ATC "simulator"

Here's your chance to become the world's best Air Traffic Controller... well, maybe not, but it's fun none the less!

Just click here and follow the instructions!

Don't look too closely... whoever created this game thought that landing with a massive tail-wind is a good idea. Doh! Anyway, enjoy!

Spit Roast and Quiz Night 2009

After the excitement of a trip to Omaka and various other "stuff" that occured on Saturday, what better way to finish of the day with the Wellington Aero Club's annual Spit Roast and Quiz Night!

The food was delicious [as always], and the quiz was a load of fun also. There was only one aviation section which involved providing the name of the airline to match the tail logo. Needless to say we did quite well at that section - unfortunately so did everyone else :-)

I'm pleased to say that Bronnies Team [named after the person who protested last when we were deciding the team name] did not come last - in fact we came TOP [of the bottom three]. Darn! :-)

The night wasn't a total waste however, since the All Blacks beat the Wallabies 19-18 [Rugby Union for the uninitiated] - I look forward to seeing photos of the Prime Minister of Australia [Kevin Rudd] wearing an All Black tie on Monday as "punishment" for his national team losing the game :-)

Are your reaction times any good?

Here's a fun site that allows you to test your reaction times. It's based in Adobe Flash, so you'll need a plugin for this [most browsers have this anyway].

Unfortunately, it's quite addictive!

Sheep Reaction

Leave a comment with your best reaction times!

RAF Careers Drop Zone Skill Testing Site

Similar to the helicopter game I posted about a couple of months ago [http://flyinggeek.blogspot.com/2007/08/online-game.html], here's one from the RAF. The idea is to drop the packages on the target - not always easy, but still addictive. Enjoy!

http://www.rafcareers.com/altitude/games/dz_game/dzgame.cfm

An online game

Click the link for an online copter game. Rules are simple - left-click for up, release for down. Don't hit anything!

Very addictive!

http://www.hurtwood.demon.co.uk/Fun/copter.swf

Parachute Jump

Check out this link - it's a very addictive game, so try not to spend all day playing!

http://www.bassfiles.net/parachute.swf

Calling all Brainiacs!

Here's a brain test for you.

Take a look at the picture below [the picture is not to scale].

What you are looking at is a picture of 2 black poles sitting in the green ground. The black poles stick out of the ground 4 meters.

There is a brown rope strung between the poles, and it is 2 meters long.

The brown rope hangs down 1 meter.

Question: What is the distance between the poles?

Answers can be left in the comments. First one to get it right gets the grand reward of the admiration of their peers. Sort of! Anyway, here is the picture: