CplKlinger From United States of America, joined Oct 2010, 145 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (1 year 3 months 3 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 17004 times:
I'm at my home airport of IND. Thinking of maybe either doing some practice runs for a Super Bowl flyover (F-14) or running a few charter flights in the PC-12.
captainmeeerkat From Russia, joined Aug 2010, 354 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (1 year 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 16958 times:
I've been flying from Moscow (DME) to Kazan and return (KZN) today on Level D-767. It's an A319 in real life but S7 have 767 equipment so I'm using FSX poetic license
Have a full S7 itineary planned out for this week...will be fun
Fabo From Slovakia, joined Aug 2005, 1111 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (1 year 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 16944 times:
Boeings in Russia?
Come on, that is booring.
As a matter of fact, I think I will have a go at the next leg of the tour around CIS tonight - couple days ago, I left MNS for LED, today it is out to GOJ, and then its out to SVX and NJC.
Done properly - flying the Tu-154M
Fly with PT!
The light at the end of tunnel turn out to be a lighted sing saying NO EXIT
Speedbird217 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2012, 319 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (1 year 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 16787 times:
Just preparing for the next flight from LAX to ANC. There I'll start my eastbound Round-the-World tour as CPA 3272 on B744F. That should keep me busy for the coming weeks
B747forever From United States of America, joined exactly 6 years ago today! , 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 9, posted (1 year 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 16775 times:
Quoting Fabo (Reply 7): currently enroute on IVAO as MAH745 HEL-BUD in honor of Malev Hungarian Airlines.
Nice.
Currently about 700nm out of ORD from LAX on an AA 738.
captainmeeerkat From Russia, joined Aug 2010, 354 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (1 year 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 16753 times:
Quoting Fabo (Reply 7): Come on now, each and every of the NK-8-2Us produces over 23Klbs of thrust, more than your typical CFM56-5A4 on that A319...
Ok, ok..I'll give you that one!
Quoting Fabo (Reply 7): currently enroute on IVAO as MAH745 HEL-BUD in honor of Malev Hungarian Airlines
I was watching this flight yesterday on FlightRadar24 as it tracked south to Budapest. In the evening, caught the exact same a/c (I forget the reg) as it crossed the Irish Sea. Such a pity for Malev and Hungary.
I just finished a 6hr 30min trip from FRA to KJA on LH Cargo MD11....it's frickin' cold here!
Fabo From Slovakia, joined Aug 2005, 1111 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (1 year 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 16679 times:
Quoting captainmeeerkat (Reply 10): I was watching this flight yesterday on FlightRadar24 as it tracked south to Budapest. In the evening, caught the exact same a/c (I forget the reg) as it crossed the Irish Sea. Such a pity for Malev and Hungary.
Was HA-LOH. Pity indeed...
The light at the end of tunnel turn out to be a lighted sing saying NO EXIT
vhqpa From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1382 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (1 year 3 months 2 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 16631 times:
I'm in my PMDG 747-400X doing a quick flight from YMML-YSSY. Right now I'm descending through FL230 passing overhead TARAL. Next I'll probably take my brand new ATR72 from Flight1 to YSTW and YBBN. I'll post a few pics from my recent flights shortly.
[Edited 2012-02-07 00:17:20]
"There you go ladies and gentleman we're through Mach 1 the speed of sound no bumps no bangs... CONCORDE"
csturdiv From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1351 posts, RR: 3 Reply 16, posted (1 year 3 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 16360 times:
Currently flying ORD-IAD with a UA B772. Due to a slight oversight, I am at FL300 at about 13 miles out from IAD. I got sidetracked and forgot about the sim. I'll have to circle a lot as I descend, but I'll get there eventually.
zkojq From New Zealand, joined Sep 2011, 777 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (1 year 3 months 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 16298 times:
I recently bought a PMDG Boeing 737NGX (worth every cent) and have been putting it to good use:
Auckland-Whenuapai-Auckland a few times in an Air New Zealand -800WL .
Auckland-Wellington in the default PMDG livery -900WL.
Christchurch-Queenstown in an Alliance Airlines -800WL.
A few flights around Rio De Janeiro in the GOL10 years livery (PR-GTF) -800WL.
Helsinki-St Petersburg in a NordStar -800WL.
Prior to all this, I began a flight in a Hong Kong Airlines 747-8i (Skyspirit 2011) from LAX-HKG. The flight was going very well until I needed to go to work. I left the flight with the autopilot activated and the aircraft at FL380 somewhere south of Alaska. When I returned home after work the aircraft had crashed somewhere between Nagoya and Osaka. OOPs
Next flight: St Petersburg-Arkhangelsk in the NordStar 737...
csturdiv From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1351 posts, RR: 3 Reply 22, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 16101 times:
Quoting zkojq (Reply 18): Next flight: St Petersburg-Arkhangelsk in the NordStar 737...
LED is my next destination. Currently I am in KEF. I just finished installing all traffic that operates into LED and need to install my LED scenery and then I can complete the flight.
Harmonium From Denmark, joined Feb 2012, 81 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 16093 times:
I'm rather new, both to A.net and the FS world. But I usually do rather short flights. Typically EHAM-EGLL or KLAX-KLAS. Flights that can easily be done in about an hour. What's the charm of doing transatlantics? I mean, it can't be that interesting to watch the autopilot search for the optimal thrust setting while cruising over the atlantic? Or am I just being weird here?
On topic: I'm on my second approach attempt on a very foggy day in EGLL, coming from EHAM in a KLM 737-800. I was told by ATC to go around on first attempt as a BA 772ER got a liiittle too close on short final
Speedbird217 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2012, 319 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 16089 times:
Quoting Harmonium (Reply 23): What's the charm of doing transatlantics?
Well, I used to fly short legs all the time too. Lately I really enjoy flying the long runs. Of course you don't sit in front of your virtual cockpit for 8 straight hours, that would indeed be very boring and lame. I take off, climb and a little into the cruise, I leave my computer and do other stuff. Inbetween I check if everything is alright, do the occasional step climb or look outside the window if I'm just overflying something interesting.
The "charm" of that is that you land in a different region of the world and really feel like you have flown there, because 8 hours have passed since you took off and you could have flown that onboard a real plane in the same time as well. I personally don't like using timelapse, it just feels weird if you land in IAD 1 hour after you took off in LHR...
AMS-LHR sounds cool.
Tomorrow I'm flying from ANC to KIX in my FedEX MD-11F...that's some 8hrs again.
Harmonium From Denmark, joined Feb 2012, 81 posts, RR: 0 Reply 25, posted (1 year 2 months 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 16176 times:
Quoting Speedbird217 (Reply 24): The "charm" of that is that you land in a different region of the world and really feel like you have flown there, because 8 hours have passed since you took off and you could have flown that onboard a real plane in the same time as well.
Yeah, I can kinda relate to that one. I did one flight from KLAX to KLAS in the early morning. Climbed out of KLAX over the ocean with the rising sun in my face, turned all the way around and climbed over the surrounding mountains with the sun starting to clear the morning's haze, eventually landed in the desert of Nevada. It was quite nice to see the ground turning from green and vigorous to desert
817Dreamliiner From Montserrat, joined Jul 2008, 1403 posts, RR: 1 Reply 26, posted (1 year 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 16106 times:
about to do the return VS1898 SXM-MAN, hope I can make it out of SXM, im sure I can but not really sure, pics from my previous flight in the screenshot thread
Blast Reality, Burst it into shreds! Banishment, This World!
cpd From Australia, joined Jun 2008, 4879 posts, RR: 44 Reply 28, posted (1 year 13 hours ago) and read 14071 times:
Did Denpasar to Sydney with BA Concorde G-BOAF, then Sydney to Noumea with Concorde G-BOAF. Currently still in Noumea. This evening, might get to Hawaii if I've got enough range to do it.
Er, yes, looks like I can do that easily with about 800km in hand as far as range goes.
The approach into Noumea was annoying, first vectored for RWY29, then it changed to RWY11, so had to back-track around. Prefer RWY11 anyhow - it's an easier landing without having to do the "slam dunk' style approach over the hills at the other end.
flymia From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6294 posts, RR: 6 Reply 29, posted (12 months 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 14008 times:
Off from school and before I start work for the summer have had some nice time off. Since May 10th have flown.
MIA-TPA-DCA-STL-MCI-LAX-SFO-LAX-LAS-LAX all with the PMDG NGX
Then got in the old but trusty PMDG 744 for LAX-AKL
Then AKL-SYD in the NGX
SYD-NRT in the old in two ways RFP742 in FS9
NRT-HKG NGX
Just landed about a hour ago from HKG-SEA nice 12.5hr flight with the 744. I am also for the first time using FS2CREW for the NGX, the voice version and it is awesome!
