1st Flight on FS 2004 KEYW to KFLL

Great job 👍 , especially for the first time. I have the feeling your hooked already.

You bounced because you came at a steep angle. I think, I'm only a tail-dragger.
The big kids will tell you.

It sounds like you didn't flare out before touch down. You never want to land on the nose gear first, flare out so the main gear touches down first then let the nose drop slowly until it touches.

That is a lot better than I did in my first flight. (Flight Simulator 1.0) 😳

CrashGordon wrote:

That is a lot better than I did in my first flight. (Flight Simulator 1.0) 😳

My first experience with a flight simulator (if you can call it that) was on a TI-99A. There were no graphics, I never did figure that one out.LOL

Actually, now that I think about it, the first one I had was Bruce Artwick's for the Commodore 64. Oh do I feel old. 😞

CrashGordon wrote:

Actually, now that I think about it, the first one I had was Bruce Artwick's for the Commodore 64. Oh do I feel old. 😞

We need to take a break.LOL

Welcome aboard asrtosteve.
First flight??? 👍 👍 👍 Very very good job and much much better than the first of mine....

If this was your first flight, I assume you did a quite large amount of studying before getting into your aircraft, because that was better than any flight I could do with the Beechcraft . I'm more of a heavy flier. I'll take anything from a 727 and above, including airbus aircraft. I do occasionaly take the cessna for some practice though. (Whow, drifted off topic there 😕 ). Anyways, congratulations on your first simulated flight. I'm sure there will be more to come, and your bound to arrive at a few complications on your way to the top, and so everyone's here to help you. Welcome to the rising and prosperous FS community

Astrosteve, you did a great first flight! Congratulations!

Maybe, the reason why the nose 👍

Good job....
aloso if the plane is a taildrager it will tend to bounce up 😎

Must have been the Beers !!! My old buddy who Flew for TWA for 20 years said that was common practice in the 60's and early 70's. He remembers one flight from Las Vegas to Boston the whole crew was under the influence and a perfect flight !!! Ah the Good ole Days ..LOL
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tubeamp,

You said "must have been the beers!"

There may be something to it bro. I went on a vacation recently and didn't fly FS for over a week and came back and had trouble on the line up at approach which is something that I had down pretty much pat. A little time off and I was the one that was off. No wonder real-world pilots have to say current and fresh in order to be proficient and effective. Also, the beer issue will indeed deaden the sharpness of the situational senses and cause big problems!! ..Not to say that one should not have 100% fun while enjoying the sim. --Keep on flyin' bro.