Post by Markoz on Mar 21st, 2019 at 9:27pm
Yseterday (21 March 2019), my wife and I had the pleasure of meeting Lou, and his wife, when the cruise ship they are on (the Viking Sun) visited Geelong (Victoria, Australia) for the day.
We were given a tour of the beautiful ship, and had a lovely lunch in one of the restaurants on board. The crew were courteous, and very helpful, and I was very surprised to see that the ship was more like a 5 star hotel, than a ship!
I also had the great fortune to watch Lou fly the Captain Sim 757 III, from Sydney (YSSY), past the Sydney Opera House, then fly under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, before climbing and then returning to land at SYD. Lou also did a couple of short replays during the flight, just to show how some maneuvers looked in an external view. This was a personal demonstration, of the type of things Lou does, when he gives his talks on the ship, with regards to being a commercial pilot. As a part of the tour, we visited the conference room (I forget what Lou called the huge room (theatre?)).
Lou also gives night talks about astronomy on the ship, which would be awesome when you are far out to sea, with no city lights, or smog to interfere with the view of the stars.
Group photo - after lunch (left to right, Mark (me), my wife, Lou's wife, and Lou)
Lou and myself on the cabin balcony - a balcony on a ship. Who would have thought the cabin would a balcony?
Another group photo - on one of the ship's tenders, heading back to Geelong Yacht Club.
We had a great time, although time passed so fast and it was over too soon.
We were given a tour of the beautiful ship, and had a lovely lunch in one of the restaurants on board. The crew were courteous, and very helpful, and I was very surprised to see that the ship was more like a 5 star hotel, than a ship!
I also had the great fortune to watch Lou fly the Captain Sim 757 III, from Sydney (YSSY), past the Sydney Opera House, then fly under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, before climbing and then returning to land at SYD. Lou also did a couple of short replays during the flight, just to show how some maneuvers looked in an external view. This was a personal demonstration, of the type of things Lou does, when he gives his talks on the ship, with regards to being a commercial pilot. As a part of the tour, we visited the conference room (I forget what Lou called the huge room (theatre?)).
Lou also gives night talks about astronomy on the ship, which would be awesome when you are far out to sea, with no city lights, or smog to interfere with the view of the stars.
Group photo - after lunch (left to right, Mark (me), my wife, Lou's wife, and Lou)
Lou and myself on the cabin balcony - a balcony on a ship. Who would have thought the cabin would a balcony?
Another group photo - on one of the ship's tenders, heading back to Geelong Yacht Club.
We had a great time, although time passed so fast and it was over too soon.