I plan on the rest of the week getting into SAN and also doing a flight from SEA up to KIT, SIT and JUN with the 738.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
flymia From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6294 posts, RR: 6 Reply 31, posted (12 months 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 13810 times:
Finishing up my Alaskan flights I posted before. Crusing on the last leg KIT-SEA in the NGX 738. Weather was not great in Juneau so made of some difficult landings. Alaska is a great place to fly.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
Burkhard From Germany, joined Nov 2006, 4248 posts, RR: 2 Reply 33, posted (12 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 13756 times:
Diving in the harbor of Naples. looking at my AI ships from below, in my fresh made world wide bathymetry mesh scenery. OK, it is in the Prepar3D world, but hope it counts...
SRQKEF From Iceland, joined Jun 2011, 692 posts, RR: 1 Reply 36, posted (12 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 13719 times:
Landed in SYD. Now I have to choose if I want to take the 380 flying further and continue as EK 412 to Auckland or switch over to the Air New Zealand 777...
SRQKEF From Iceland, joined Jun 2011, 692 posts, RR: 1 Reply 37, posted (12 months 23 hours ago) and read 13706 times:
Just over halfway from SYD to AKL, decided to use a NZ 763 instead of a NZ 777 or EK 388 for 2 reasons. a) The Project Airbus 388 is such a slow climber! b) NZ doesn't use 77Ws on this route in real life. 500 NM out of Auckland currently, cruising at FL350.
xaapb From Mexico, joined Jan 2005, 374 posts, RR: 6 Reply 39, posted (11 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 13711 times:
Currently 10 miles SE of CEN (Ciudad Obregon) VOR en route from Guadalajara to Tijuana on Interjet Airbus A320.
Estimating landing in Tijuana in 1 hour and 10 minutes.
VATSIM online AIJ412
cpd From Australia, joined Jun 2008, 4879 posts, RR: 44 Reply 41, posted (11 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 13666 times:
Left Noumea, went to Honolulu. Rotated off runway 29 in Noumea at 193kts!
Loaded up with 94.3T of fuel as well. Covered the long distance in 3h:19min, with a maximum altitude of 60,125ft (yes, the magical FL600), and the lowest temperature along the way was -82C at around 52,500ft. As I got further north and further east, the temperature increased to around -70C.
Arrived in Honolulu on RWY04R, touching down at around 155kts. Parked at the stand with about 12T of fuel left over.
vhqpa From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1382 posts, RR: 1 Reply 43, posted (11 months 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 13579 times:
I've just started yet another RTW trip. Here's hoping I actually make it this time furtherest I've previously made it before giving up is Santiago and that's going Eastbound from Australia . This time I don't have a pre planned routing and I'm not restricting myself to the one aircraft. I'm just going to decide where the next stop is on the whim.
First leg is Alice Springs (YBAS) - Brisbane (YBBN) roughly a third of the way there now. I had a nice 98 knot tailwind earlier now down to 93 knots. from Brisbane I'll probably take my Jetstream 41 down to Sydney (YSSY) via either Coffs Harbour (YSCH) or Tamworth (YSTW) then something else across to New Zealand.
[Edited 2012-05-29 04:14:49]
"There you go ladies and gentleman we're through Mach 1 the speed of sound no bumps no bangs... CONCORDE"
csturdiv From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1351 posts, RR: 3 Reply 45, posted (11 months 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 13411 times:
Currently* flying UA 1804 ORD-SFO with a B752.
* Currently I am at work, so I am not currently flying. Paused the sim as I am somewhere just north of DEN.
Scooter From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 837 posts, RR: 2 Reply 46, posted (11 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 13382 times:
Just crashed a DL 787 about 500 yards short of 30L @MSP. Grrrr....
cpd From Australia, joined Jun 2008, 4879 posts, RR: 44 Reply 48, posted (11 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 13318 times:
Out of Honolulu for Anchorage in Alaska using BA Concorde G-BOAF. Just departed from runway 4R, with a B737 taking off on parallel runway 4 left. Those passengers on the B737 would have had a great view. After 9 minutes, I'm just going through Mach 1.0
cpd From Australia, joined Jun 2008, 4879 posts, RR: 44 Reply 51, posted (11 months 3 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 13247 times:
Quoting SRQKEF (Reply 42): Enroute Anadyr - Hall Beach (YXU). Around halfway with my RTW trip, flown Dublin - Tromso - Poliarny - Anadyr - Hall Beach so far.
cheers, Sveinn
If I was a little faster, you might have seen a very high up, fast moving contrail above your plane.
