Re: And yet still another pilot joins AW « Result #2 Yesterday at 11:03pm »
Welcome aboard Wayne! I am a newbie myself (this being my first full month here at Alaskan Winds) and I can honestly say there is so much to do here that it is hard to know where to begin, and I mean that in the most positive of ways.
Regular online flights, MP flights with a hoplist, the Bush Challenge, special online events like the "Yukon Quest" and the "Iditarod Air Force", aircraft type rating certificates, and the list goes on and on.
Had to chuckle a bit though after reading/seeing your post. You see, I just made the move to FSX myself, and in the last few months have made a lot of flight-sim purchases. But . . . ahem . . . the next time my wife gives me a little grief over my spending, I will be sure to point her at your flight-sim setup and then I'll be telling her, "See, and you thought I was a flight-simming fanatic!"
Thanks for making me look good, and I mean that in the most positive of ways as well.
Looking forward to sharing the virtual skies with you here at Alaskan Winds, best regards,
Joined: Jan 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 164 Location: New Bern, NC
Re: And yet still another pilot joins AW « Result #4 on Nov 20, 2009, 9:38pm »
Hello Wayne and welcome!
I'm sure you'll find some fun things to do here at AW - there's lots. Browse through the different sections of the forums. Any questions just sound off - I'm sure there will be many willing to lend an answer.
Again welcome, and just join in any place that looks interesting to you.
Cheers - Thud
PS - That's quite a cockpit you have set up there . I'm sure there will be more than a few here who will want to talk to you about that .
Taking a chance may be thrilling - but flying skilfully is safer!
Joined: Jul 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 382
Re: November 2009 « Result #5 on Nov 20, 2009, 5:32pm »
AWPIREP AW612 SEL 2AK5-PAGK-PAOR-TSG Cessna 210 110 minutes
It’s now late afternoon at Johnstone Point when I find that I have to pick up three passengers for an early morning departure from Gulkana, Alaska. This will mean that I will have to fly to Gulkana and spend the night there. I don’t really like flying over the mountains after dark, but sometimes you just have to. If the engine should quit, I would have to land in those mountains without any light by which to see. But what the heck, if it was daylight I still would be landing in those mountains. With the cold weather coming on, all I could hope for was being found quickly. If not, it could turn out to be a long walk in the snow. I didn’t add any fuel; have enough already. It’s back into the air for me and the Cessna 210. I climbed to 11 thousand feet and set up the cruse power. It’s really nice to have the pressurization and not have to use the O two mask. I watched as the sun was setting in the evening sky. Soon I was near the town of Valdez far below. I could see the lights from the dock where they were docking a tanker. They seemed to be in slow motion down there.
Now it was on across the higher mountains inland. The air was smooth and the Cessna’s engine was purring like a kitten. That turbo supercharger is really putting out the air; enough for the engine and the cabin too. I remember one time a Cessna 207 with a turbo supercharger carrying a small jet engine in the back. At 16 thousand feet, the pilot on O two, the turbo quit. I mean it locked up so fast that the engine quit without any hint of something being wrong. Well the pilot started down; what else could he do? He was really a professional; he didn’t get alarmed, he just asked for a lower altitude. The controller asked why he wanted lower and he just replied, “My engine has quit.” When he reached about 8 thousand feet, there was enough air in the induction system for the engine to start running a little; but not much. He landed with just about half of the power the engine had. Now you know how to tell a professional from an novice pilot. The professional will just ask for a lower altitude. It wasn’t long before I started down for a landing at Gulkana, Alaska. I spotted the beacon and headed for the end of the runway.
After the landing I parked the Cessna for the night. It was really good to get a hot meal and some rest in a big warm bed. Of course I was the one who had to warm the bed up. The next morning I went to the airport early. I was glad I put the Cessna in the hanger for the night; it snowed a little overnight. Because I was taking three passengers, plus baggage, I still didn’t add any fuel. I was going to make a takeoff at around the aircraft’s gross weight, so adding fuel would put me over. I loaded the passengers and started the engine. With the engine warmed up a little, I taxied to the runway.
