Back To Page 6 Crossing RAALF intersection we are still descending and tracking the STAR while we continue our fuel dumping. While I’m reviewing the approach plate for the impending ILS 33L at Boston I notice a couple yellow caution lights on the EICAS that weren’t there a minute ago. The center fuel tank […]
Back To Page 5 As we streak across the sky ticking off the waypoints on the flight plan I don’t waste any of the enroute time. On a flight as short as this one there isn’t much time for doing anything other than planning for the arrival. Pulling up the APPROACH page I see […]
Back To Page 4 Safely airborne (well, relatively safely) I extract the seat cushion from my clenched butt cheeks and we climb away from Louisville into the brightening early morning skies to the east. With the immediate after take-off items complete (flaps, gear, etc.,) I turn to a 110 degree heading to intercept J78 […]
Back To Page 3 With the pushback complete I take a look around the virtual cockpit. Level-D has done a superb job of working within the limitations of the VC with a detailed and functional cockpit that looks very good when panning around. It slows my mediocre system to a crawl and as a […]
Back To Page 2 Pressing the POSIT INIT prompt brings up the page on the FMS where you enter the known starting position of the aircraft. Our flight today will be originating from the UPS hub in Louisville, Kentucky (KSDF) so I enter the airport identifier into the data field. The information is transferred […]
Back To Page 1 Firing up the sim I load the LD767 and am plopped into the “cold and dark” cockpit. Very impressive! The left side of the panel is dominated by the 2-tube EFIS screens while the right side (actually “center”) of the panel features a 2-tube EICAS display (Engine Indicating and Crew Alert […]
by Chris “BeachAV8R” Frishmuth Now on to the Level-D Boeing 767! The LD767 has been widely anticipated in the FS2004 community for some time now. A descendant of the Pilot in Command series, the Level-D team has a solid reputation for producing quality add-ons for Flight Simulator. The first Boeing 767 rolled off the assembly […]
Back To Page 6 In response to my hand-flying the aircraft down the ILS the Airbus hurls an insult at me, calling me a RETARD. Oh, actually that is the aircraft telling me that I’m in LAND mode and that I need to RETARD the throttle to idle for the flare. I thought the […]
Back To Page 5 At our cruise altitude of FL240 I changed the SPD/MACH hold from indicated airspeed to Mach # and dialed in Mach .80. Increasing the Mach number above Mmo into the red “overspeed” warning area of the airspeed tape led to total pitot/static instrument chaos with the altimeter jumping all over […]
Back To Page 4 The A310 flies nicely but has a bit of an “enthusiastic” trim response. Single button pushes on my trim buttons seem to result in fairly large pitch trim settings. Not a huge problem and it may be a problem with my controller set-up. The plane feels nice in roll and […]
Back To Page 3 Now getting back to the items I should have covered prior to engine start I turn the three onboard INS systems to NAV and allow them a couple minutes to spin up while I program the Flight Management Computer (FMC). Our flight today will be a cargo flight from Charleston, […]
Back To Page 2 Now it’s time to start the engines. Once again we turn to the secondary overhead panel to find the main engine start selector and start buttons. Moving the selector we can use either Start A or Start B and next we press the illuminated start switch. As the engine spins […]
