Back To Page 2 Documentation The LD767, the PSS A320, and the DF727 all nosed ahead of the SSW A310 on documentation as well. While the A310 documentation is certainly voluminous, much of it just isn’t pertinent to flying the aircraft within the bounds of Flight Simulator 2004. The goal of SSW, however, was […]
Back To Page 1 Avionics Regarding avionics, I like the Airbus for presentation and the Boeing for functionality. The A310 is the clear winner for me as far as how the instruments fit into the panel and how they are integrated into the scan. The 767 and 727 both suffer from a bit of […]
Back To Page 10 Afternoon sunlight streams through the gaps in the clouds as I go through the extensive post flight procedures, shutting down the engines and securing systems while firing up the APU and opening the cargo doors to unload the containers. The far end of the valley emerges from the clouds and […]
Back To Page 9 The load master looks suspiciously out his window in the cargo bay and wonders what the clowns up front are doing. The mountains loom and the snow swirls past the window as he pops another antacid tablet into his mouth. Battling the conditions all the way down I cross the […]
Back To Page 8 I brief the approach plate at Telluride and set up my navigation radios and course needles. I plan on navigating to Cones VOR (ETL) and flying the transition to the localizer approach at 12,000′. With the terrain depiction on the chart you can see the obvious dilemma facing any pilot […]
Back To Page 7 There is little time for sight-seeing and goofing off though. Even though this is an 800nm+ flight there isn’t much time to do anything other than fly the airplane, keep on course, and plan for the next phase of flight. We are already two-thirds of the way through the route […]
Back To Page 6 Looking over the shoulder at the FE station I see he has gone to fetch a cup of coffee, or perhaps check to see that are cargo pallets are still secure. The DF727 comes with the nice addition of a functional Flight Line Wx500 weather radar. With building storms located […]
Back To Page 5 Even while I’m jumping back and forth to different areas of the panel and setting EPR bugs and adjusting CDI needles I’m hand flying the aircraft. True to all of the great things I’ve heard about the 727, she is a dream to fly; rock solid and very mannerly she […]
Back To Page 4 Taxiing past the control tower I take the opportunity to look around in the virtual cockpit. The DF727 has an extremely nice VC with great detail and a feel of “completeness”. The grey skies and the constant drizzle of raindrops accompany us out to the runway. The departure procedure has […]
Back To Page 3 Looking at the pop-up engine gauges I now set the table derived climb EPR of 1.96 into the EPR selector bug on the engine gauges so that I have a target to aim for when I set the power. The 1.96 is merely for reference, it has no limiting function […]
Back To Page 2 On the lower FE panel the caution annunciators indicates that several of the exits are still open; prior to engine start we finish the loading and button up the aircraft. Our cruise altitude today will be 33,000′ on our way over to Telluride. Turning to the pressurization control panel I […]
Back To Page 1 Our 727 is fresh out of “C-checks” and we’ll be flying a load of cargo for Flying Tigers from Boeing Field – Seattle, Washington (KBFI) to Telluride, Colorado (KTEX); a flight of about 880 nautical miles via the jet airway system. Climbing up into the cockpit I plop down in […]
