Friday, June 23, 2017

[Falcon 4 BMS] Mirage 2000-5 : Wingman

Next step in my training is flying as a wingman for an AI aircraft. For this purpose I created a training flight in which I will only have to follow my leader during a short navigation.

Parking next to my leader
First step is to start the engine and get ready to taxi in time and start taxiing behind my leader.

Taxiing
Last stop on the threshold before taking off. Then I will have to regroup quickly on my leader and try to keep close to him.

Runway threshold
And finally regroup and follow the leader until the landing pattern

Closing in

In formation





Tuesday, June 20, 2017

[Falcon 4 BMS] Mirage 2000-5 : Akrotiri airfield familiarization 2

This is my second familiarization flight on Akrotiri airfield. This one is dedicated to SID and ILS landing.

For this training, I will take off and leave the airfield via EAST SID 3 until EAST POINT which is 30 miles away on the 106° course.
Then I will return to the airfield and land on runway 28 to use the ILS.
Akrotiri's runway 28 is equipped with an ILS which frequency is 109.7. The TACAN channel is 107X.
So did I enter these values in my DED so that I will only have to turn ILS on when approaching the runway.
Setting up ILS
 Then I took off from runway 11 which is in use due to the wind. I followed the 106° bearing until EAST POINT and then came back to the airfield.

Entering the downwind I turned on the ILS and started to align with the glide slope.

Trying to align with the slope
Finally I could easily get exactly on the slope

On the slope
Landing was then just a piece of cake.