I'm going to head from Anchorage to Thule AFB next.
vhqpa From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1382 posts, RR: 1 Reply 52, posted (11 months 3 weeks ago) and read 13198 times:
Quoting vhqpa (Reply 35): I've just started yet another RTW trip. Here's hoping I actually make it this time furtherest I've previously made it before giving up is Santiago and that's going Eastbound from Australia
Still doing the RTW so far I've done Alice Springs - Brisbane - Tamworth - Sydney - Queenstown - Christchurch - Auckland mainly with the NGX except YBBN-YSTW which I did in the J41.
Right now I'm at S31°42'12" W177°10'48" enroute from Auckland - Los Angeles in my 747-400X still got 5194nm to go or 10h39m. This shall be my longest realtime flight eclipsing my previous record from Melbourne - Singapore.
After KLAX i'll either head north towards KSFO or CYVR or west towards KPHX or KIAH
"There you go ladies and gentleman we're through Mach 1 the speed of sound no bumps no bangs... CONCORDE"
egph From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2006, 205 posts, RR: 0 Reply 54, posted (11 months 2 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 13118 times:
At the controls of G-EUUK on the outbound leg of a return trip from LHR to WAW. Crossed into German airspace about 15 minutes ago and still just over an hour away from touchdown in Warsaw.
Ps76 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 56, posted (11 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 12958 times:
Hi!
I just completed an IFR flight in Washington State. I flew the default Fs9 Cessna 172 from Bremerton National up to Fairchild International at Port Angeles. The flight started at around midnight as I was flying in real time and real weather. Weather was a bit clouded in at Bremerton with low visibility but got clearer. Cruise altitude was meant to be 6,000ft. but ATC directed us to 8,000ft. Some lovely views. I flew the ILS approach to Runway 8 at Fairchild International.
Ps76 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 60, posted (10 months 4 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 12243 times:
Hi!
Quoting Speedbird217 (Reply 24): ell, I used to fly short legs all the time too. Lately I really enjoy flying the long runs. Of course you don't sit in front of your virtual cockpit for 8 straight hours, that would indeed be very boring and lame. I take off, climb and a little into the cruise, I leave my computer and do other stuff. Inbetween I check if everything is alright, do the occasional step climb or look outside the window if I'm just overflying something interesting.
The "charm" of that is that you land in a different region of the world and really feel like you have flown there, because 8 hours have passed since you took off and you could have flown that onboard a real plane in the same time as well. I personally don't like using timelapse, it just feels weird if you land in IAD 1 hour after you took off in LHR...
I totally agree. I don't do medium and long haul flights very often but you really do feel like you've arrived somewhere new like Chicago after flying for 8 hours. Like the poster too I don't use timelapse but watch a movie or go jogging or something while in flight, checking every now and then to save in case of crashes. The flights take a while to plan and fly but can be very good experiences.
Besides that, here's where I am now. I have gone back in time to 1996 and completed an America West flight in the afternoon from Phoenix to Albuquerque in Fs9.
BAW076 From UK - Scotland, joined Aug 2006, 746 posts, RR: 29 Reply 61, posted (10 months 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 12109 times:
My last flight was 25 days ago! - I flew EZY3WN from Belfast to Liverpool.
The following day, my FS laptop was pulled to the floor with some force by my 8 month old son! Huge crack up the side of it, somehow, a few of the keys pinged off and broke! And the keyboard started typing backwards!
Laptop is down in Manchester being repaired, and hopefully will have it back in the next 3-4 weeks.
flymia From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6294 posts, RR: 6 Reply 62, posted (10 months 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 11981 times:
Currently at 35,000ft on my way to Anchorage from Honolulu in the PMDG 737-700 NGX.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
vhqpa From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1382 posts, RR: 1 Reply 64, posted (10 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 11794 times:
I'm currently somewhere near Frankfurt taking my PMDG 744 from EGLL-WSSS as part of my RTW flight. Still a fair way to go. As I do long hauls over several sessions I'll probably arrive sometime next weekend.
"There you go ladies and gentleman we're through Mach 1 the speed of sound no bumps no bangs... CONCORDE"
vhqpa From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1382 posts, RR: 1 Reply 67, posted (10 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 11473 times:
I almost finished finished my RTW I was taking a Captain Sim 727 on the final leg from Darwin (YPDN) - Alice Springs (YBAS). I was on on short final when the program decided it was the time to give me "Flight Simulator X has encountered a fatal error". As I was using the civa INS I'll have to restart the leg from Darwin.
