Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Flight Sim Adventure Part 1

Happy hump day everybody. Yesterday I spent my free time flight simming again. I decided to do a little adventuring around the midwest. First I took a flight from Champaign to Waukegan (because two of my roommates are from Waukegan).

KCMI (Unitversity of Illinois-Willard Airport):



















to KUGN (Waukegan Regional Airport):


















What a great flight! 144.2 nautical miles, it took me around an hour and a half because the ATC in flight sim likes to take you around your destination airport by far too much, so I think I'll stop using the in game ATC because the vectoring for approaches is horrible... unless that's what it is like in real life.

Weather in Champaign was great, flurries and a solid overcast sky. Flying far enough north though through the cloud deck and I punched out into blue sky with a few scattered clouds the rest of the way to Waukegan just in time for a sunset landing.

Next time I'll take some in game pictures for those intereseted. Next flight I think will be from Waukegan to the Milwaukee area and then onward to Door County.

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