SunAir Express Virtual Airlines Forum

Welcome home Karlton.

Dave Vega

Way to go Karlton.

Dave Vega
SAX702

Looks like you forgot the can of grease on your second flight.

Congratulations Shawn. Hope you realize you're now going to be flying left seat in a big airplane. How big? A 747-400 has six million parts, half of which are fasteners. A 747-400 has 171 miles (274 km) of wiring and 5 miles (8 km) of tubing. A 747-400 consists of 147,000 pounds (66,150 kg) of high-...

It is a matter of how much do you want to simulate being an airline pilot. Weight and balance is important in any aircraft. When loading the aircraft, Flight Simulator shows is the weight and balance is within limits. One would have to know the aircraft maximum takeoff weight in order not to overloa...

I am excited to see how much flying activity there has been in SunAir lately. That's great, hope all the pilots are really enjoying each flight. That many flights have motivated me to take a break from POC programming and simply "go fly." As I was getting ready for my last flight, I starte...

Congratulations. I'm sure you're looking forward to those long flights. It must be a popular airplane. If you search Google for "B767 photos" take a look at the suggested images that come up. Can you see one that is familiar?

Again Shawn, congratulations.

Dave Vega
SAX702

Go with the P&W.

Dave Vega
SAX702

Here's a visual guide on how to fly your PMDG B747-400: http://smithplanet.com/fs2004/pmdg/ The PMDG B747 is one of the most complicated simulations of a B747 available for the PC. In other words, this isn't a simple, CTRL-E start your engines simulation. If you're not interested in learning about h...

BluePrint Simulations has released free scenery for Puerto Rico's Luis Muñoz-Marín International airport. The scenery is available for both FS9 and FSX. You can find it here: http://www.blueprintsimulations.com/BluePrint_TJSJ.htm

Fred, Trying to remember the last time we talked about this issue. Did you send me the files? I don't recall. Was there an issue with weight and balance? I'm asking because we should just upload this modification to the SunAir Files Library for everyone to have, if you don't mind, but would like to ...

Way to go Ken. Another fast big tube left seat driver.

Dave Vega
SAX702

Oh no! Not Roy! He hates long flights.

Congratulations Roy.

Dave Vega
SAX702

Yes, as you can see on the SAX front page, 96 B777 flights are now available for your enjoyment. Thank you for all who tested the B777 on the TPA-JFK run. Most of the flights were reassigned from B747s to B777s, but expect to see new flights in the future that will test the long rage capabilities of...

Congratulations Jeff. Looks like you may be the first left seat qualified pilot for the 777. Hope you enjoy flying that long tube with the huge engines.

Dave Vega

Bud, that very same form would include a hyperlink that would download a flight plan file. This file is what you would load within the simulator and is used by the simulator GPS to show the route of flight, waypoints, etc.

With all that time in the air, can you think of some interesting flights? St Louis to Tokyo? How about Atlanta to Beijing? dv

Way to go Rich, congratulations. In those 500 hours, do you have a memory or two of your favorite flight moment?

Again, congratulations.

Dave Vega
SAX702

Yes, that's exactly what it does. FSACARS pauses itself and the simulator. This works on FSX and FS9. A very good tool on those loooooooong flights.

No -300s. Preference was given to range; the -200LR has the longest range of all. Hope you enjoy it. I would love to see a PMDG or Level-D commercial offering, but the only thing I see is the PSS (JustFlight) and the WILCO, which was released as a "light" version. With such a popular long-...

FSBuild will use winds aloft data from several weather programs. Check out the documentation. It is in one of the FSBuild folders.

Dave Vega
SAX702

Suggest looking at the FSBuild tutorials. I learned lots from them.

http://www.fsbuild.com/fsbtut.html

Dave Vega
SAX702

It is posts like these that recharge my battery to stay with hobby. I hope everyone realize how lucky SAX is to have Chris in our membership/staff. Thank you Chris. Since we can't really simulate, nor could account for even if we could, all the potential reasons for delay, why does every one think a...

Chris, congratulations on your 20 years of ATC. In 20 years, how many times did you ask a pilot to descend and maintain? :) Could you elaborate on designated windows of arrival for flights. I understand that airliners are told, perhaps sometimes, of a target window for arrival at their destination. ...

Ride those left wires.

Dave Vega
SAX702