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[Connellie]

All the best Emmy, Happy Birthday

[Emmy]

Thanks to Stuka and Oliver for putting up with my recruitment hop today...

[Gliptal]

How'd it go?

[Emmy]

Well,

I think I did "ok"

DCS is very different when you know someone is watching, that's for sure. Didn't perform my best start (didn't stick to a good flow in the cockpit) Got off the ground ok. Didn't lose it entering the clag. I misread the Tanker TACAN channel so had to ask for reconfirmation on that. Discovered that I was damn near right on top of the tanker! Bounced around too much trying to get gas but managed to stuff a few thousand pounds in before RTBing. I think I flew the ILS very well. Tried to stay patient and not rush the process. Let the alignment come to me instead of chasing it. I was mentally prepared to turn outbound and do a procedure turn if it felt like I was getting too close too soon but it all centered up nicely. Got a little slow on final at one point but broke out right on the centerline. A bit too aggressive with aero-braking and scraped the tail a bit. Got whoa-ed up, off into the SE EOR to secure stuff and got it shut down in G2.

All in all, I'd give myself maybe a 6/10 on the hop. I know I can do better. Just let the nerves get the better of me a bit.

Big shout out to Snoopy and Recon. I watched both angles of the demo hop they each posted to YouTube. Extremely helpful intel.

"Emmy"

[Gliptal]

Nice. No aerobraking in the A-10 though.

[Emmy]

Holding the stick / yoke back is just force of habit...

Greased the landing though!

[Recon]

Nice work Emmy!

[Emmy]

Thanks Recon!

I've been wearing out your YouTube channel. Good stuff there!

[Connellie]

Actually I should thank Recon too, it's been a big help getting me up to speed.