CVN George Last Light Ops

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CVN George Last Light Ops

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Great fun last night, Shaggy edited the Case 1 file and put a daylight & last light file together for Trng
Good news was we all made it on, slowly getting to grips with the Comms , need to upgrade my SA during dark hrs, made some basic mistakes.
It's why we train. :)

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use your pit lights and set your hud and display to night mode (red) helps alot with viz
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Pit lights were on dim, I prefer the green
It looked alot darker when we were landing
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Alien wrote: 24 May 2020, 08:23 Pit lights were on dim, I prefer the green
It looked alot darker when we were landing
nice formation flying lads, wish i wasnt too tired to join
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sounds like a poor excuse to me Shane/FC! ;)
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Shaggy wrote: 24 May 2020, 08:43 sounds like a poor excuse to me Shane/FC! ;)
piss poor, but thats me so get used to it :lol:
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I'm surprised that I got a close as I did as I hadn't set the Tacan nor ILS for the landing. Didn't help that it was my first time on the SC and wasn't surecwhat I was looking for. I almost landed on the frigate behind the carrier!

Great fun though chaps.
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Father Cool wrote: 24 May 2020, 08:49 I'm surprised that I got a close as I did as I hadn't set the Tacan nor ILS for the landing. Didn't help that it was my first time on the SC and wasn't surecwhat I was looking for. I almost landed on the frigate behind the carrier!

Great fun though chaps.
in the dark (case 3) you dont do a circuit, its straight in
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Father Cool wrote: 24 May 2020, 08:49 I'm surprised that I got a close as I did as I hadn't set the Tacan nor ILS for the landing. Didn't help that it was my first time on the SC and wasn't surecwhat I was looking for. I almost landed on the frigate behind the carrier!

Great fun though chaps.
Dont panic I spoke to the lead tech this morning and they said that with new wing, engine and a shit load of T-cut with a bit of elbow grease, they will have your bird back up and running for another crash in no time!
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john (scooby) wrote: 24 May 2020, 08:52
Father Cool wrote: 24 May 2020, 08:49 I'm surprised that I got a close as I did as I hadn't set the Tacan nor ILS for the landing. Didn't help that it was my first time on the SC and wasn't surecwhat I was looking for. I almost landed on the frigate behind the carrier!

Great fun though chaps.
in the dark (case 3) you dont do a circuit, its straight in
Well we all did a circuit. I couldn't see shit and had no ILS haha.
Shaggy wrote: 24 May 2020, 08:52 Dont panic I spoke to the lead tech this morning and they said that with new wing, engine and a shit load of T-cut with a bit of elbow grease, they will have your bird back up and running for another crash in no time!
Nice, those techs are awesome. I admire the chilled out deck crew who just stand around watching sunsets while a tomcat spews fire not 50ft away!
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