Maybe I'll go back and recreate some of my adventures in the Cherokee and the Saratoga, but now I'll skip to the end of my flying career. I went back to Texas for a stab at a commercial license, hoping to fly for a living. This is a simulation of my first multiengine lesson. I have successfully installed a Duchess on the FS2004. It looks a little boxy, and compared to the Beech Baron, small and ugly, but it is painted exactly like the one I flew in Georgetown. Inside, the instruments are sparse, with no airspeed indicator and no engine instruments that I can find. The simulation is less than realistic, mostly because my CH yoke has only one throttle, prop, and mixture lever. I am anxious to fly it, though, and rev the engines to depart Georgetown Municipal. It climbs well, and I observe the gear going up from outside the plane. I fly around and enjoy the view from inside and out. The scenery is familiar from my time with the Redbird simulator and from my time in Georgetown. The greens and browns of Texas are back, but at least there is a lake and a river. Even without the multiengine controls, I think I will be able to recreate some of my commercial training, if I can remember how to fly VOR’ s and ILS’s. I return to GTU for a straight-in approach and bounce to a landing.

VIRTUAL LOGBOOK

Twin Engine: Beech Duchess

BE76 G-BOFC (FS2004/FS9)

From: KGTU (Georgetown, Texas)

To: local

Landings: 1

MEL: 0.4 hours

LOGBOOK

Twin Engine: Beech Duchess

June 6, 1999

BE76 N60014

From: GTU (Georgetown, Texas)

To: local

Landings: 3

MEL (Multiengine Land): 1.4 hours

The only important plane I have left to simulate is the Grob 109 Motoglider. I have found a file, but I have yet to make it work.