Nat King Cole in the DC-3

I was emailing with Dave C on this so I thought I'd share it with the site:

I'm generally an Airline sort of guy and my FS time is shared between realistic Airline Operation (BA, EasyJet, FlyBE, Lufthansa, AA, Virgin A), flying the 737NG, 747RFP, A340, Dash 8, etc .....

But the night before last it was cold and wintery here in North-East England, so I decided to go back in time to the 1940s and take the DC-3 out for a flight.

My route was Newcastle UK (EGNT) - Dublin, Ireland (EIDW), and I set up the "Winter" season, and the "Winter Wonderland" weather theme... I loaded up the DC-3, cold and dark, and with nothing but a blank sheet of paper. then I :-

- Got the MAP up and planned a route that relied on nothing but NDB navigation, using the ADF.

- Cranked up the DC-3, took off into the snow and tuned in the first NDB.

- Then I paused the sim, took out the FS2004 disc, popped "Nat King Cole" into the CD-ROM, opened up Media Player and started the CD (quiet volume), and resumed the flight.....

- so now I'm cruising towards the north west coast of England, with a gorgeous snowy view, lots to keep me busy with the NDB only navigation, and Nat King Cole softly singing to the Passengers and Crew!

- One hour 10 minutes later I made the best "Tail Dragging" landing I've ever done (all down to Nat King Cole), in the ice.

This was the best flight I've ever Sim'd on FS, so it just goes to show, trying something different to what you usually like can work out ot be a great flight on FS !