Another day, another year

Happy New Year to anyone who stumbles across this blog. I don't expect it to be too many ;)

So, how did you spend your new year's eve party?

I went way off the beaten track and flew a "Tube" - shock, horror, dismay! Some youngster had pestered me enough with an interesting challenge to repaint an Embraer 170, so in the end I did. I am not overly happy with the result, but I wasn't too unhappy either, so in the end I caved in and let him have it "as-is".

But those of you as knows me (and my little grammatical and authorial idiosyncrasies) will know that I don't fly tubes. That is not real flying. It's bus driving... Horrible ghastly thing to do.

Anyway, I painted the beast, so I had to go fly it, didn't I? Gawd 'ow borin'!!!

Set cruise altitude, set height hold on the AP, set speed on the speed hold, push the throttle forward. Retract gear once up, set bearing on heading hold. Keep your radios n and follow ATC instructions. Set flaps, switch AP off, lower gear, land and follow taxi instructions. Shut down.

Enjoy the slide-show: