by the music on ground. A very nice addition to their flying experience.
-Were irritated by the excess G-forces. (+1.00 0.01).
-Didn't like your shaky flight (some excess G-forces).


Overall Flight Result: Perfect

Pilot Bonus points: 300 points
You made a very nice landing. (+50)
Perfect Flight, no problems, and very satisfied passengers. (+150)
Extreme weather conditions during approach, but a safe landing with satisfied passengers. (+100)

Pilot's Penalty points: -200 points
You created some excess G-forces in flight, that's not compatible with commercial aircraft. (-200)

Too many G's, was that an aggressive take off or something, or just a product of the bad weather?

Bad trim coupled with forgetting how that particular auto Pilot worked. (q400).

Been awhile since I flown it. =)

It got away from me while I trying to remember how to set the auto Pilot to use the fms as the source. So when I pushed the nose down to stop the stall i was about to enter.. I skeer'ed Em a wee bit as we say in Texas..

P3d


=)

well.. that was less than ideal..


Flight FX940 End of flight report Date March 16 2017

Flight ID: FX940
Flight Type: Normal
Pilot: Fred Smith (RIP)
Company: FedExed
Aircraft: PMDG 777-223LR American Airlines (OC - Ficti
Flight Date: March 16 2017
Departure: 19h34 (00h34 GMT)
Arrival: --
From: KMIA - Miami Intl - United States
To: ----
Nbr of Passengers: 305

Accident Report:

The aircraft crashed at 23h14 hitting water at 193 kt with a vert. speed of -663 ft/m.
There were no known failures on this aircraft at the time of the accident.The cause of the crash remains unknown, most probably it was due to human error. No emergency was declared before the crash.

Casualties:
-305 passengers aboard
259 killed
46 injured
-Pilot and flight crew killed


Report:

Flight Distance: 1,062 Nm Landing Speed: --
Time Airborne: 02h32:20 Landing Touchdown: --
Flight Time (block): 02h42:18 Landing Pitch: --
Time On Ground: 00h13:46 Landing Weight: --
Average Speed: 418.13 kt Total Fuel Used: 55416 lbs
Climb Time: 00h15:16 Climb Fuel Used: 13846 lbs
Cruise Time: 01h55:04 Cruise Fuel Used: 37952 lbs
Average Cruise Speed: 534.22 kt (M0.83) Cruise fuel/hour: 19789 lbs (calc)
Descent Time: 00h22:00 Descent Fuel Used: 3617 lbs


Passenger Opinion: Terror and grief. (0%)
-Were highly entertained by the movie.
-Were in a better mood because they had food.
-Were pleased by the music on ground. A very nice addition to their flying experience.
-Didn't understand why they were required to keep their seatbelts on even after reaching cruise level.
-Were irritated by the excess G-forces. (+1.86 -0.13).
-Didn't like your shaky flight (some excess G-forces).


Overall Flight Result: Crash

Pilot's Penalty points: -1050 points
The aircraft crashed into water at 193 kt with a vertical speed of -663 ft/m. There was no failure aboard this aircraft before the crash and many passengers died because of pilot error. (-850)
You created some excess G-forces in flight, that's not compatible with commercial aircraft. (-200)

In memory of the pilot who died these penalty points will not
be recorded in his log and his last rank will be maintained.

Lol, yeah, the crash surprised everyone... I've realized that by the time you think something is wrong... It was actually wrong about 10-20 min ago...

Did well right up until the end (famous last words) then starting fighting with the auto Pilot.. Alarms were going off and lights were blinking and while I was trying to find out why.. I lost track of where and how high I was. =(

FLY THE AIRCRAFT!

Been playing around with FSDreamTeam's DFW and Memphis airports along with GSX.

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