Back To Page 8 Heading down the channel we see the town of Ketchikan and the cruise ship port off our left side. A light rain is falling as the late afternoon gloom sets in. Here we are turning onto final approach for the turf strip at Antelope Ranch. The extremely low approach airspeeds […]
Back To Page 7 Crossing the threshold I ease off the power and the PC-12 settles onto the runway. I use a little reverse on the propeller to bring us to a stop without even touching the brakes. Welcome to Misty Fjords and the city of Ketchikan! Taxiing over to the fuel pumps I […]
Back To Page 6 Approaching Annette Island VOR (ANN) I start descending; I am also entering the coverage area of the Misty Fjords add-on scenery area. As I descend the weather looks a bit sketchy ahead (real time / real world weather) so I plan on shooting the instrument approach into Ketchikan. The plan […]
Back To Page 5 Here we are climbing out toward the northwest with the flight director and autopilot on, in heading mode with an altitude of 24,000 selected for our cruise altitude. The EFIS instruments and analogue gauges update very fluidly in the Flight1 PC-12 with no stuttering whatsoever. The cockpit does have a […]
Back To Page 4 The sound effects from engine startup, to power changes, to avionics and warning annunciators are very nicely done. The fact that the warnings can be configured in four languages (English, French, German, and Spanish) is a nice touch. The Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A married to the PC-12 is unique […]
Back To Page 3 With the engine up and running, the generators and avionics on, the cockpit of the PC-12 comes to life. The large Electronic Attitude Direction Indicator (EADI) and Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator (EHSI) dominate the instrument stack and it is immediately apparent that this is a modern avionics suite. The panel […]
Back To Page 2 The pop-up overhead panel contains the various buttons and switches necessary to bring the PC-12 to life. I love the pushbutton type of switches that illuminate to show the system status. Integrating the annunciator with the switch is becoming the standard in modern aircraft as it eliminates having to move […]
Back To Page 1 For this flight we’ll be using the cargo version of the PC-12. The external model of the Flight1 PC-12 is simply incredible. The attention to detail and the artwork are top notch. Both the main entry stair and the aft cargo loading door are nicely animated, just remember to set […]
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Back To Page 6 Inside the outer marker now we can see the power plant on Lake Julian just off the left side of the final approach path to runway 16 at AVL. With full flaps selected I make sure we have three greens, props forward, synch off, yaw damper off, and we are […]
Back To Page 5 I’ll take this opportunity to make a plug for Active Sky V, which is an external weather generating program that imports real world weather data into Flight Simulator 2004. Active Sky goes far beyond the basic weather implementation available in FS2004 and makes the flight environment extremely realistic. Here we […]
Back To Page 4 You can fly the Aeroworx B200 from either the 2D view or the VC since both offer excellent resolution. While I generally prefer to fly from the 2D panel, I couldn’t help but be impressed by how close to the real thing the VC looks. The new analogue panel instrumentation […]
