A few shots from my 1st flight

[Liam]

Hello everyone,

I'm Liam, 2131, just joined yesterday and got my first flight and initial exam out of the way so I can now relax and enjoy my layover in PANC.

I am very happy to be here and quite excited. I have been simming for a while but have grown bored of the usual and was desperate for a change and stumbled upon Globe Cargo. The choice of flights is great, and I am looking forward to visiting new places albeit virtually.

Anyhow, I took a few pics and thought I would say hi and share,

Nice sunrise shot



Heading NW towards PANC in a constant twilight almost. Never been up here before



Downwind, well on the downwind leg of the RNav arrival for 7R



Final Approach



My 1st landing had to be a fully manual approach



flare



Nice landing



Off loading



I flew this leg on Vatsim but there was no other traffic. I might do the next leg with my AI PANC was very lonely.

Anyway, hello all, looking forward to getting to know you all.

[Ken S]

Very nice screen shots. Welcome aboard.

[Brogs]

Welcome Liam, nice shots

[PKlijnstra]

Great shots Liam Welcome aboard, you will like it here

[John Khan]

Great shots Liam.

I don't know what the official requirements are, but I would suggest putting the gear down a bit earlier. I haven't been on the flight deck of a large aircraft for some years, but there was a requirement to have the gear down before turning onto final at about 9 miles and 3000 ft. Or before the glideslope aquisition, if it was a long straight in approach.

Nowadays there is more emphasis on fuel savings so it could be left till later.

I remember the Captain John Brannan on the Polar DVD complaining about having to put the gear down early on a specific approach into Narita because some ice had fallen out of the gear bay once before and had hurt or killed someone on the ground.

John

[Liam]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I can't honestly remember when I dropped the gear on this flight but was most likely one notch below the GS capture which is what I normally do. Is that incorrect?

[esurfman]

Welcome aboard Liam..hope to see you on our Vatsim flights As far as gear, I put my gear down when I put the flaps at 20 degrees...seems to have seen that in PMDG's manual; but not sure. Anyway, as long as the gear is down before reaching the runway.

[eek]

I've always put mine down when the glide slope starts to move, but that's probably just me.

[rav72]

I've always put mine down when the glide slope starts to move, but that's probably just me.

That's the way some RW SOPs say

Ralf