Videos

Hi!

Long time no see.. Have been busy enough to ignore the old blogg for a while now, but I´ll try to do better..

I´ve started to post some of my FS-videos on youtube now. They can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/windh

Fly Safe!

Some AA-time and failures lurking!

Gooday.

I´ve just completed a 2 hour flight from Ft. Lauderdale (KFLL) to Port au Prince (MTPP).

AA807.

I nice flight with pretty cool scenery upon arrival at MTPP. This was my first visit to Haiti in the virtual world! Haven´t been there IRL either....
















Skipping a waypoint, as directed by ATC,
saves both time and fuel.

















Aircraft in landing-config on final towards
Port au Prince.

















Flaring above the runway.


I downloaded a small file I found at http://www.avsim.com . It´s simply called "Random Failure" and that pretty much explains its´use aswell. You start the application; enter a "probability number"; and go fly!

This may now generate a failure at any time, in any system onboard, every minute of the flight.

Since I only fly IFR and strictly controlled aircraft, I used the probability rate of 1/10.000 every minute of the flight.
Guess what. I was lucky. :)

But one day I might end up with a failing engine at V2 (calculated safe climbout speed), then I´ll be pouring sweat!

I used an application like this back in the good old FS2002 days, and I had a major failure once. It was an engine failure during the takeoff roll but well below V1 (calculated "point of no return speed"), so I was able to stop and shut down and taxi back to the gate on one engine.


Here are some photos from another American flight I made yesterday; AA1394 from Dallas Fort Worth (KDFW) to Fort Lauderdale (KFLL).

















Taxiing out at KDFW.


















ILS established, heading for Fort Lauderdale.



Thanx for reading!

Back in the Air

Hello everyone. Sorry about the big gap here. I´ve just moved out to the countryside with my girlfriend and we´ve just gained access to the internet.

So now I can finally start flying again, in a normal manner.

Yesterday I had another successful flight SK107 from Stockholm to Malmö. Quite windy at arrival with winds from 25kts gusting to over 30kts.

I forgot to start my pic-cap application so I thought I´ll just post some screenshots from an earlier flight.

This is a TNT cargo flight from Gran Canaria to Madeira (with the tricky approach to Rwy 05).

















Taxiing out from the Apron at GCLP.


















Positive rate, gear up!


















The tight, right-turn close to the mountains
at LPMA.

















Safe and sound. Unloading the goods.



Fly Safe!


/johan

Long time.. No posts.

I have had a very busy months behind me, both personally and proffesionally. But my FS-blog will be up and running shortly!!


Hang in there!

Icy Morning Over The Grand Canyon

Climbing at full throttle. Climbimg is hard
when you´re at high altitude even at
the airport.



I took a short scenic flight over the grand canyon a couple of days ago. I set up with real weather and set the time to a little past dawn. it was a very nice moment. The Canyon has never looked as mystic, chilly and beautyful...





Closing in on the Edge.

The first rays of sunlight hits the mountain-
side.

The Wild Colorado River below.




Heading home as the sun rises higher and higher.

Seattle-Chicago

A Bae 146-200 AVROLINER touches down
in Seattle, shortly before our takeoff.



I recently flew an offline, Virtual Pilot-based flight from Seattle (KSEA) to Chicago, O´Hare (KORD).

It was a nice flight in high, clear fall-skies for most of the flight. (Except KSEA, which was a bit cloudy).

The aircraft is a Boeing 737-900 (the largest of the 737-family)
Ofcourse PMDG´s stunning model.

Here are a few shots.



The first turn to the right, after departure
from Sea-Tac.






Descending over Illinois.





On final approach towards one of the
busiest airports in the world, O´Hare.

Test Pilot

hey


Just started to fly as Test Pilot for Virtual NASA (a virtual organisation, similar to virtual airlines but ofcourse spaceflights).
I had the opportunity to join this after being invited by one of their administrators. (that´s the only way to get in at the moment) and I´m now on the astronaut rotation for their Apollo-missions (flown on the actual historical launch-dates)!

The Moonflights will be conducted offline but synchronized and with online communication and Mission Control.

So I just started the Test Flight-programme in the Northrop T-38.

Here are a few shots!

I GOT MAIL FROM JIM LOVELL!

Hi all..

Yeah been a while, I know.


I got hold of the mail-adress of Apollo 13 Commander James Lovell through a space-related forum.


This is a Really Great moment for me!




I will now go to sleep with a big smile on my face!

Will be back with updated Flight and Space posts soon!




Jim Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13



/Johan