OSH Arrivals -- The Kiwi is Ready

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:01:30 -0700, Jay Honeck wrote:

Okay, so I spent a couple of hours today ("Honest, Mary, the guys
*asked* me to do this!") setting up some OSH arrival scenarios in the
Kiwi, our full-sized flight simulator at our aviation-theme-suite
hotel. (See it he http://alexisparkinn.com/flight_simulator.htm)

The first scenario starts you over Ripon, flying down the railroad
tracks toward FISK. You can follow the tracks all the way into a
right downwind for Rwy 27 (or a straight-in for Rwy 9), just like the
real deal.

No mention about traffic...which is probably one of the biggest challenges of
the Ripon arrival. The guy in the pilot seat spends his time staring out the
front window and at the gauges.

Tell ya what... station about five guys around the room 15-20' from the guy in
the Kiwi, with sheets of ordinary typing paper. Every ten seconds, have one
start noisily crunching one into a ball. Have them throw them at the pilot's
head at random intervals. The pilot has to bat it away with one hand (while
flying the Ripon approach) or everyone starts screaming, "MIDAIR! MIDAIR!
MIDAIR!"

Ron Wanttaja