Wednesday, October 4, 2017

From LFKB to LIMJ (Italy)

Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport  Genova

Dep: 9:55
Arr: 10:58

Terribly difficult to start this TBM850 with X-plane. Engine burns sooooo easily. 
Finally did it. 


Tuesday, October 3, 2017

From LFKF to LFKB

Bastia-Poretta Airport  Bastia/Poretta, CorsicaFrance

Dep: 12:25
Arr: 12:50

Weather clear, some cumulus clouds in the mountain area. Nice flight without pedals. Arriving too fast and had to make another turn. Landing was smooth. Nice island to circle around. Just now got a new idea for my trip. I will (well, let's see...) post some photos of the cities and places I visit during this journey. Wouldn't that be nice? I think so too.


Maybe a short flyover before continuing to Genova? Yeah!

Sunday, October 1, 2017

From Rome to ... LIRF-LFKF (France)

Destination information:
Dep. 11:15
Info:
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Date: 2.10.2017

Arr. 12:28

After a long brake I will continue my around the world trip.I have forgotten a lot of routines and it will be interesting to see how it goes. Gotta update X-plane and probably SkyMaxx too. 

Starting engine manually did not work. Used x-lists and it did not help. Don't know what is going on here. Finally with autostart flight was possible. Everything went pretty smoothly. I need to learn to use the navigation system though. 

Landing was easy. Taxiing is really difficult with this plane. So far so good. Plane sits now on the tarmac of LFKF.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

From Budapest to Heviz/Balaton (Hungary) LHBP-LHSM

Flight took place on 21st of March 2017 Balaton is a long lake but very shallow. This winter it was frozen completely from shore to shore. The color of the ice was almost cyan blue. LHBP Dep13:30 LHSM Arr 14:15 VOR navigation. Weather clear. Actually I think I should copy paste METAR here for my future flights. Just thought of it now.

From Nyiregyháza to Budapest (Hungary) LHNY-LHBP

Flight took place on 14th of March 2017

Nyiregyháza is a smallish town in eastern Hungary. It is located about 40 km from Tokaji which is well known for its wines.
Weather was nice with broken clouds. I landed at sunset. Nice.

LHNY
Departure @ 17:36
LHBP
Arr @ 18:34

VOR navigation
Plane TBM 850

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

From Rzeszow Jasionka Airport (Poland) to Nyiregyháza (Hungary) EPRZ-LHNY

A  beautiful morning to start a flight. Before arriving the weather turned to a full haze with very low visibility. I took a little detour to see Bodrogkeresztür but could not see anything there. Hardly could see mount of Tokaj. Found the airport in Nyiregyhaza thanks to X-Mapper. It was so foggy. Landing was ok, maybe a bit hard. 

8th leg:


Details of todays flight:

Date: 31.1.2017
EPRZ-LHNY
Departure time: 09:12
Arrival time: 10:41
Method: VFR, IFR
Navigation: no ATC, X-Mapper Pro
Real time
X-plane weather: Overcast, Foggy

Flying in haze

Sunday, January 15, 2017

From Lublin (Poland) to Rzeszow Jasionka Airport (Poland) EPLB-EPRZ

Real weather was not accessible today for some reason. So I made the weather with X-plane. Overcast and nothing special. Flying Cessna feels now really easy. I decided to fly VFR using X-mapper Light for navigation. 

7th leg:


Details of todays flight:

Date: 15.1.2017
EPLB-EPRZ
Departure time: 12:20
Arrival time: 13:12
Method: VFR
Navigation: no ATC, X-Mapper
Real time
X-plane weather: Overcast

Monday, January 2, 2017

From Bialystok Poland to Lublin Poland EPBK-EPLB

I had surprising problems and had to restart flight before arrival. X-plane forgot the yoke and controls were lost. Restarting and recalibrating helped. Annoying. Somehow leaving the yoke unattended for a longer period while flying on autopilot makes X-Plane ignore it completely.

6th leg:


Details of todays flight:

Date: 3.1.2017
EPBK-EPLB
Departure time: 07:30
Arrival time: 09:10
Method: IFR, VFR
Navigation: no ATC, VOR, X-Mapper
Real time
Real weather: Take off pitch black night, cloudy, arrival after sunrise, visibility much better