DVA3356
Captain, B727-200
Joined on July 15 2006
Poynton, Cheshire GB
38 legs, 80.6 hours
7 legs,
19.3 hours online
27 legs,
63.1 hours ACARS
2 legs,
9.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 28 2008 18:27 ET by Andrew Melia
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Hi all, as you may have read in my separate post, I'm on a mission - to fly the 727 coast to coast, the scenic route. I normally fly the Flight one/Dreamfleet 727, but I'm doing this in the DVA fleet 727, and I have a couple of questions. At Fairbanks, in minus 27 degree temperatures, I really struggled to get the engines running. Got it eventually by cycling the fuel shut off valves during the start up. Whats the correct procedure for this model? - the DVA model, not the real aircraft. Also the humming from the instruments when you switch the batteries on is really quite loud, and I can't seem to be able to turn it down. I like the sound, but it drowns out the sound of the engines spooling up - which just thrills me to death, and the default ATC when flying off-line. Any ideas? And finally, everytime I descend, the gear annunciator lights glow red, even when I'm no where near the ground... why is that?
Still, all in all shes a joy to fly, superb panel, and I like the DVA bells and whistles - the ACARS guage, the taxiing tool, runway info and servinfo buttons.
Andrew MeliaCaptain, B727-200
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