I took off and started the climb. We would be passing just west of some high mountains so 9 thousand feet would be high enough this morning. While passing through 7 thousand feet, the air became really rough. It seemed that the higher we went, the worse it became. At 9 thousand feet, it was the worst so it was up to 11 thousand feet. The air was smoother up there above the clouds and we were enjoying the sunrise. One of the passengers remarked that he envied me, as a pilot, because I was treated to the beauty of nature. I didn’t say a thing, but my mind flashed an image of a thunderstorm, with lightening streaking out of it, sitting over my destination airport. Now that is one thing nature provides that I can do without.
It became very rough in the descent and one of the passengers became a little ill. I guess it was all the sausage and gravy he had for breakfast that did him in. Anyway after a while the air smoothed out somewhat and it began to snow below some of the clouds. I spotted the airport at Northway and turned to line up with the runway. It looked so peaceful with the snow on each side of the runway with those runway lights shinning on it. I turned onto the final approach and turned on the landing lights. It was not going to do me much good, but it sure would let others know that I was in the area.
After landing I parked by the fuel pumps so I could fill the fuel tanks. Two of my passengers were leaving at this stop leaving just the one who would be going on with me. As luck would have it, it was the one who wasn’t feeling too good. I suggested he get plenty of fresh air because we would be leaving just as soon as the airplane was fueled.
And leave we did. We must haven’t been on the ground for more than 10 minutes before starting the engine. Well maybe it was a little longer, but the passenger thought it was that short. Feeling better, he sat up front with me. I have found that when someone is ill, placing them up front seems to take away most of their ills. I guess it’s because they can see where they are going, or something like that. The next flight was a little short; just 45 miles to Tanacross, Alaska. At 6 thousand feet the air was somewhat smooth giving us a very good ride. I spotted the airport and made my approach for the landing. I made a right hand turn onto the final approach.
After landing I taxied to the parking area at the Viva Hanger. After shutdown, my passenger left with his baggage. I now have to call my dispatcher about being available. I think there is another flight which is waiting for me. Leg’s see what’ next; it’s not even noon yet. A whole lot of day left out there.
Joined: Nov 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 2 Location: San Diego, California, USA
And yet still another pilot joins AW « Result #9 on Nov 19, 2009, 9:43pm »
Greetings all, Just stopping by to say hello and introduce myself. Wayne Pierce, 58 yrs with what I say a lot of FS xperience since the first one on my old PC Junior computer. I am now totally FSX, sorry to say had to dump the Glacier Bay and misty Fjiords scenery but still have the Tongass. I fly for AAV and I am Retrograde certified thru them and love the old Prop planes, of which I have my favorite Payware ones. I have now the skins for Alaskan Winds loaded and am ready to fly the Bush. See you in the skies!
"To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home." ---anon
Joined: Apr 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 1,342 Location: Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Re: November 2009 « Result #10 on Nov 19, 2009, 10:21am »
If you love skis and slow, this is the DeHavilland DH80 Puss Moth. Max speed 125 mph. Great old aircraft and freeware. I downloaded it from simaviation. I am pretty sure Milton Shupe had a part in this and it is great to fly. I started from Kake and then changed the settings tot winter and what a treat it is to land on the frozen lakes in Tongass Fjords.
Re: Best of the Month! « Result #11 on Nov 19, 2009, 8:47am »
A belated congratulations gents on your BOTM awards! I really do enjoy your creative submissions and you both have some real talent when it comes to putting "pen to paper" along with some great screenshots.
Re: AW693 - Charlie's Logbook « Result #12 on Nov 18, 2009, 5:02pm »
Thanks David, only got myself to blame, such is the price of progress.
Kake-Baranof-21 minutes seemed like a lifetime! Low cloud, mist and 36kt gusts. Never had to fight so much and rely so much on the instruments- I'm normally a fair weather flier. Good for the experience though. Better make sure she's tied up well, she was straight in when I parked. I think one of the chalets is empty, hope someone's got the coffee on.
After two days stop at McGrath it was time to go on to Nome. The forecast was as good as it could be. Sunny weather with only some light clouds was predicted. A nice day for flying then. I throwed in my backpack and jumped into the cockpit, eager to go...
Take off from McGrath.
After a steep climb I leveled out at 6500 ft.
Some light clouds around, as predicted.
A steady speed of 235 knots...this will be a fast trip!
A lovely day!
And suddenly I was going out over water, the Norton Sound was below me.
Following the coast towards Nome, that closes in fast.
A steady decend towards the airfield, now clearly visible ahead of me.
