Wow, what an event. At one point, there were 23 planes in the Pilot list, that's quite a lot. I am very glad so many liked the idea and joined the event in the end. Thank you to every one who was there!
There was no problem whatsoever with getting all planes up in the air. We all circled above that NDB at ENAL, then headed into the fjords. Cool! The mass simultaneous landing in the fjord was definitely spectacular. Unfortunately, some of us had to leave there due to other duties. After taking off again, we approached Hoynes NDB at 4500ft or so, and circled there until jomo picked us up one after the other. The long line of nicely separated aircraft nicely approached ENSD.
Finally, things got very messed up around the final approach where pilots arrived too high, not in the right spot, stalled and crashed along the way, there were simply too many etc. That doesn't really matter in the end, since every pilot involved was extremely keen to follow ATC instructions and to do things "right". I was totally surprised and glad to see so many following the suggested approach procedure. Wow! It is clear that most of us have been practising flying and following ATC instructions a lot. Congratulations, because we did very well overall.
mifi wrote:It is a pity that at the end the remarks about "people not knowing how to follow instructions" that were made on fgcom spioled the fun.
Yes, I can understand that. At the time I made these remarks I had spent a long time up at Hoynes NDB circling and waiting that I could approach. Waiting up there, I saw how Jomo struggled with some pilots who had trouble following his instructions and finding the runway. And I also sensed that he was getting annoyed at that point and felt responsible, because I had asked him to take that role. That tension still guided me when I commented on the approach at the end of the event.
Now, with one hour distance, I can say that I was really amazed how well it went. I should remind myself how long it took me to learn to fly these planes and to navigate. I remember that when I first got into multiplayer mode, I saw this big bunch of planes in France somewhere near the Channel. I had no idea what they were doing and was pretty confused actually. At that time I didn't even know about this forum. So what does that little story mean: We all started somewhere and it's great to have those on board who are still learning. We all did very well up in Norway.
Bruno and digriz: Thank you for the great photos.
Thanks to everyone
David