Another homecoming -- my summer home is in Chapel Hill, NC, so when I saw these jobs available I just had to take them. I have 1 North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor, 1 Duke University Student, and 1 Stewardess all going to Raleigh-Durham International.
End: KRDU, 0722; $6814.45 and 35gal
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RDU in FSE is not like RDU in real life. With 3 small exceptions, all the jobs were pointed back to Charlotte. Luckily for me, one of the small jobs was going to Washington Executive, just outside of DC. So, I'm taking 1 Raleigh passenger on a tour of our nation's capitol.
The thirty knot crosswind en route makes me glad I installed the GPS system -- let it deal with the course corrections!
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| The Mall |
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| Smithsonian Castle and the National Air & Space Museum |
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| The White House, Capitol, Washington Monument and more |
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Well, this is kismet! I had really only planned on doing DC today, but it's awfully early. My next destination is New York City. And here at this little airstrip in suburban Maryland, there's a job going to JFK! I've just got enough fuel to make it, so I'm going for it. I'll take 2 Potomac passengers straight to JFK, after a brief aerial tour of Manhattan.
But first, a quick detour to fly over the University of Maryland (where I got my BS [no pun intended!]). It's probably not specifically included in FSX, but I gotta see!
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| University of Maryland, College Park (looks like a golf course to me!) |
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| Philly (pretty nice for auto-gen!) |
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| Approaching Manhattan |
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| My son Tony lives down in there somewhere! |
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| Empire State and Chrysler Buildings |
New York City is fabulous, but it brought my system to its knees. I was getting framerates of 2 to 3, and then the display stopped updating entirely. It made landing at JFK challenging to say the least, but by switching between the cockpit and outside views, I was able to get an occasional glimpse and managed to land safely.
End: KJKF, 1312; $8978.95 and 4gal
Total Distance Flown: 54,437 nautical miles
Total v$ Deposited: $230,000
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