A very sunny weather indeed...but...there was a very heavy, and gusty, crosswind. The plane jumped and bumped, while I decended towards the airfield.
The landing went well, though, and a little later I had parked the aircraft and was heading for a good meal and a big coffee!
Joined: Nov 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 1 Location: Zurich
Another new guy... « Result #17 on Nov 18, 2009, 11:37am »
Hi,
just want to introduce myself quickly. Yesterday I send Joao a PM to join as a pilot. I really like the concept of Alaskan Winds and looking forward for some great flights.
I am 23years old, currently living in Zurich, Switzerland. Started my flyingcareer as a child watching planes at my hometown airport With 14 I joined the local Glidingclub, did my PPL SEP with 19 and luckily passed the entry test for a ATPL training of a big german airline. Now I am flying Avro RJ100 out of ZRH and looking forward to fly some nice legs of TGAT while on Standby-duty.
At the moment I am testing my system after changing from XP with FS9 to Windows7 with FSX. For configuring FSX all the infos from the tipps and tricks forum helped a lot. Thanks for that. Its now running nice and stable (At least I think so... ). Final testing is taking place at the moment on a looooong flight from Germany to Juneau in the PMDG MD11. But I might end up in Whitehorse due to weather.
Joined: Mar 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 351 Location: Vancouver,BC Canada
Re: AW693 - Charlie's Logbook « Result #18 on Nov 18, 2009, 9:42am »
Sorry to hear you ran into to troubles for awhile there Charlie, but glad to see your log entrys again. I swear if FS9 back when I flew it looked like yours seems to, I would never have gotten rid of it. I just love your screenshots and log entrys.
"To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home." ---anon
Joined: Apr 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 1,342 Location: Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Re: Savageagle's "Only in alaska" « Result #19 on Nov 18, 2009, 8:29am »
Savageagle, we are looking forward to your story. And perhaps there will come a time later on after you do more exploring, where you could use your experience in mission building. Many of us have enjoyed that sort of thing, and there was a fellow member who did some missions. We had one search and rescue type; and another was when flying an engine problem or weather gave us something to contend with. So, if you ever feel comfortable with that, I am sure it would be well accepted. I know there are problems with some flying FS9 and FSX, but thought I would mention it
Joined: Nov 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 14 Location: Squaw Valley, Ca, USA, Earth
Savageagle's "Only in alaska" « Result #20 on Nov 18, 2009, 4:09am »
I belong to (2) other sim sites where one i'm a member/pilot and the missions and scenery officer, the other, which is a helicopter site i'm also a pilot and scenery designer and love helicopters very much but it's still second to any low and slow bush plane. I haven't flown on the helicopter site because they use FSInn and FSCopilot which gives me, my PC and FS9/X alot of continuous problems. I started searching for someone to fly with using FS Host Spy and of course the first thing that caught my eye was the word "Alaskan", as in "Alaskan winds Hops". i had to see what this was all about. Well, i guess it's history as now i'm a member (AW702) and have plenty of other pilots to fly with. There is always something going on on any of the servers and theres many directions to go from here. There will never be a dull moment. i started the Alaskan Winds hops (305) before i was a member and tonight i completed hop number 48. AW has given me something to shoot for, a goal of sorts to complete with a reward at the end and i look forward to completing it and will continue to enjoy every nautical mile i fly. I look forward too in the many flights and challenges that await me and to display with pride what i have still to accomplish in this rewarding community they call "Alaskan Winds". I finally got my DeHavilland TTC and my HC412 painted and will soon fly them one by one home to my ranch near VEE in Venetie. (AKSR) my virtual alaskan home. Aside from the hops i'm flying in my quest Kodiak i will log flying them home from the paint shop at PANC. That will be the start of my Alaskan adventure which will be endless and i look forward to sharing my adventures in the last frontier, the best place on earth. Now to finish up my reading of the AW Ops manual and to prepare for my first logged flight from PANC to AKSR. The story begins. ----O----
Joined: Jan 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 476 Location: Budapest
Re: The "Yukon Quest 2010" « Result #21 on Nov 18, 2009, 2:46am »
Im waiting too for the Quest:))) New quest new ideas.....be ready eagles:)) I`ve looket the last year logbook it was FUN, but this year i need something special...and im working on it:))
Joined: Mar 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 351 Location: Vancouver,BC Canada
Re: The "Yukon Quest 2010" « Result #22 on Nov 17, 2009, 6:14pm »
While I have been so busy and not been able to fly lately as I would like too. I will be fying the Quest again this year and will be there with bells on. I cant wait for it to start. I just hope my UTX and GEX addons dont mess up the scenery checkpoints.
