Ah well , no VC10 trip as hoped for but 2 1/2 hrs aboard a Tristar again.
A little different this time as we did a total of 12 approaches to demonstrate all scenarios , 6 on R026 and 6 on R06 some as IFR and some as VFR.The good part being that I spent 40mins in the obs seat on the flight deck. They did 2 overshoots and 2 T & G's whilst I was in there. The Touch and goes are quite impressive in a large aircraft.
Other stuff that happened, talked about the VC10( & Tristar) retirement, well thats 2008 on. FSTA as we know is yet to be decided (or is it!).BZN will have VC10, Tristar,(until FSTA), C130 (until T400M) and C130J as well as C17(it was indicated that numbers might increase of these as well). Oh and three PA28's !!.
All in all an enjoyable afternoon out.
Phil