Fly Ins

Fly Ins...

Cheryl and I are planning to fly in to EGLM White Waltham (West London Aero Club) tomorrow Saturday 21st September for a cuppa and a bite to eat. We will be landing arround 11:30 am in Europa G-OSLD.

We are also planning to fly in to EGLG Panshanger Aerodrome at about the same time on Sunday 22nd September, once again for a cuppa and a bite to eat.

If you would like to join us for a chat please pop or fly in, we will be glad to meet you.

Stephen & Cheryl

We look forward to seeing you in your simulated form. A cuppa = cup of tea.

You can find the circuit joining procedures on the White Waltham website,

http://www.wlac.co.uk/wlac/

Most likely be using RW25 tomorrow and RW28 at Panshanger (home of the North London Flying School) on Sunday.

http://www.northlondonflyingschool.com/contact-us/visiting-from-the-air/

We are just flying down from EGBN Nottingham Tollerton airport.

Stephen

That would be great. We wouldn't mind being in Honolulu at the moment. We went to Hawaii to see (not) the 1991 solar eclipse, but had a great time nontheless.

Had to abandon flight due to weather, couldnt get much beyond 10 miles south of leicester due to light rain and drizzle giving very poor vis. We still plan to fly into Panshanger tomorrow.

Stephen

Things hopefully will be much improved, can't be worse as we had almost zero vis at 1400 feet south of Leicester today. Look forward to seeing you, we will try and post any delays but everything should be ok, the aircraft is all prepped and ready to go. Perhaps Richard could join us and anyone else in the London area.

Stephen

@sorrygottarunway, guess you had better weather than us for your flight. We are waiting for the mist and fog to clear for todays flight, at the moment it is sunny here in Grantham but Luton is overcast at 300 ft...

Looks like its starting to lift a little. Luton now 6000m vis but still OVC003. With a bit of luck Luton area will improve enough for a late lunch.

Steve

Things seem to have improved, we are going to set off soon and expect to arrive Panshanger at about 13:15 local.

Stephen

We both had a great day as well. See our Facebook page for a description and photos of the day, including our pleasure flight. A real pleasure flying with you Steve.

Regards
Stephen & Cheryl

Facebook photos

Test flying G-OSLD today at EGBN after a new 'main' electric fuel pump has been fitted and the outlet valves on one cylinder have been replaced to correct a low compression problem in that cylinder. Not really OpusFSX related I know but there will be limited support today. Looks like a nice weekend so we will be flying to various places Sat and Sun.

We will most likely fly in to Fenland EGCL on Sat 12th for the FAC Open Day and VAC Daffodil Rally, and in to Breighton airfield on Sun 13th to attend the Early Birds Fly-In. Look forward to meeting anyone who wants to join us or pop in for a cuppa and a chat. I will be wearing a dark blue Breitling cap, our pics are in the The Opus Team and Quiz topic.

We are also planning to make our first weekend fly out one weekend this month to get the touring season underway. Most likely flying down to Abbeville LFOI in Northern France for lunch, then a short hop north to Saint Omer LFQN for an overnight stop and a meal at Le Cygne. Returning direct to EGBN Nottingham (Tollerton) the next morning, usually the Sunday.

We have three other French trips planned this year, one to LFPZ St Cyr l'Ecole Paris for a family holiday, a long weekend trip down to LFEB Dinan Brittany, and a longer trip down to sunny LFBZ Biarritz. We will post details of our flight plans just in case anyone fancies flying in or meeting up at various places.

Stephen

Enjoy the trips!

Attended a very busy and blustery EGCL Fenland fly-in yesterday, many vintage aircraft arrived as the parking spilt over onto the inactive runway. Posted some pics on our Facebook pages.

Another blustery but brilliant fly in at Breighton airfield today. Lots of interesting vintage aircraft on display at the home of the Real Aircraft Company (RAC), 1940s music broadcast over the tannoy. Got some nice photos, I might use some of them for another Opus quiz.

Stephen

Flying in to Abbeville in France for lunch on Friday then on to Arras for a stop over and site seeing on Saturday. Returning Sunday to EGBN. Limited support likely as we are not sure about Internet coverage.

Stephen

Hi Stephen,

If I'm wright you guys fly a Europa is it not? In my sim I have rediscovered the Eaglesoft Liberty XL2. I'm in the process of making camera definitions for the VC with Opus and I'm wondering how high my viewpoint should be. How much can you actually see of the nose of the aircraft?

This is a pretty good video,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbBsV7oxVP8

Flying through Europe with an Europa XS.

I will let you know for sure after my trip.

Stephen

Thanks guys, this helps a lot already! In the video of the European roundtrip there's a still at 3:06 with the camera at the same hight as the eyes of the occupants, and slightly further back. Then you can barely see the nose of the aircraft. The thing is that if I set my eyepoint high in the Liberty XL2, as in the photo posted by Cheryl, the panelview gets a bit distorted; the nose of the aircraft appears, but not the top of the panel if you know what I mean. Looks like I have to compromise

Thanks Stephen

We had a great time at the AeroExpo UK 2014 held at Sywell aerodrome. I think on arrival we were number five on final to 21R hard with slower aircraft and microlights on final into 21L grass to our left. A couple of aircraft got stuck in the soft ground whilst taxiing, some excellent exhibits and the usual selection of new GA aircraft, rotorcraft, and microlights on show.

I see some people have already posted GoPro videos of their landings and departures on Youtube.

Stephen

Had a nice Glory Angel flying along with us this morning ...

https://www.facebook.com/Opus-FSI-FSX-151396078338144/

Stephen

Our first attempt setting up an in-cockpit GoPro Hero5 Black. Not a total success as we need to sort out a TRRS to TRS plug adapter for our external button mic input (the GoPro adapter is fitted). The camera also needs repositioning. Might end up fitting a small GoPro Hero5 Session in the back of the cockpit, use the Hero5 Black hand held or dash mounted.