Joined: Feb 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 489 Location: Tønsberg (Toensberg), Norway
The "Yukon Quest 2010" « Result #23 on Nov 17, 2009, 4:36pm »
The 2010 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race starts on Saturday February 6th at 11:00 a.m. from downtown Fairbanks. Join us for this epic two weeks of sled dog racing over 1,000 miles through arctic winter wilderness!
Beaver's don't leak oil, there're just marking their territory.
Joined: Nov 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 71 Location: Northeastern Ontario Canada
Re: The story of Alaskan Winds Connie « Result #24 on Nov 17, 2009, 3:45pm »
Thank you Wishmaster for the story behind the painting of the Connie. To Curro a big thank you for your awesome repaints just not the Connie but to all the fleet in AW. I'm not a big heavy pilot for the Connie or the DH family but they are beautiful aircraft. To you again Curro thank you for the great job on the default dehavilland beaver. One of my #1 favourites. Great job fellows very much appreciated.
Joined: Nov 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 474 Location: Hannover, Germany
The story of Alaskan Winds Connie « Result #27 on Nov 17, 2009, 10:44am »
Hello Eagles!
In January 2009, the Lockheed Constellation N769AW arrived at Nome, AK to enter service with Alaskan Winds. Wit this post, I'd like to give a you small insight into the work and different stages of development that were necessary until this beauty was finished!
And of course, to give you an impression how much work and love our Fleet Painter Curro Candela put in this project!
The first time I thought about a repaint, was after I installed a cargo livery for FSDzings L-049A to my system.
The "Connie Air Freight" livery (caf_connie.zip - AvSim) really made my mind go thinking "Why not make an Alaskan Winds skin for this plane?" Immediately I wrote a PM to Curro and told him about what I thought! My idea was to:
Create an Alaskan Winds repaint Implement the Iditarod and Yukon Quest theme on the plane Show pictures of Sled Dogs on the fuselage
Eager to what he would reply, I awaited the answer. The first repaint stage that Curro presented to me, even outreached what I expected!
Stage 1
On this first picture of Curro's creation, you can see that only the fuselage has been repainted so far, with the wings and the tail still untouched. But a combined Canadian and U.S. flag is presented on the tail section!
Another view of the flags.
Below the "Alaskan Winds" title, a small picture of a musher and his sled is visible. Also note the nose art, which is alreay the one for the final release!
I was unhappy with the small musher image on the fuselage, and asked Curro if he could do better. Which, of course, he could!
Stage 2
Curro found some very interesting pictures on the internet, and converted them to look like drawings, and thereafter placed them on the fuselage. Also the AW title has been modified, and he started to work on the wings and engines. Later on, the image of the howling husky had to be removed due to copyright issues.
Curro went on and repainted the tail section, because the simply could not line up the two flags properly. I was very sad about this, but I also liked the idea of a red tail section with the Alaskan Winds Eagle head on it.
The right hand fuselage also show the musher drawing, and 3 huskies at the front. These had to be replaced later on as well due to copyright reasons.
Stage 3
An initial try to paint the elevators in red colours had to be let down because of a faulty model. As you may know, the author of the FSDzign Connie is not among us any more, and the plane was never finished.
Curro tried to paint the leading edges of the wings in red colours, too. But I thought it would "too much". So we agreed on leaving them grey/black as they were before.
Stage 4
At Stage 4, I was presented another idea of implementing the 2 flags of Canada and USA (the 2 countries where the Yukon Quest takes place!) on the plane.
Curro placed them on both sides of the inner rudder!
Also note that the registration number is still not correct.
Stage 5
I did not like the red leading edges I was presented in Stage 3, but I did like the red wingtips and the grey stripes on it, so Curro placed them on the wings, where the stayed until the final release.
Another variant of the tail section was to have an Alaska flag shown on the inner rudder!
But at the end, we agreed to place a musher on the inner rudder.
Stage 6
The following picture shows the Constellation with its final registration number, N769AW, and the image of a musher on the inner rudder. Later on, we also had to remove this image due to copyright issues.
