All flights were conducted:
- Using real world weather. Some planned flights had to be scrubbed due to weather.
- Max altitude limited to 12,500' (non pressurized cabin)
- Fuel planned so that the minimum fuel on board at destination 45 minutes.
- Followed low enroute charts and charted Victor airways. No direct to's here.
- Some night time flights were done during the day
- Minimum airplane movements with no PAX.
- No time compression.
Skyvector link: http://skyvector.com/?ll=35.97444985185 ... :A.K2.KHND
Lesson's learned:
- My short field technique needs a TON of work. Over ran the rough asphalt strip at NM53 by a large amount. Didn't help misreading the windsock and landing with a 10 knot tail wind. Strip was very rough with what appeared to be ZERO braking effort. Felt like riding a roller coaster while holding a tiger by the tail!
- First totally blown GUMPS check with a wheels up landing. Really need to make better use of check lists.
- It is possible to earn good FSE v$'s during a re-positioning flight.
- I'm still amazed just how much time it does take to find good assignments heading in the correct directions. Did have some good assignments that had to be cancelled due to poor weather.
- It does take some pressure off the urge to cut time off of the Hobbs meter when the airplane being rented is your own plane.
- Having your own plane doesn't save as much as I expected. If I had rented someone else's plane it would have cost an additional 3,381.24. Which is less than 10%. However it is nice not to pay rent.
- Check to be sure the destination is actually in your sim's database. One flight had to be cancelled after VOR/DME said I had arrived. However there was no field to be found. Was easier to cancel the flight with the lesson learned.
Looking forward to even more "options" for online PE flights. Need to go work back in some "Alphabet challenge" flights between chasing v$'s.