I really enjoy flying the RFP since it does require so much more attention in the air, but my installation seems to be unusually fragile, and no amount of re-loading seems to cure the problems. It's almost as though I need to go through a very precise ritual, opening programs in their proper order, or I'll have no end of trouble. Usually the engines just shutdown somewhere mid flight or on the tarmac and will not relight. Since I don't think GCP saves INS information, I kind of resign myself to go back and start the flight over again. Yesterday, I started flying a single, eight hour flight at 9am local. By the time I was done, I had reloaded the flight no less than five times, only got off the ground three times, had two engine failures, two episodes where the INS would not fully align (only to 6/9 on the CIVA, very strange), and finally resigned myself to flying at compressed time (which I really resent
). On that flight everything came up perfect, I took off into the Nairobi dawn, only to realize I had forgot to begin logging GCP
. Still, I can't pull myself away. After a short break, I'm back at the controls, entering figures, bringing the beast back to life. I finally landed in Moscow at midnight, having flown at breakneck speed, frantically trying to update the INS at 4X. And, to add insult to injury, I violated the 8X rule for a split second
(too many key punches), for which I hope I won't be punished. (Luc, did you get the email?
) Yet, as we speak, I'm looking over the available flights for the 742. I must be mad.
Jay