Stage 8
Stage #7 only meant a few minor changes.
The new, and final, musher image for the inner rudder was presented to be this one:
Looks great, doesn't it?
Curro also had to made new husky images for the fuselage, and of course he exceeded my expectations when he presented me the following pictures:
Stage 9
The Connie is ready to be released!
The two flags are now shown on the nose gear door!
You see, a lot of work for this plane, but all worth it!
A big THANK YOU to Curro Candela for turning my ideas into reality!
After arriving in Kodiak in the hawk with the Lt. Commander for his meetings, we went to town, found some dinner, and a room for the night. The next day he attended his meetings with the Coast Guard Brass while I spent the day checking out some more of the local sights. The following morning, it was time for us to head back out to Attu Island. We went to the airport early, planned the flight, checked the weather, and soon we were ready for "starts", and I was sure ready too!
Ready for Starts at Kodiak in the Hawk
Once all systems checked out "go", it was time for us to start our return trip to Attu.
Taxi to the active in Kodiak
Departing Kodiak in the Hawk
Enroute to our first fuel stop in Unalaska(Dutch Harbor) while admiring the great morning views from FL180
Taking on fuel at Unalaska
Enroute to our next stop at Eareckson AS (PASY) for a full stop landing and takeoff.
Entering the downwind for Eareckson AS
Taking a short break at Eareckson AS before the short hop to Attu.
After arriving back at Attu, and making a safe landing with a strong crosswind, we shut down the Hawk, and after securing the little jet, and doing a quick debrief with the Lt Commander, I thanked him for the "time" and training and all of the advice that he had to offer me. Now it was time for me to see if I could find some work!
Arrived at Attu in Hawk,,,what a fun trip this was!
Joined: Nov 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 14 Location: Squaw Valley, Ca, USA, Earth
Re: PIREP information « Result #29 on Nov 16, 2009, 2:15pm »
Hello pilots, last night i was flying my 40th hop and had the pleasure of talking with Art and he helped me get my TS as registered and fixed things so i could continue my hops with AW702_savageagle rather than just savageagle which i started with. He was very helpful. we also began talking about the PIREP system and i talked with him about the VAPN (PIREP) which i had installed on my system which i used with globalaviationnetwork.org in using and submitting my PIREP automatically. He was very interested in the program and how it worked as it may be useful here at AW. I emailed the program to him as well as FSUIPC which it uses within FS9. It is very simple to use as a pilot and i'm not sure whats involved in actually setting it up on a server to accept PIREP reports but from what i understand it's fairly easy. from my menu and after i've setup a flight plan and filed it using the chat window i click on VAPN at the top and click "start PIREP", I fly my flight and when i've landed i have the settings to manually stop it which it can be setup to stop with "engine off" or "brakes set", when i stop it the PIREP submission form comes up some information is already input into the form, others i have to put in and when it's done i click on submit. properties can easily be setup by clicking on VAPN then properties. This where you can specify the start and stop preferences for PIREP as well as the URL to send it to. My attempt here is to help and to add maybe simplicity in reporting a PIREP. i'm not trying to make everyone do what i'm used to but to rather be of some help and share something for the benefit of all pilots and AW as a whole. I hope it's useful and i hope i haven't jumped the gun as i'm sure Art will have lot's more to add as he evaluates the program and it's functions and use. I was happy to share it with art and glad i could send it to him. hope all is good. take care guys.
That is what I did with mine Zoltan. I hope you dont mind, but I did resize them to 94x120, so they would be the same height as the other AW Banners. After all, I had to display all those wonderful badges that you created for us!! Using Paint.net I started with a Canvas sized at 600x360, then put my 3 AW Banners all on one cancas with a black background. Then I made a Second one, same size, for all of my badges, botm's, etc. Thanks again mate for the wonderful badges you created for us, I love them!!
)) i`ve talked with the BOSS about this system, becasue we have few new ideas and i made few draft plan for the badge system, in terms of art. so we will see, in the meantime i`ve did the same like Markus and merged all stuff into one image.
But i have few very nice mockup for new banners and badges so:))) maybe we need a hall of fame page with all the members and their badges, banners...etc.
