Coming to the home stretch…
The “Round the World” race in Flight Simulator is coming into it’s home stretch as the teams are finishing up their way across the Atlantic. This was not without drama however. Mad Mike was pulling a late night due to a serious drop off of available pilots. Handing off the baton to jt_dub in Norway, Team AVSim knew they’d have to hustle - Team FlightSim.com had nearly 6 hours in bonus airport scores ahead of them. About 1.5 hours into Jeff’s 2.5 hour flight disaster struck - his computer crashed, forcing a baton handoff to his wingman who was about 20 minutes behind. Not only would Team AVSim arrive 20 minutes later, but would incur a 30 minute delay on the ground before starting the next leg.
The team was devistated by this event, the long hours and lack of sleep seriously caused spirits to sink. However, while waiting out the penalty time, it was noticed that the SAME thing happened to the baton carrier for FlightSim.com! Wow this is getting crazy! Suddenly the team was reinvigorated- we still had a chance. Several of the European pilot contingent woke from their slumber and joined in as well.
After taking care of our two 65N requirements, AVSim hit our 2nd below sea level requirement by a stop in Rotterdam, finished off our jet corridor by returning to Cork, Ireland. A quick hop back to mainland Europe and then a run down into France was in order with a short hop in an amphibian and a handoff at a lake to finish off our second water transfer. The team then used their “wildcard” to make a final run down across Spain to return to the Canaries. The race for AVSim will complete in the Canaries with a speed run from island to island, to pick up 3 bonus hours. After that, the team will have to sit and wait to see if FlightSim.com can arrive soon enough to allow their bonus time to give them the win or not.
Hold on tight race fans, this is going to be a photo finish!
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