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Tag Archives: 737
Bolshoi, Comrade
I got word this morning from Carlo at Flight Experience Melbourne that he’d just arrived at Melbourne airport (YMML) and seen an Antonov parked on the ramp. Talk about perfect timing as I was taking one of my workmates to … Continue reading
What are we sim’ing for?
Carlo and I are really enjoying our sessions in the Flight Experience 737-800 fixed-base simulator. Even when we have a comparatively bad session with all sorts of hassles and mistakes, we’re still enjoying it. So, are we just having these … Continue reading
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Tagged 737, Flight Experience, Simulator
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EuroFun2 Sim Session – it worked this time
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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Tagged 737, Flight Experience, LFLY, LIML, LOWG, LOWI, Simulator
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Where’s my Banana?
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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Tagged 737, Flight Experience, LFLY, LIML, LOWG, LOWI, Simulator
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Getting Ready for Sim Flight “EuroFun”
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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In the Mountains of (Simulated) Madness
Once again Carlo and I have spent an enjoyable evening in the Flight Experience B737-800 simulator here in Melbourne. We have a lot of fun flying the sim like it’s the real thing – well, OK, mostly like the real … Continue reading
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Tagged 737, Flight Experience, KASE, KDEN, KGJT, KLAS, Simulator
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Photos from the Hawaiian Sim Run
I’ve loaded the photos from yesterday’s Hawaiian Island simulator session. I’m the bald one in the photo on the left. We took a few photos but only 4 were worth keeping. I’ve loaded them in the Hawaiian Island Sim Run … Continue reading
Worst Landings Ever!
Just got home after another session in the Flight Experience B737-800 fixed base simulator. While another great time, it was a major wake up call for me as my landings were abysmal. We had planned to spend 1.5 to 2 … Continue reading
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Tagged 737, Flight Experience, PHKO, PHNL, PHOG, PHTO, Simulator
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Shakey Alliances for Virgin Blue
John Borghetti at Virgin Blue is getting some bad news lately with both the Department of Transport and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission raising objections to proposed alliances. The DoT have said they don’t like the look of the … Continue reading →