Re: Quest Kodiak « Result #34 on Nov 15, 2009, 10:48pm »
Duely noted Thud, thanks again for the helpful information. I really don't understand why, with all the realworld, flight-simming pilots out their who would be glad to provide input, that there are so many out of whack flight dynamics out there.
Now I have another job to do, get into my aircraft.cfg files and make some tweaks. Just never really thought about doing that until reading your last reply in this thread.
Re: PIREP information « Result #35 on Nov 15, 2009, 10:24pm »
thud,
Exactly what the doctor ordered my man! I did initially print out and read the rules and bits that the "Boss" pointed me towards in his welcome PM, but somehow some of the data was lost between the time I read it and when I actually started flying and filing PIREPS via the monthly logbook.
Now I get it:
1) All flights should be submitted as explained via the new automated PIREP system in order to count towards AW ranks/promotions.
2) All flights that a pilot submits for earning an ATR certificate must be submitted via the monthly logbooks.
3) All flights that a pilot wants to count towards both the AW ranks/promotions AND an ATR certificate, must be submitted via the automated PIREP system AND the monthly logbook.
Got it! Before now I hadn't submitted any flights via the automated PIREP system, only via the monthly logbook, while thinking I had all the bases covered. But now I see that I must also submit my flights via the auto PIREP system to get them counted towards AW promotions/awards as well.
Since I have been keeping a paper logbook "in my flightbag", as well as the record of my flights in the monthly logbook for November, I will submit my flights to date via the auto PIREP system tonight and get myself caught up.
Just wanted to mention it here so that the "Boss" and Silverfox know why I have 8 (maybe 9 flights, after all the night is still young, lol) logged for today's date.
Again, thanks gents for your patience and willingness to help us newbies get things sorted out. Free beer and moose burgers on me the next time I catch 'ya all at Duffy's Tavern!
Re: TongassX - Google Earth « Result #36 on Nov 15, 2009, 9:56pm »
thud,
Owe you another thank you (and Zoltan too) for the info and links. I did buy a complete set of Alaskan sectionals and approach plates a few years back, and they still serve me very well for flight simming.
However, with GE and the GE addon for Tongass X I will have a reliable way to confirm the locations of the the objects on my sectionals and then use them (as I normally do when simulating VFR hops) when I start searching out all these remote points of interest, cabins, etc., next spring when the weather gets better. Been exploring the area of coverage (and a bit farther out as well) in a very cursory way so far, when the weather turns though I plan on getting my money out of this add on, and this tool along with GE will definitely be of great help to that end (along with helping during the other annual "events" that Alaskan Winds is involved with as well).
At last, time has come to go on my third big National Parks and Monuments Tour. This time I will go north and cover four areas of interrest - Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Kobuk Valley National Park, Gates of the Arctic National Park and finally Denali National Park with Mount McKinley. When I have finished this I will have travelled all National Parks and Monuments of Alaska, my main goal when I started these tours.
First, I decided to go to Nome and pick up the Alaskan Winds Porter Pilatus with wheels and skis attached. With that one I will be able to fly safe through the winter wilderness of Northern Alaska. I will also do some promotion for Alaskan Winds in the places I go, up in the cold north.
Well, on my way to Nome I will for a starter fly my Cessna 441 Conquest, and also have a stop at McGrath before going to Nome. My journey started out with quite a good weather...
At Anchorage before take off.
Taking off, heading for McGrath.
The sun shines bright and Anchorage disappears behind me.
Good flying in the winter landscape.
Getting closer to McGrath and the sun still shines bright...
...and all of a sudden, when decending towards McGrath - I go right into a heavy snowfall!
The sunny weather has turned into a gray wall of falling snow while I decend towards the runway.
Full flaps, 400...300... and the ground comes closer fast...
...and touch down! Nice to be back on earth again!
And so, as quick as it come, after parking and turning the engines off, the snowfall stops, the sun comes through, and the day turns bright again! Alaska is surely an amazing place to live your days...
