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Tonight, the Jewish High Holy Days will commence with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. We reflect on the last year and prepare ourselves for the next one. From a worldwide pandemic to a much needed nationwide conversation about systemic racism, this year has been a challenging one. Yet, even during these uncertain times, ancient tradition teaches us the importance of being a tzadik, a righteous person, and to live our lives in pursuit of tzedek, the Hebrew word for justice. Let us use this time to reflect on the values of righteousness and justice – and recommit to fighting hate for good and improving ourselves through education, compassion and empathy in the…

Ok I know strange topic, but my wife and I have been out of the television buying circuit for like decades now (lol) and our livingroom television finally died today. We don't want to repair the old set and prefer to buy a new smart TV instead...so we have no idea where to even begin. Any recommendations as to picture quality, price, longevity (im guessing there is none these days)...buy online a bad idea?...We don't want something big...I dunno maybe 30 something or 40 something inch? What's good these days for middle of the road, not high end but not junk?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-21/microsoft-to-buy-bethesda-studios-for-7-5-billion-to-boost-xbox I think with all the money they're investing in games MSFS will be safe for the next couple of years

What Makes 100% ? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life? Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions: If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Is represented as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26. Then: H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98% And K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96% But , A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = …

I just finished up my latest round playing in one of these simulators, and for those that have never seen a sim like these, they're pretty cool. They work us pretty hard in there, so it's definitely not fun and games, and we all still complain that they're still nothing like a real plane. 😉 This one is a Falcon sim, and has been around for a while. Its not the latest and greatest, but still pretty up to date. It's always impressive seeing the rows of these sims in the training centers, one school in Dallas I've been to many times has I think 20-30 something simulators. Checkride complete today so its finally Beer:30! Just a few quick pics, thought it might be interesting …

...an external view junkie. It's probably largely due to the screen real-estate limitations, but I just feel claustrophobic in most cockpits (simwise, still a virgin in RL). I hope to overcome, and start doing some instrument flights, but oddly I seem to be much less gentle on the controls merely from changing to internal view... the last thing I need with far less sensory input is to have the ol' bird getting even more edgy on me. I guess I just need more practice; darn.

Curious. Personally I feel way more in control of all axis with a joystick. The way elevator and aileron is connected just seem more natural then for example pushing a yoke and trying to use aileron at the same time for a coordinated turn. Now I have more flight hours with joysticks. Yokes is more ergonomic though so I still fly them as the plains that have yokes dont require a lot of precision.

For all those who fly in the X-Plane platform, the 8X will set the bar for study level in the business jet category. If you have followed the development thread (well over a year now) over on the X-Plane Airplane Development Notices forum you will see the magnitude of detail going into this model with each step under Dassault guidance. Especially, take a look at the last few pages for a glimpse of the gauge/panel work. This is going to be something very special as an official licensed product. https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/174100-aerobask-dassault-aviation-falcon-8x/&

well girls and boys. Seems they have discovered phosphine in the atmoshere of Venus! Too much to be associated with just geological processes. Only explanation they have currently is LIFE! https://www.wired.co.uk/article/venus-signs-of-life-discovery https://astronomynow.com/2020/09/14/possible-evidence-found-for-life-on-venus/ https://www.space.com/venus-phosphine-alien-life-breakthrough-initiatives-study.html

I'm posting this here not to complain but to help other users here avoid a mistake I made in selling flightsim gear on the Classified Ads forum. Long story short, I sold a piece of hardware via AVSIM's Classified Ads forum, and a user here, Luigilizares77, bought it via a PayPal transaction. He requested through AVSIM's private message board that I send the item to a Delaware, USA address. The funds were transferred and I shipped the item to DE as he requested. Fast forward to a week later, and this user filed a PayPal claim against me, stating that he never received the item. I'm now potentially on the hook for the amount I sold the hardware for, and I've lost …

Could someone help me figure out how this page works? How to calculate TAXI, ZFW/ZFWCG, TRIP/TIME, BLOCK, TOW/LW, FINAL TIME, MINE DEST FOB, TRIP WIND, EXTRA TIME? I found this page but that doesn't teach me anything. http://www.a320dp.com/A320_DP/nav-flight-management/sys-14.6.18.html

Been here long? Well fancy that! I just browsed through my additions to the library and discovered that I uploaded my first repaint fifteen years ago for FS2004. That was for the Long Island Classics Christen Eagle and I still have more hours and paints on that bird than any other single aircraft - somewhere around fifty to sixty different textures on both the LIC version and the later IRIS one. All in all I created at least five paints for each of the (at least) 120 models I had in my hanger - quite often I exceeded twenty on some of my more favourite planes. Not all were uploaded as some liveries were subject to copyrights and others just failed to please me. …

Hi Folks, For those of you who want to move up from just flying in the sim, now's your chance. 😉 You can buy a real world 747-200 for the amazing price of $27K! 💲💲 Iran AIr is selling off some of their older, non maintained aircraft by auction including some Boeing 727, 747SPs, 747-100/200 and some old Airbus aircraft. https://www.airway1.com/with-a-minimum-bid-of-10000-iran-air-will-auction-a300-727-and-747-jets/ The only issue is you'll need to figure out is how to get it out of Iran! 😜 Good luck with the bidding!

New report from House investigation as reported by Washington Post: Boeing 737 Max crashes were ‘horrific culmination’ of errors

Anyone else having trouble with avsim going up and down the last few days? I haven't been able to get on quite a few times recently.

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2020/09/us-air-force-has-built-and-a-flown-full-scale-prototype-sixth-generation-fighter.html

Well..... there are probably a few ways to handle this! For instance: As a light, free, cartoon-y, bit of low budget sci-fi froth regarding a plane and passengers in unusual circumstances.... Or As an opportunity to sneer at the inaccuracies. Or something else entirely! In whatever case: Have at it, I guess!

Three reasons. 331 add-on aircraft. 603 add-on sceneries. And, most importantly, they all work.....flawlessly.

I've alluded to it in threads a couple times recently, but to bring it up explicitly: there seems to have been a lot of confusion recently regarding the rules around linking to external sites. My understanding of the policy had long been that it is not allowed to link directly to storefronts but other links are fine, with additional terms for commercial members. But there seem to be some folks who believe that no external links at all are allowed, and others who aren't sure what the rule is and are hesitant to contribute because of that. May I humbly request that we get clear statement of the rules and expectations about that up in the rules and policies tab at t…

Seems like they have had more than their share of bad luck

Well, I guess when you run out of ideas to post content, you make a video on the Godzilla mod for Flight Simulator https://www.nexusmods.com/microsoftflightsimulator/mods/143?tab=description

Hello guys what settings do you use to make your flight controls feel more like airliners on FSUIPC (slope)? If so, do you have a specific slope value for different aircraft or hardware? Thanks