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Post by Rob F on Feb 24, 2017 23:34:12 GMT
Thanks John for your on going support, ot is most appreciated by all.
Rob
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Post by Rob F on Feb 17, 2017 23:10:22 GMT
Urs, please pass on to PHIL,
My BBQ request......two dozen large pacific oysters with finely chopped bacon and cheese on top just lightly melted. one large crayfish diced in the shell and warmed, served with black bean sauce.
Wine and beer and let's try all the other drinks that are there.........
Rob
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Post by Rob F on Feb 16, 2017 23:23:22 GMT
Yep, Cambridge is the final challenge, I don't want to make everything toooooooo easy for the expert pilots flying.
Another suggestion apart from Philippe's advice is have a little fly around the Cambridge area at dusk and become a little familiar with the approach before setting out on leg 10. We definitely do not want you to miss the farewell BBQ and grog that Urs chef is preparing.
Happy landings Rob
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Post by Rob F on Feb 15, 2017 23:48:49 GMT
Great screenies and commentary guys and we are only on leg 1 . Looking forward to the next 9 legs.
Thom, the little pyramids are called the Glass House Mountains, I can see them from my home.
Happy GAAR flying.
Rob
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Post by Rob F on Feb 8, 2017 23:09:10 GMT
Hi David,
Allan is the man that does all the number crunching for the flight times, he maybe able to explain the allowances etc.....
With your Caribou, back in 2015 I bought the Virtavia C-7 Caribou and flew it in the first NZAR. It is not the greatest Addon in the world but acceptable and is cheap at around USD $15. It is the piston engine version with cockpit and sound.
If you know how to tweek files etc it may be possible to make a good aircraft from this download.
Cheers Rob
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Post by Rob F on Feb 8, 2017 22:40:07 GMT
Hi Paughco,
Must be very heavy cloud, your photo is just a white square and we would like to see it. :-)
Just guessing but your photo may have been to large for the forum, you may have to reduce its size.
Rob
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Post by Rob F on Feb 8, 2017 12:08:27 GMT
No worries Ken, we are happy to help out.
Have a great time with the GAAR.
Rob
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Post by Rob F on Feb 8, 2017 10:20:09 GMT
The GAAR has been running for around 20 years and to the best of my knowledge the timing has never really been updated. I am not sure that we even had the downloadable timer in the early GAAR,s
The GAAR is a "Let's have Fun" event, as you will discover once the event officially starts with comments and screen shots going back and forth in the forums. The idea behind displaying your leg times is to see how close you can get to your time with the normal operation of your aircraft, so you are competing against yourself and your ability as the pilot, nobody flying the event really cares if you arrive late or early. I myself do not even look at my leg times till after I fly the leg, I do not re- fly the leg if my timing is out, I just submit the time it took me. If you are not happy with your leg time, you may fly the leg as many times as you wish to improve your time but please only submit ONE Pirep per leg.
Now back to your original question, Philippe is right if you are using the download timer, if you are happy with the leg time then submit that time. If you are using your aircrafts clock and are happy with your time submit the time from Brakes Release for take- off to Wheels Stopped on your landing roll "on the runway",
Hope that anwers your question and that you have lots of fun and enjoyment fly the GAAR.
Cheers and happy flights Rob GAAR Flight Planning
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Post by Rob F on Feb 7, 2017 9:33:28 GMT
Hi ,
Hope that you enjoy your first GAAR.
ATC is not advised for two reasons. Many of the airfields that we visit during the event do not have ATC, they are report your intentions and see and be seem. Second is that your departure and arrival runways are listed on your flight plan, you are meant to use these runways as listed and follow all en-route information on the flight plan for each leg.
It is not mandatory to fly a circuit before landing. You may find on some approaches that you may be fairly well aligned with the landing runway, if so, it is permissible to fly a straight in approach. Each pilot is the captain of his ship so the diccissions are up to you.
Everybody gets first prize which is to get the most enjoyment and fun from the rally as you can......:-)
If you have any more questions please ask and have a fun rally.
Rob GAAR Flight Planning
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Post by Rob F on Jan 31, 2017 9:08:46 GMT
No problem
There is a touch and go in leg 9, this is also linked to an ILS approach for those that wish to do so, the ILS is not compulsory.
Rob
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Post by Rob F on Jan 30, 2017 22:38:21 GMT
Simon,
The middle airfield "Cessnock" is a full stop landing. The first leg, Port Macquarie to Cessnock, set your sim to the departure information at Port Macquarie and fly to Cessnock. Record your time in the usual way, brakes release to full stop on the runway, write the time down on a piece of paper or whatever, do not submit it.
Reset your sim for the second leg to the departure information from Cessnock and fly to Camden, record your time for that leg then add the two times together and submit the total.
Example....Port Macquarie to Cessnock.........35 minutes Cessnock to Camden....................40 minutes Total...............................................75 minutes Submit the total only 75 minutes for leg 4 on your Pirep.
Hope that explains it.
Rob
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Post by Rob F on Jan 28, 2017 10:12:28 GMT
The planes look nice guys, hope you enjoy the GAAR flying them.
Rob
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Post by Rob F on Jan 28, 2017 10:09:13 GMT
In the movie all the flying scenes of the Stinson were done with a large scale radio controlled model.
Rob
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Post by Rob F on Jan 27, 2017 23:32:16 GMT
How was the movie Urs ?
Naturally dramatised a little for entertainment but fairly close to the real events.
Rob
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Post by Rob F on Jan 20, 2017 12:26:30 GMT
Hi John,
Thanks for your work on the fireworks, I am sure it will be appreciated by all that are flying regardless of runway directions on the various sim's.
As mentioned before, no change to the flight plan and whether you land on runway 12 or 14 I am sure everyone will enjoy the arrival and then there is the big BBQ to follow.
Cheers Rob
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