A friend of mine who sat in the jumpseat took some pics.
My instructor gave me a hard time.
Take-off in ostend-Bruges to Charleroi where I had to make a crosswind landing.
From there we flew back to Ostend where the weather was much better, and the landing also much easier.
All the people who say that pilots don't have to do anything I dare to try and land a plane in this sim. I'm starting to realise now how respectful a pilot's job is.
The man sitting on the right is the owner of this club.
He plays the role of PNF ( pilot non flying ) and is programming the FMC ( flight management computer )
Off course there are some small differences compared with the real thing.
For example : there's only one CDU ( on the left side )
There's also only one nose wheel tiller ( to steer the noseweel ), at the captain's side.
Therefore I'm sitting in the left seat , although I wear a FO uniform with only 3 golden bars.
But I feel to young to already wear 4
Here we are checking the overhead panel and performing the before start checklist.
Everything else in this sim is very realistic.
If you start the engines you hear them, if you put on the fuel you actually see the EGT and N1 and N2 indicators move.
Giving the briefing and recalling the call-outs during take-off
Pushing back from the gate at EBOS
Here I'm setting the right heading while checking the EHSI ( Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator )
Too bad it's in Bruges, otherwise I would go there more often.
Now I go once a month or every six weeks.
After the ride in the simulator, we got our own private tour of Luke and got to get so close to F-16s that you could actually touch them.
