frog_flyer
FredFlyer
Rausda27 offered many moons ago to get me some sim time at FSI if I ever got out to ATL. I finally made it out last night and got to dink around in the CRJ700 and King Air 200.
In the CRJ we started out at ATL at C23. I made a drunk-like taxi to 8R and did the donkey balls 3 departure, I-can't-recall transition. We went up to 280 and just about immediately started our descent into CLT. The poor passengers didn't have any air because we turned the APU off after departure and did not turn the engine bleeds on. Sorry, grandma. PS, VNAV is freakin' cool.
Did a landing or two there, dinked a little more, and then headed to the King Air. We flew from KDAL, and eventually made our way to DFW as soon as the sim displayed the airport. Rausda failed his engine on final and apparently forgot that you can feather a prop!
Hanyway, Dan put me up in the Quality Thug Airport Inn. Dan insisted on paying for a hotel for me. As he drove off, he could see me walking in my door from the outside, and yelled to me "Make sure it locks from the inside!" He called me 10 minutes later to ask if I had found a dead hooker in the room yet. Nice.
Then I walked around the motel looking for the 2 stews that Dan said were hot. Didn't find em, but I did find some homies playing dice behind a fire barrel, and some guys freestyle rapping in the lobby. Gotta love Atlanta. It's very nice on the inside though. I slept through my first 3 flights and finally managed to get out of bed. From hotel bed to airplane seat in 33 minutes. Beat that!
Anyway, I thought I'd make this post to officially thank Dan for his hospitality and for being an awesome dude. I was originally supposed to get in around 745, and didn't arrive until after 9pm due to AA's usual shenanigans. We dinked around in the sim until after 11pm. Poor Mrs. Rausda27.
Thanks again, Capt. Winters.
In the CRJ we started out at ATL at C23. I made a drunk-like taxi to 8R and did the donkey balls 3 departure, I-can't-recall transition. We went up to 280 and just about immediately started our descent into CLT. The poor passengers didn't have any air because we turned the APU off after departure and did not turn the engine bleeds on. Sorry, grandma. PS, VNAV is freakin' cool.
Did a landing or two there, dinked a little more, and then headed to the King Air. We flew from KDAL, and eventually made our way to DFW as soon as the sim displayed the airport. Rausda failed his engine on final and apparently forgot that you can feather a prop!
Hanyway, Dan put me up in the Quality Thug Airport Inn. Dan insisted on paying for a hotel for me. As he drove off, he could see me walking in my door from the outside, and yelled to me "Make sure it locks from the inside!" He called me 10 minutes later to ask if I had found a dead hooker in the room yet. Nice.
Then I walked around the motel looking for the 2 stews that Dan said were hot. Didn't find em, but I did find some homies playing dice behind a fire barrel, and some guys freestyle rapping in the lobby. Gotta love Atlanta. It's very nice on the inside though. I slept through my first 3 flights and finally managed to get out of bed. From hotel bed to airplane seat in 33 minutes. Beat that!
Anyway, I thought I'd make this post to officially thank Dan for his hospitality and for being an awesome dude. I was originally supposed to get in around 745, and didn't arrive until after 9pm due to AA's usual shenanigans. We dinked around in the sim until after 11pm. Poor Mrs. Rausda27.
Thanks again, Capt. Winters.