Sunday 22 April 2007

Dublin-Stansted

We departed Dublin at 7:15 A.M. fsx time. I knew there was bad weather ahead but what i didn't know was how bad it really was.
By now we had reached our cruising altitude of 23,000 feet or flight level 230.
A short bit after half way we began our slow decent to 5,000 feet.It was a bumpy ride down!
We saw ahead of us what real-world pilots call "A bowling alley" (Clouds on either side of the airfield closing in) It was at that very moment when we used the name "Bowling alley" that we became aware what the situation was.
As we started the before landing checklist we began to feel more and more under time pressure. Just as we got under some clouds it started to rain. We decided that I would do the approach and landing at Stansted. Thank you for reading this post, part 3 Should be out in the next 7 days.

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