Blue Islands D328

Here's my latest repaint for the PAI D328 at EGJJ (Jersey). Sent to PAI and avsim.com today.

Cheers

Chris

I'm digging through my Airliner World magazine collection looking for new/updated/logojet textures to add. Hopefully UT II will include an updated sched for FS9 users. 0 unassigned textures in my FS world. If you're looking for something in particular, drop me a line.

Cheers

Chris

I hear you brother. I'm in my mid-forties with a roaring career, and fly as much as I can on weekends (in real airplanes, I'm doing my multi-engine training). I get up early for work and do my avsim, UT, PAI surfing and airplane painting while eating my brekkie cereal.  Occasionally, when my wife works nights/weekends or has social enagagements, I get to fly in FS.  She quite rightfully demands some of my attention, and since I like her and she's a keeper, she gets it. Time just seems to roar by.  I'll be on hols in the UK next week so I'll have some time to kick back while the outlaws fill me with beer, food and football

Cheers

Chris

I loved my time in the Warrior, which I flew out of Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto. It was like flying a small airliner and with oleos on all 3 wheels, every landing is a good one, short of pulling the power and yoke all the way back at 50ft! C172s with their steel springs aren't as forgiving.

Here on the west coast, private aircraft are like cars.  With all of the mountains, the only way in and out of coastal communities is by sea or air. The mountains are a bit of a barrier in the winter between here and the prairies but in the summer some of the most beautiful flying anywhere. The southwest corner of B.C. where I fly is also a really busy airspace and in Victoria (CYYJ), my home airport, it isn't unusual to have all 3 crossing runways in use at the same time (lots of land and hold-shorts) and I'm very close to Seattle in the USA.  ATC here is very accomodating to private aircraft and there aren't too many places you can't go. In Toronto, they weren't quite as accomodating around the International but then it was fun to be at eye level with the diners in the CN Tower restaurant (beyond the required minimum distance, of course).

Cheers

Chris

Here you go!

The beautiful British Columbia inside passage northbound out of Campbell River (CYBL). You'r looking northwest towards Seymour Narrows.  This is where "Ripple Rock" was blown up in the 60s in the world's largest non-nuclear explosion.

That's me in the left seat, my buddy Dave taking the self-portrait!

That's me at work at FL280 a few years and ranks ago. Brave lads letting a sailor take the controls, even if he's dressed for the part!

Some days I just love my job. This was one of them.RRRRUUUUSSHHHH or what eh?

Cheers

Chris