Say hello to Tina; the latest Skyhawk pilot! Tina had a busy night, flying the 737NG at work, and then the Skyhawk in the ManCave!
Nothing like a deadline to add some motivation
And it’s true! Tomorrow night I have some friends coming to fly the sims…. and the ManCave was is a real state! The Skyhawk had it’s throttle out,
Well that does it!
A few events in the past month or so have conspired to bring forward the big PC upgrades in the sim cave! First the HMNZS Canterbury PC died….
Radar Cursor Scripting
Tonight, being stuck in a hotel room, I spent some time writing a LUA script to manage the radar cursor control in the Skyhawk. Though the Thrustmaster software
Small Panel mod
I have always planned on replacing the “HUD Repeater” on the left DU, well today I finally did. This is the LH MFD/ADI from the SimScape F-16 Block
ATC Sim service visit
It’s been a while since I last visited the sim, and it has run into a couple of issues recently, so it was time for a visit. The
Wall decoration
I get asked about the banner hanging on the wall next to the sim; This came from an advertising campaign by Microsoft in 1994, and I thought it
First sortie “Up North”
Tonight I spent a bit of time downloading, installing and configuring scenery and AI for an upcoming event (to be announced here soon!). After everything was sorted I
Night flight
This evening, after a refuelling stop at Shanghai, Pudong Airport we blasted across the Yellow Sea, headed for Osan in South Korea. Once we get to Osan I
Well I did it!
After lots of deliberation…weighing the pros and cons…. and justifying spending money on my sim… I did it! My new Thrustmaster Throttle will be here tomorrow, thanks to
