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I suppose I’ll out myself as a FS nerd. :) I stopped logging time after I crossed 4,000 hours, but now, thanks to kids and a family, I don’t have near the time to play that I once did. Started out with FS 3.0 in the late 1980's and have used every version of MSFS since, now P3D. I’ve developed...

Just an observation/question for the experts regarding the in-air vs. impact chute deployment question: If you look at this image, it appears that the strips that cover the CAPS embedded airframe harness have not fully delaminated from the fuselage (i.e. near the CAPS cover). The front riser has...

I did this a while back for a buddy who runs a flight school and wanted to have a photo of one of his C172’s panel for his website and for student familiarization. A several-image composite ended up working best. Here’s what I did: During the day, I pushed the seats all the way aft, climbed in...

I also went the opposite direction with a dual GA plug going into a U-174 adapter (this one, in fact) for when I fly in customer helicopters and use my personal, twin-plug A20's. No issues whatsoever with that setup from my experience. Would guess going the other way wouldn't be a problem either.

yup - It's really strange what those big piles of rocks to our west do to the winds here. I remember spring a couple of years ago I was doing some night currency at EIK where the winds were reported calm. At about 500 AGL they had to have been 270ish at 20+ knots. Took me a couple of times...

Affirm - That was me. Source was the KCOS 9th, November 1730z clip from LiveATC.net (a little over 21 minutes into it). :(

Ugh -- Never like hearing that news. Sad. From the LiveATC clip, he reported engine problems and requested to "turn around". RIP. :(

Raises hand. Working toward finishing up my IR this steam 172... A GNS430W and EDM-700 are as fancy as my training has gotten so far.

Wow, we own a Disney Vacation property less than a mile away that was go to a couple of times each year - having an airport that close, now THAT would have been convenient! :thumbsup: I've noticed that parking lot from the monorail several times but never gave a second thought to it. The more...

That "someone" was me... :wink2: Here's a direct link to the video. http://youtu.be/HgVQbzEETqI Very cool screengrabs, OP!

Just to add my $ .02... I've been a member of VATSIM since 2001 and was a member of SATCO (VATSIM's predecessor) since the mid-1990's. My time on the network has included both acting at an ATC as well as pilot. In those close to 20 years of online flying with a virtual ATC network, I can tell...

I've only seen it in the Perspective glass so far... North Start Aero did a video on it with a factory-new Cirrus - I assume that's the feature that you're talking about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M81-gx33rKs

Thanks! With OS X Yosemite, Quicktime introduced a feature that enables it to natively capture video from the screen from an i-device [running iOS8+ plugged in via a lightning cable]. It works great though I'm 50% on figuring out which source is recording the audio - hence the echo-ey voiceover...

I made a video demo of FF's synthetic vision using MSFS X just to try it out (it works great, btw). Figured it'd be useful to see the features and what it can do. http://youtu.be/HgVQbzEETqI I flew with it in the plane yesterday attached to a Stratus II and it worked equally well, as...

Awesome - thanks for posting this!

Putting together the pieces that I'm reading here and in other forums, it sounds like it was a student pilot on his second solo (unconfirmed) and he possibly flew into the rotor wash from a Blackhawk helo that landed before him. He may have tried to go-around but was caught in the rotor wash and...

Not at all - it was a really nice day, in fact. KFNL 052255Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM CLR 13/M04 A3026 KFNL 052235Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 14/M03 A3024 KFNL 052215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/M04 A3023 KFNL 051955Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 14/M02 A3020 KFNL 051935Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 13/M02 A3020...

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/small-plane-crashes-at-fort-collins-loveland-airport-pilot-suffers-serious-injuries12052014 Well crap. Hope the pilot is on his way toward a speedy recovery. N407ND was available through Leading Edge Flight Training out of FNL (Ft. Collins /...

Paging Mr Archammer.... :)

I've got 7.3 so far toward my IR in a 2014 Redbird FMX and I'm a big fan. I would have to think that the 3x quicker figure might be a bit exaggerated but I could definitely see some savings from the fact that you can take off into IMC and tool around while still in IMC, fly to minimums, and then...