"There you go ladies and gentleman we're through Mach 1 the speed of sound no bumps no bangs... CONCORDE"
flymia From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6294 posts, RR: 6 Reply 71, posted (10 months 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 10649 times:
Have a lot of work coming up so took a rainy Sunday to do some NGX flying. I was in Alaska for a while then went down to STL. Flew STL-LAS Saturday afternoon. Then today did LAS-LAX-MEX good flights. MEX felt unusually real, it was hazy and warm with a nice amount of traffic including some heavies at the gates.
Now I'm climbing to FL360 finishing off the day with MEX-MIA. The 738 might have been a bit too heavy. Even with a 27k bump I ended up using the whole runway! It was 27c GW of 156k. MEX is 7,000ft elev. Also made a big mistake in not turning off the bleeds for this type of takeoff.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
817Dreamliiner From Montserrat, joined Jul 2008, 1403 posts, RR: 1 Reply 72, posted (9 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 9962 times:
Did a round trip between LHR and JNB on a virgin A330-300. I know a bit of a stretch but I made it . With this flight completed, ive now flown to all 6 habitable continents in fsx, a nice achievement for me
Blast Reality, Burst it into shreds! Banishment, This World!
You've got to make your way down to Antarctica. It's a fun place to fly. I usually do a 737 from EZE then take a C130 on skies around.
Sunday night I did MCI-LGW in a 763, going to head back to MIA tonight with a 744F.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
817Dreamliiner From Montserrat, joined Jul 2008, 1403 posts, RR: 1 Reply 74, posted (9 months 2 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 9910 times:
Quoting flymia (Reply 65): You've got to make your way down to Antarctica. It's a fun place to fly.
I really want too, ill make it there somehow! Do you know anywhere that I can land an A320 there?
Just did a test flight out of LHR and back on a china eastern A330-200, was also testing fsx to see the improvements from SP1. I know, im a bit late, only just realised what ive been missing since I got my new laptop. Around 25+ FPS at LHR!
Blast Reality, Burst it into shreds! Banishment, This World!
captainmeeerkat From Russia, joined Aug 2010, 354 posts, RR: 1 Reply 77, posted (9 months 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 9613 times:
Took a FX MD11F for a ride today from STN to GVA, but was bored with non-talkative boxes so decided to do a GVA-NCE-GVA rotation in an LX A319! Beautiful mountain views.
Does anyone know of a cargo trip that goes off the map a little? I wanna fly the MD11F or 767F on a cargo RTW with both short hops and long hauls but to as little primary airports as possible. Real life would be great but I'll settle for imaginary.
817Dreamliiner From Montserrat, joined Jul 2008, 1403 posts, RR: 1 Reply 82, posted (8 months 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 8662 times:
Well due to an unfortunate water accident with my laptop im currently grounded at LHR. But not to worry not much damage was done. So my fsx flying is delayed until further notice. But here are upcoming flights that i have planned:
BA 249 LHR-GIG
BA 248 GIG-LHR
VS 651 LHR-LOS
VS 652 LOS-LHR
VS 657 LHR-ACC
VS 658 ACC-LHR
BA 155 LHR-CAI
BA 154 CAI-LHR
BA 77 LHR-LAD
BA 76 LAD-LHR
All these flights will be done with a virgin A330-300 and BA 777-200ER
Blast Reality, Burst it into shreds! Banishment, This World!
vhqpa From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1382 posts, RR: 1 Reply 83, posted (8 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 8608 times:
Just touched my trusty 737-700NGX down in Niamey, Niger (DRRN) after a short flight from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (DFFD). Next time I shall continue onto Cotonou, Benin (DBBB)
"There you go ladies and gentleman we're through Mach 1 the speed of sound no bumps no bangs... CONCORDE"
vhqpa From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1382 posts, RR: 1 Reply 84, posted (8 months 1 week 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 8244 times:
Started a long haul
Sydney (YSSY) - Johannesburg (FAJS) in a PMDG 747-400. Just got a Insufficient fuel warning half way over the Indian Ocean with ~16t remaining on arrival into Joberg so I'll be diverting to Mauritius (FIMP) to top up.
"There you go ladies and gentleman we're through Mach 1 the speed of sound no bumps no bangs... CONCORDE"