John Lovell Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Continuing on what has turned out to be quite an epic journey, it's time for some recreational fun! I have left the Bird Dog in the maintenance hangar at Starks and borrowed a trusty old Cesena to take me on a short hope to North Plains air strip.... to try my hands on some gliding! Trying to make it out of here before night falls, otherwise will be difficult to see the landing strip at night!.... departing Starks Making a turn to the east, North Plains isn’t too far a journey, but still gotta get a move on before the sun goes down Keeping her at just above 2000 ft, some good visibility.. a little hazy but ok North Plains just to the left, need to make the turn soon On finals and just enough visibility to make it down safe Not many people about, the gliding club have all mostly gone home Will take this glider up tomorrow That's enough for today, gonna get some ZZZZzzzs and wait til the morning to get in the air again 9am and weather looks good!.. Should be a few nice thermals to catch from such a warm and dry evening Tow plane taking me up Head for the mountains where there maybe some ridge lift Need some more altitude to gain some advantage That should do it, see ya around! Fry me a kipper, I’ll be home for breakfast! Head for the hills That is some wing span!... really catching the lift here! Looking slightly threatening with that cloud, but I think I’ll find some ridge lift in those hills Not trying to wander too far off, just making a pass over North Plains airstrip Coming down just slightly, but this bird really wants to stay in the air Coming back down just over the town and on approach Easy does it Gonna enjoy that Kipper for breakfast now. Gonna stick around here for a while and make my way back to Starks in the afternoon. Will reclaim the Bird Dog from there and head further east along the Hood river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castelberg Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Amazing shots. Most of all the sailplane pics. Regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Sure are a great set and what a trip this is turning out to be. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo32 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 stunning shot my friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 What a great story John and superb screenies. I too love gliding and have only just got back into it. Tell me though, do you have Cumulus X?? If not and you are at all interested in gliding then it is a MUST HAVE http://www.luerkens.homepage.t-online.de/peter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lovell Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 What a great story John and superb screenies. I too love gliding and have only just got back into it. Tell me though, do you have Cumulus X?? If not and you are at all interested in gliding then it is a MUST HAVE http://www.luerkens....nline.de/peter/ Looks really interesting. I must admit, I really enjoyed gliding, especially with the A2A acufeel pack, to hear the creeks and wind really made the whole experience more enjoyable. I would certainly like to get into gliding more, but my problem is keeping it up! pardon the pun :lol: :lol: So this Cumulus X looks really promising! Gonna have a read up on it... but is it a stand alone weather engine for fsx?... Cos I do like me open clouds Thanks Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric C Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 What an amazing set here John, love all the these shots and especially love the commentary. Keep them coming, and looking forward to the next stop in the journey my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McAllan Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Great set John... you left your gear down though You'll find markedly better performance if you remember to pull your feet up!! And there's something seriously wrong with the attachment point for the tow cable on that bird. Cheers, Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxcar Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 . Wow, this glider field is certainly a must for enthusiasts, John. Thanks for showing her. Those glider & towplane shots are truly breathtaking ones. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 A great series John - quality stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Looks really interesting. I must admit, I really enjoyed gliding, especially with the A2A acufeel pack, to hear the creeks and wind really made the whole experience more enjoyable. I would certainly like to get into gliding more, but my problem is keeping it up! pardon the pun :lol: :lol: So this Cumulus X looks really promising! Gonna have a read up on it... but is it a stand alone weather engine for fsx?... Cos I do like me open clouds Thanks Howard I tried to PM you John but with little success... Cumulus X, yes, it is a stand alone program and integrates with third party weather engines such as Rex and Open Cloud(?) It creates thermals and ridge lift which replicates the current weather pattern and direction of the sun. It is a free addon (think it still is) creates it's own module folder in FSX and starts when FSX is started. You must get it John, it will completely change the way you fly gliders, after all, gliding is about using thermals and ridge lift. If you need any further help just PM me, cheers, Howard BTW, the only thing to remember is not to run it unless gliding as I have found it can cause a few stutters in certain scenarios if not gliding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lovell Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 I tried to PM you John but with little success... Cumulus X, yes, it is a stand alone program and integrates with third party weather engines such as Rex and Open Cloud(?) It creates thermals and ridge lift which replicates the current weather pattern and direction of the sun. It is a free addon (think it still is) creates it's own module folder in FSX and starts when FSX is started. You must get it John, it will completely change the way you fly gliders, after all, gliding is about using thermals and ridge lift. If you need any further help just PM me, cheers, Howard BTW, the only thing to remember is not to run it unless gliding as I have found it can cause a few stutters in certain scenarios if not gliding. Thank you Howard that is most useful. I will for sure try this amazing piece of software, from what I have read up on, looks like a really nice piece of kit to have for gliding. I really look forward to giving this a go and experience what it must almost be like to soar! Cheers for th heads up, well appreciated. Ps, I had to clear out some messages from my inbox, I maxed it out.. but all ok now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba43 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I haven't done gliding in FSX in quite some time. How do you get the towplane to appear for your glider so you can get airborne? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Goff Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Very nice! Thanks for sharing, North Plains is a fun little strip for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I haven't done gliding in FSX in quite some time. How do you get the towplane to appear for your glider so you can get airborne? Thanks I think it's control+shift+T or Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Great trip, great story, great shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davepdx Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I was just getting ready to post some North Plains shots, yours are better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba43 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 That's it. Thanks Crtl-shift-Y Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex330 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 That's a fantastic set! Soaring seems just the way to experience the ORBX world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McAllan Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 That's a fantastic set! Soaring seems just the way to experience the ORBX world Soaring is THE way to experience flying full stop Cheers, Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan2 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I was just getting ready to post some North Plains shots, yours are better. lol , the competition is over Dave . Have done a very small amount of gliding - its quite fun . I went flying GA and sometimes found myself rising 600 ft/min - Cumulous X works ! . Some of us requested something from REX for something similar , maybe Essentials might deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lovell Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 lol , the competition is over Dave . Have done a very small amount of gliding - its quite fun . I went flying GA and sometimes found myself rising 600 ft/min - Cumulous X works ! . Some of us requested something from REX for something similar , maybe Essentials might deliver. Wouldnt it be great if we could organise an online gliding race or something.. Darrington to Starks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Wouldnt it be great if we could organise an online gliding race or something.. Darrington to Starks Wonderful pictures John and indeed: That race is a fabulous idea - just imagining all kind of glider-racing teams around PNW now with all it takes... especially some wonderful ladies at possible pit stops in between! ... well: I better focus on flying again ! But - said again: Super pictures - and if a race should really take place, I will certainly join in that fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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