Monthly Archives: January 2009

EuroFun2 Sim Session – it worked this time

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Falcon124

Earlier this month Carlo and I went into the simulator to fly the EuroFun tour we’d dreamed up, traveling from Graz, Austria (LOWG) to Milan, Italy (LOWI) to Lyon, France (LFLY) and then to Innsbruck back in Austria (LOWI). If … Continue reading →

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Is it time for “Italian Jokes” instead of “Irish Jokes”?

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Falcon124

Many of you may have grown up with “Irish Jokes” (like the one about the Irish schoolboy who ate his lunch money). Here in Australia, they’re about New Zealanders (called “Kiwi Jokes”) and in the USA they were “Polish Jokes”. … Continue reading →

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Where’s my Banana?

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Falcon124

On Monday night, Carlo and I once again strapped ourselves into the Flight Experience B737-800 simulator, turned on the cockpit DVR and commenced a process of ritual humiliation and embarrassment that reinforced to me how much we need to learn … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for Sim Flight “EuroFun”

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Falcon124

I’m doing some flight planning in preparation for our next session in the simulator at Flight Experience. This time we’re going to do the following run: LOWG (Graz, Austria) to LIML (Milan, Italy) to LFLY (Lyon, France – Saint Exupery … Continue reading →

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Freaky ADIRU Behaviour Near Perth

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Falcon124

As some of you may be aware, on October 7th 2008 a QANTAS A330 traveling from Singapore to Perth was about 154km west of Learmouth, West Australia when it entered a rapid descent, causing unsecured items & people to float … Continue reading →

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