OK, I finally decided to take a break playing with all the systems and fly STS-1 start to finish. Smooth flight and no problems except for one that you guys might get a chuckle out of:
I actually blew the landing the first couple of times because I thought the HUD runway cue was somehow messed up because it didn't coincide with what I thought I was looking at on the ground - I kept seeing that nice, gleaming paved runway off to the left and further downrange, closer to all the buildings (I think it must be RW 22 if I am looking at the EDW charts correctly). I made a couple of nice landings there, too, but of course the sim said otherwise - wasted the Shuttle and crew
. Oh well, I then tried to land where the HUD told me and saw the RW markings as I got closer in - mission successful
.
Zen