Joined: Nov 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 14 Location: Squaw Valley, Ca, USA, Earth
Re: On my way « Result #39 on Nov 15, 2009, 4:09pm »
My plane was finally delivered with her new paint job done correctly. I flew her home and landed in the river at my home (AKSR) and taxied to the completed float plane dock. she's awesome as my neighbor the old timer said, she looks like she owns the skies............Yeah, she's a glorious plane. (My older version was the problem, it was missing 3 files in the texture folder. After downloading AW's version and following the directions everything turned out great. Now i can begin my quest to complete an SEA and work on other aircraft i want for my fleet. The guys responsible for this paint job have done a very nice job and for putting all these aircraft in AW's fleet. Great Job! and thanks for making it possible to fly the Alaskan skies in the only aircraft that make flying the bush as real as it can be, and to be proud of the AW colors. I am now proud to fly the AW colors, It's an honor and a pleasure.
ps: in my signature i cant add more 400 char. full, any idea? or i should make one image which holds all my badges?
Zoltan AW656
Yes, that's the way I did it, too!
That is what I did with mine Zoltan. I hope you dont mind, but I did resize them to 94x120, so they would be the same height as the other AW Banners. After all, I had to display all those wonderful badges that you created for us!! Using Paint.net I started with a Canvas sized at 600x360, then put my 3 AW Banners all on one cancas with a black background. Then I made a Second one, same size, for all of my badges, botm's, etc. Thanks again mate for the wonderful badges you created for us, I love them!!
![[Home]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/menu/home.gif)
![[Help]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/menu/help.gif)
![[Search]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/menu/search.gif)
![[Login]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/menu/login.gif)
![[Register]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/menu/register.gif)
![[Search This Thread]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/search2.gif)
![[Send Topic To Friend]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/sendtopic.gif)
![[Print]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/print.gif)
Author
![[avatar]](http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3035/avatarbb2.jpg){kind=avatar}
Logged![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/fleet/AW640Awards.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/fleet/AW640Awards2.jpg)
![[avatar]](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Skyhawk172SP/GreyhawkeAvatar.jpg){kind=avatar}
Author![[image]](http://www.anderssamuelsson.se/bilder/banner.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/Seals/sealOrnateHawkEagle.jpg)
![[avatar]](http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz195/thud25/f105d2.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/awards/YQ2009_AW530Patchett.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/awards/Idit2009_AW530Patchett.jpg)
![[avatar]](http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll477/silverfoxn/1179a.jpg)
![[image]](http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll477/silverfoxn/2009-11-20-001.jpg)
![[image]](http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll477/silverfoxn/2009-11-20-002.jpg)
![[image]](http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll477/silverfoxn/2009-11-20-003.jpg)
![[image]](http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll477/silverfoxn/2009-11-20-004.jpg)
![[image]](http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll477/silverfoxn/2009-11-20-005.jpg)
![[image]](http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll477/silverfoxn/2009-11-20-006.jpg)
![[image]](http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll477/silverfoxn/2009-11-20-007.jpg)
![[image]](http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll477/silverfoxn/2009-11-20-008.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/Seals/sealBaldEagle.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/logos/BOTM200809.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/awards/BOTM200810.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/awards/BOTM200811.jpg)
![[image]](http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll477/silverfoxn/SigR7.jpg)
![[avatar]](http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll118/Wheeli1/Wheeliavatar.jpg){kind=avatar}
![[msn]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/msn.gif)
![[homepage]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/www_sm.gif)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/awards/tgatAW584wheeli.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/Seals/sealHarpyEagle.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/awards/YQ2009_AW584Glemble.jpg)
![[image]](http://www.romanesca.com/aw2008/pics/awards/BOTM200810.jpg)
![[avatar]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/3237606182_9806df8aeb_o.jpg)
![[image]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4106310416_a8f23d5a91_o.jpg)
![[avatar]](http://members.cox.net/pilotwayne/AAV/avitar.jpg)
![[image]](http://members.cox.net/pilotwayne/alaskawind/337.jpg)
![[avatar]](http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll33/dane48/vermillion063-1.jpg)
![[image]](http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll33/dane48/1-50.jpg)
![[image]](http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll33/dane48/1a-4.jpg)
![[image]](http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll33/dane48/2-49.jpg)
![[image]](http://romanesca.com/aw2008/training/ASE2.jpg)
![[image]](http://romanesca.com/aw2008/training/AME1.jpg)
![[image]](http://romanesca.com/aw2008/training/SEJ1.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/awards/YQ2009_AW586Rasmussen.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/awards/tgatAW586ras.jpg)
Author![[image]](http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/crkimmings/Screenshots-07.jpg)
![[image]](http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/crkimmings/Screenshots-08.jpg)
![[image]](http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/crkimmings/Screenshots-11.jpg)
