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My wife recently spirited me away on a two-night trip to Paso Robles, CA, but staying on the coast in Cambria, just south of Hearst Castle (a worthwhile tour!). I thought it would be fun/interesting to contrast what such a trip would be, door to door, using GA aircraft versus a car to travel from Santa Clara (nee Silicon Valley) to Cambria, CA. Car According to Google Maps the trip by car, without stopping, takes three hours. The factors in speed limits and time-of-day traffic, which for mid-week was pretty light. Since Highway 1 is closed at Big Sur because of the bridge failure, US 101 South is the route to take (faster anyways - HW 1 is beautiful, but one Winneb…

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I believe it is allowed and how else would you do a flight of just 27 nautical miles? My reason for asking is that I'm flying to the destinations which Iron Maiden visited in Ed Force On on their Book of Souls world tour. One of the flights was from Sea Tac to Paine Field to have a VIP tour of the Boeing factory!! I've not checked back to see exactly how the flight was done, but for me, in sim, the weather was good to go. I got VFR clearance, (stock FSX ATC) took off and pottered over to Everett at about 180 knots with a bunch of flap and 5000 feet to enjoy the view. Of course I cheated at the other end and used the autopilot & ILS at KPAE to line up, but what t…

Believe I posted this first concept back in 2014 and it now appears to be a reality - http://www.designboom.com/technology/aeromobile-3-0-commercially-available-04-11-2017/

Had to share this... it's called "Identification Chart," and it appeared in last Friday's xkcd. The mouse-over text reads, "Be careful - it's breeding season, and some of these can be 'extremely' defensive of their nests." If you don't know xkcd... well, you should. Enjoy!

Our goals with Flight School were twofold: to create an entry level sim for people new to the hobby and to implement technical functionality to build upon in the future. Now, we have expanded our goals for our upcoming simulator, a platform we plan to expand upon and support for years to come. We will still retain the ethos of introducing beginners to the hobby, but without compromising on the depth and complexity demanded by more experienced flyers by implementing a much clearer curve to mastery in our upcoming sim. With this in mind, we have made the decision to retire Flight School. The sim and all of your saved data will remain in your Steam library, however it wi…

Airspace Explorer. It's an App, and the link should not have been posted :-/ Sorry ... Link removed.

Uh, had a 737 below him and landed on a taxiway by mistake. Wonder if he will get charged and fined for landing on a taxiway. http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/harrison-ford-has-incident-passenger-plane-airport-n720826 Think he needs more training with FSX or P3D and ProATC-X.... :smile:

Hey guys, we develope Guayaquil Intl Airport with the city. We never been there, so I just want to ask if anybody lives there and is willing to take some pictures of Guayaquil that we can create an airport that comes close to the real one. We already got a lot of process in modelling, just check out our facebookpage A lot of thanks to you guys. Feel free to contact me for more infos or questions Greetings Friedolien

Cute Ad, somewhat basic flightsim...

Hello, I would like to share with the community my feedback about Esellerate as a payee of a well known 320-X addon sold for FSX and P3D platforms, so that other dev can have it in mind before wotking with Esellerate. For those who don't know what esellerate is, it's a sale provider administrated by Digital River that enables through its SPLITPAY functionality to setup a team of individuals working on a project, without them being part of any company. Esellerate pay everyone, every month for the sales realized 2 months earlier, according to percentages (or flat sums) established by the product's Publisher. This can be very fitting for the typical Flight sim deve…

I understand both IVAO and VATSIM networks are the best existing, but they both have some policy rules that are physically impossible for me to comply (the membership and personal data policies). The only other option I know are the FSX built-in multiplayer, which is, to say the least, ridiculous. Are there any other options, preferably available for X-Plane 11?

