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Message started by JayG on Feb 21st, 2011 at 5:11pm

Title: Re: Lou - STORIES
Post by LOU on Feb 16th, 2021 at 1:55pm
Before I retired back in 2005, I always loved to fly visual approaches.  When I was still flying the Boeing 727 back in the dark ages, you really had to keep up with the beast.  The 727 and the 747 were great fun flying something like the visual to RW 13L at JFK, also the Expressway Visual to RW 31 at LGA was fun in the 727.  So after retirement, I was thrilled to fly the CS 727 and re-live all those fun landings.  Then CS comes out with the 757.  This was and still is my favorite plane to fly.  The CS 757 flies just like the real plane and the cockpit is as real as it gets.

If you want to have some fun, download the River Visual to RW 19 at DCA.
https://skyvector.com/files/tpp/2101/pdf/00443RIVER_VIS19.PDF

Flying this approach in the CS 757 is one of my favorite maneuvers.  You can try it with any of the CS planes like the 727, 737 or the C-130 - all will keep you busy and teach you how to manage the plane with out using the autopilot.  When you get pretty good at hand flying the 757, try adding some weather like rain or a crosswind. 

Great fun indeed!

Stay safe  8-)
Lou

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