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First flight into the controlled zones of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong we have different controlled zones for general aviation aircraft operated under Hong Kong Aviation Club, here's some photos of the flight. Also was my first flight on the Cessna 172R, very easy to fly. Formation with another Cessna 172N when crossing Ma Wan Corridor, instructor credit for photo.

Sunset over Indonesia. After hours of darkness I see the reassuring lights of Brisbane. Turning final RWY 01 Parked at the gate 80. 150 hours down and I'm now upgraded to first officer A6-ENO ready to fly another day!

Just to shorten the long wait until the release, I have again a "few" (76 to be correct) PREVIEW screenshots taken around the European Alps (Northern Italy, Western Austria, parts of Switzerland and a tiny bit of Southern Germany). These pictures are already very close to the final release (for example they should show some decent improvements in forest representation etc.), and are only missing latest OSM data. You can see all 76 screenshots here: PREVIEW - Alps (Europe), HD Mesh Scenery v3By the way, the current status is: OSM import has been finished (it should definitely contain all data added until 10th of October), phase 1 of OSM filtering and preparation has been finished, at the moment the data is translated to be used in the scenery generator, and in a few days the final (but lengthy - many weeks!) phase of scenery file generation will start.

Alright, with much delay (after a rainy vacation in Turkey), here is the next sneak-peak at our beloved 733. Todays video is featuring the "Speed trim" functionality. While I explain very shortly in the video, here is the lowdown on the system: The speedtrim system was implemented by Boeing because the 737 can exhibit poor speed stability at very low speeds and high thrust settings (i.e. after a go-around). The nose-up moment of the engines can be stronger than the aerodynamic nose-down tendency for speed loss, so its possible that the airplane would get into very low speed regime with an unattentive pilot. Boeing has therefore tasked the flight-control-computer with watching the speed trend in certain situations. If they detect that the speed is going up or down, they will utilize the autopilot stabilizer trim to combat this trend. The pilot will sometimes be surprised, because the plane seems to "work against" him. He pushes the nose down to accelerate, and the bleedin´ plane trims nose-up again? What gives? Well, it works as designed. To avoid fighting with the speed-trim, use the electrical trim switches on the yoke. This will send a new target speed to the speed-trim mechanism, and will also disable speed trim for 5 seconds. Another way to disable it is to push the yoke in opposition to trim movement. This will ALWAYS cut out the autopilot trim, and also the speed-trim. Of course when you release the yoke, it goes right at it again. Here are the engagement criteria for speed-trim: - Flaps not up - Airspeed 100-300 KIAS - 10 sec after lift-off - 5 sec after releasing trim switches - N1 above 60% - Autopilot not engaged - Sensing of trim requirement Here is the video: Jan

I forgot I had found a freeware ISS... little bit pointless but also a little bit cool

Ah, everyones favorite little copyright infringing, IP stealing, problem child is back under another pseudonym. This should be good for a few laughs until Cameron drops the ban hammer down again.