Hi
Background
Some of you may have noticed that I am an aviation enthusiast and I am very enthusiastic/geeky about flying, and I know a few others on here enjoy what happens in the cockpit as well as just being sat in the back enjoying the champagne.
Over the last year I have been going fairly regularly to a fixed base 737-800 simulator near Rochdale. The simulator is this one
Flightdeck Experience. As well as the cockpit the guy who owns it has built a cabin as well with 12 seats. You can see photos on the website. You actually get a simulated view from the windows as well. It makes it good for group outings and you can sit in the cabin for the time you are not flying in the cockpit. We organised an outing to the simulator as part of the
Leeds Do in April 2015.
I have also organised for two years running an FT trip to the BA 747 simulators at Heathrow with the
details of the recent one here.
You may also remember I took part in Worldflight in November 2015 which is a virtual round the world flight for charity starting in Sydney Australia and flying around the world to end back in Sydney one week later. More details can be found
in this thread.
Charity Event
Starting at 1000 UTC on Monday 11 January a friend of mine Neil Hodgson will be taking part in a 48 hour simulator flyathon in the 737-800 simulator mentioned above. Neil will be in the cockpit all the way through and will not be sleeping! A team of around a dozen others will be helping and flying with him, and I am one of those helping him.
This is a realtime virtual tour around Europe starting in Manchester, UK and fisnihing there 48 hours later to raise money for our chosen charities. We will be flying our fully functional fixed based 737-800 simulator for the 31 flights to circle Europe. It will all be streamed in twitch and a link will be added below should you wish to watch. The virtual ATC network VATSIM are aware of the event so we may have have some virtual ATC at certain points along the route.
Some more information can be found at
https://www.facebook.com/48hrFlightSimChallenge
Charities
We are raising money for three charities, namely
The Christie Charitable Fund which provides support for cancer patients,
North West Air Ambulance, and
Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. All three are fantastic charities and provide so much to help others. If you can please donate something - it would be very much appreciated.
You can donate here -
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team...x48hrchallenge
Schedule and Route
The route starts in Manchester going around Europe in a clockwise direction, and ends in Manchester 48 hours later. The route takes in some challenging airports including Innsbruck, Gibraltar, and Madeira Funchal
My own flights are going to be:
Training Evening
There will also be a training evening on Monday 28 December starting at 1900 UTC where Neil and many of the support team will be flying around. Unfortunately I can’t make it on that date, but it will be streamed
on Twitch here if you want to watch.
So come watch on twitch, support us, and donate if you want to as well.