Hi everyone, This is the official news thread for DTG Flight Simulator. My name is Martin and I am the Community Manager for all flight simulation projects here at Dovetail Games.I will do my best to keep this thread up to date with all the latest information. If I miss something feel free to add it yourself so that everyone knows. If you would like to just have a general chat about DTG Flight Simulator then you can find the discussion thread here If you would like to ask me a question about DTG Flight Simulator then you can find the Q&A thread here - Martin

Hey, I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself, my name is Cryss and I'll be taking over from Martin as the Community Manager on Dovetail's Flight Sim products. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all a little better and in the near future sharing a little more about our upcoming flight sim. Until then, keep an eye on the news or simply say hello! Kindest

An update on hotel recommendations, ticket sale timelines & seeking feedback from attendees Dear all, A few important updates below. A reminder that you can find out all the information for the event here. Hotel recommendations published The event organizers are pleased to present ashort document with recommendations for those looking to stay in the vicinity of the venue during Connexion 2017. There are a range of options to suit your budget and we will do our best to answer queries in the discussion thread here. Ticket sales scheduled to close at end of April Tickets are currently available for sale via our website (connexion.vatsi…

The big tubeliners use ACARS but what about a small charter companies? What report(s) do the pilots submit after they're day of flying? I'm talking about the pilots/companies flying smaller planes like Cessna 207, 404, B200, Navajo's and even small biz jets. I talked to an Ameriflight pilot years ago and he said they submitted a "run sheet" at the end of everyday. Which included fuel usage, cargo pickup/dropoff, departure/arrival airports ICAO codes and OOOI times, etc. Any info would be helpful.

One of those weird things most people probably never think about until somebody finally notices and asks the question.

Hello I am having difficulty obtaining access to the softawre company website, SIMMARKET Is anybody experiencing problems?

Mods: Kindly move this to a more appropriate board if deemed necessary. I thought it didn't fit in virtual airlines as this event is open to all on the VATSIM network and not a private VA affair. Hello everybody, Pardon the pun, but how time flies. Singapore Virtual Airlines Group is pleased to present a Southeast Asian event featuring a very iconic plane and two iconic cities. Skillfully guide your behemoth around the legendary IGS13 into Kai Tak, then bring her back to Changi Airport just in time for the weekend. This month is the fifth anniversary of our beloved Queen's retirement and to mark the occasion we are organizing a groupflight to Hong Kong and back. B…

I wonder who will be the first to fly through this. http://www.hgtv.ca/real-estate/photos/the-big-bend-groundbreaking-design-proposed-for-worlds-longest-building-1896819/#currentSlide=1 Jim CYWG

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/04/07/the-flare-path-a-typical-atypical-simmer-3/ Interresting viewpoints.. the sim got to complex... ha! Comments ?

We'll be keeping this forum up to date along with all our other avenues in the lead-up to the event, so please feel free to post below or start your own thread. We'll be releasing more information about speakers, hotel recommendations and so forth as time goes on, so be sure to visit regularly!

AVSIM is providing a forum for our membership to get information about the next Connexion 2017 conference in London, UK from 28 - 30 July 2017. This forum is dedicated to your questions about the event and to get information from organizers for this year's conference. Gunnar, the VP, Marketing and Communications at VATSIM, will be your moderator for these forums and will provide more information regarding this conference soon. Once the conference activities have ended, we will move the forums to the Hangar Chat forum. Enjoy!

Trying to decide whether or not I'm making a big deal out of nothing. In 2008 - I purchased a product called SimplatesX from Dauntless Aviation - a collection of worldwide approach plates for FSX. During the following years, I reinstalled everytime I built a new system. A few years ago, they stopped selling the dvd version and went to a cloud based delivery system for each plate. This would be a completely new purchase. Having no interest in that form of product, I did not upgrade. Last week, I updated the motherboard and CPU on my main system, which had a working version of SimplatesX installed. When I fired up the system and attempted to access SimplatesX I wa…

We're all aware of HUDs in cockpits, but this is a different spin: http://glass.aero/ I was a member of the Pioneer Beta program, and the technology showed a lot of promise. I still think there is a long way to go with getting the necessary processing power to render a lot for graphical information into smaller packages (glasses), to keep things truly wireless. It's not cheap... And even too expensive (for me) for the generous discount Pioneer members get. However, it'll be very interesting to see how this tech matures and what may spin off from it.