[jhb] Re: Pirep Query

  • From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:00:48 +0100

Just note the flight time you want to book and add this to the initial
departure time to get a (fictitious) landing time. Just ignore the fact that
you split the flight into two. It will flag up an error when I process the
pirep but I can override this.

bones
bones@xxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 14 April 2010 17:48
To: JHB Restricted
Subject: [jhb] Pirep Query

I started a flight, at sparrow f..t today, from San Diego to Honolulu. 
Duration was estimated at 4hrs 45 mins, not allowing for winds.

I departed at 0748 Ramsey time, so was facing a lunchtime landing. 
Unfortunately SWMBO decided it would be a good idea to go shopping in 
Douglas and that meant leaving about 11 am. Exhibiting a marked degree 
of LMF, I agreed, made a note of the time, saved my in flight situation 
and exited IVAO, just before exiting Ramsey.

Back in the house once again and I connected to IVAO and finished the 
flight.

Should I book the flight as having departed when I did and landed when I 
first connected? Should I add the two times together and derive my exact 
time of arrival by adding the total time to my actual departure time? Do 
I have to write off the entire flight? Answers on a piece of brown paper 
please.

BTW, Honolulu is an excellent FSX destination. My landing was to rwy 
26L, where the ILS localiser (no Glideslope provided) is offset onto a 
heading of 308 deg, to avoid the city's high rise buildings. Once on the 
ground and it covers a much bigger area than Thiefrow. It's a pity that 
FSX's AI seems incapable of following offset approaches, ploughing on 
using the runway heading.

Gerry Winskill


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