![[image]](http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu162/crkimmings/Screenshots-20.jpg)
![[avatar]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/AlaskaBjrnAW675.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-14_16-0-20-312.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-14_16-21-23-250.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-14_16-26-15-265.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-14_16-27-48-687.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-14_16-28-56-46.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-14_20-19-19-484.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-14_20-25-54-734.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-14_20-40-33-703.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-14_20-43-50-515.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-14_20-54-26-359.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/Seals/sealBateleurEagle.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/awards/BOTM200908.jpg)
![[image]](http://romanesca.com/aw2008/training/badge_mel.jpg){kind=icon}
![[image]](http://romanesca.com/aw2008/training/badge_sel.jpg){kind=icon}
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/awards/YQ2009_AW576Mckee.jpg)
![[image]](http://romanesca.com/aw2008/training/badge_hrw.jpg){kind=icon}
![[avatar]](http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv264/hc864sa/MeFoxxy.jpg)
![[image]](http://www.yukonquest.com/img/logo1.jpg){kind=logo}
![[image]](http://www.yukonquest.com/img/logo2.jpg){kind=logo}
![[avatar]](http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/bushman_015/Pic203-1-1-2.jpg)
![[image]](http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/bushman_015/bpcool-1.jpg)
![[image]](http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/bushman_015/dhc-2.jpg)
![[avatar]](http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/7316/4305trout019gi3.jpg)
![[image]](http://alaskanwinds.romanesca.com/pics/awards/tgatAW602gary.jpg)
![[image]](http://romanesca.com/aw2008/pics/awards/hop_aw602.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Connie01.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Connie02.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage1_1.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage1_2.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage1_3.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage2_1.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage2_3.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage2_4.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage3_2.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage3_6.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage4_1.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage4_7.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage5_1.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage5_6.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage6_2.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage8_1.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage8_4.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage8_5.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Stage9_8.jpg)
![[image]](http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab318/Kuschlik/AW%20Connie/Connie_front.jpg)
![[avatar]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/DS.jpg)
![[image]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/AlaskanWinds/AW651Flights/2009-11-14-1.jpg)
![[image]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/AlaskanWinds/AW651Flights/2009-11-14-2.jpg)
![[image]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/AlaskanWinds/AW651Flights/2009-11-14-3.jpg)
![[image]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/AlaskanWinds/AW651Flights/2009-11-14-4.jpg)
![[image]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/AlaskanWinds/AW651Flights/2009-11-14-5.jpg)
![[image]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/AlaskanWinds/AW651Flights/2009-11-14-6.jpg)
![[image]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/AlaskanWinds/AW651Flights/2009-11-14-7.jpg)
![[image]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/AlaskanWinds/AW651Flights/2009-11-14-8.jpg)
![[image]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/AlaskanWinds/AW651Flights/2009-11-14-9.jpg)
![[image]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/AW651Banners.jpg)
![[image]](http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv354/tx_tongue_twister/AWR.jpg)
![[image]](http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv264/hc864sa/PIREP3.jpg)
![[image]](http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv264/hc864sa/PIREP1.jpg)
![[image]](http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv264/hc864sa/PIREP2.jpg)
![[image]](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Skyhawk172SP/AW009-1.jpg)
![[image]](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Skyhawk172SP/AW009-2DownwindDepPAWG.jpg)
![[image]](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Skyhawk172SP/AW009-3NotVFRforlong.jpg)
![[image]](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Skyhawk172SP/AW009-4SoupGettingThicker.jpg)
![[image]](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Skyhawk172SP/AW009-5ViewOnlyAWPilot.jpg)
![[image]](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Skyhawk172SP/AW009-6SlippinInSitka.jpg)
![[image]](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Skyhawk172SP/AW009-7TouchdownSitka.jpg)
![[image]](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Skyhawk172SP/AW009-8ClearActive.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-12_22-37-33-406.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-12_23-11-14-515.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-12_23-19-33-828.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-12_23-30-48-781.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-12_23-34-0-171.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-12_23-45-38-562.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-12_23-48-15-781.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-12_23-49-20-718.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-12_23-51-11-406.jpg)
![[image]](http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/luckyswede/2009-11-12_23-54-5-468.jpg)
![[image]](http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv264/hc864sa/TTCotterhome.jpg)