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Does anyone know how should I squawk in PMDG 737 when PRO-ATC/X tells me the squawk code. I've tried STBY, TA only and TA/RA, but still it says that I have to squawk. I don't want to use the co-pilot feature.

The US government proposes to eliminate it's entire fleet of A-10s : http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/us/politics/pentagon-plans-to-shrink-army-to-pre-world-war-ii-level.html?hp&_r=0

Will all the electricity run out? Jon

I have 57 different aircraft in my hanger. Probably double that number that have been put out to pasture, including a lot of payware aircraft that just do not "turn my crank". However, there is always one I come back to and say to myself "yes, this one I would/could own in real life". It is the Carenado Baron, with Henry's (HawkDSL) turbo modifications and Ron Attwood's N8UR paint job. It: Easily cruises at 180 kts at pretty much any altitude Has room for myself, the Missus, my two 100 lb Black Labs, and my two children that are semi-local Has enough leftover weight capacity for 60-percent fuel and baggage Has great outside visibility for a twin - scenic trips …

Project CARS Pagani Edition, free on Steam Slightly Mad Studios has released a special version of Project CARS on Steam, compatible with both Oculus Rift as HTC Vive, available completely free. http://store.steampowered.com/app/429180/

Hello! Does anyone know why when I start taxing PRO-ATC/X 1.8.5.0 automatically starts setting a heading and a course? Only thing that is ticked in the co-pilot section is that it will automatically put frequencies in.

Ok, so bear with me for a minute. A bit of background iformation. I currently own the Aerosoft A320. I don't own the FSL version, and when the P3D version is released I probably won't bother buying it. I'm quite happy with the Aerosoft bus. I know it's not as immersive as the FSL version, but I'm ok with that. I'm not training to be a real pilot. I just like keeping it simple. Ok. Park that thought for a moment. I also own the PMDG 737 and 777. And I intend to buy the 747 when it's released. However, I'm thinking I wasted money on the 777 and 737. I'll never use them to the level of detail that they can be used. As I said above, I'm happy to keep things simple. I …

So apparently this is MY first time seeing three aircraft crash all on the same day*. Two were hull losses and one was not. Two were also in a fire, but one touched the ground too early. I'm talking about the Trump/Pence 737 that crashed in LaGuardia this morning, American 383 that rejected T/O due to an engine fire, and the FedEx flight that also had an engine fire aswell and exploded. *non-terrorist incident

Only minor injuries from the evacuation, thankfully. http://avherald.com/h?article=49ffa115&opt=0

What do you use for charts viewing navigraph charts or other sources thanks.

Need to add another runway... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37766670

Got BF1 yestedray - pretty cool game. Looking for some macro advice on a basic level. Not even sure I need them but if anyone else is using macros would you mind getting ion touch? thanks

Hey pilots! I flew the C182T from a2a and thought she is relatively fast... but is there something faster? What is the fastest private GA aircraft? But I talk about more common aircrafts, not fancy things like Royals Turbine or Prototypes. Regards

Nice short video I found on yt about the face behind the voice of airports. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=_ALH5KwR788 Have fun!

Can someone tell me if a commercial jet can make turns with the spoilers up? Reason for asking is that I had spoilers deployed on descent with PMDG 777 and I looked at the wing view when I made a turn and the spoilers just went back down

I was just thinking to my self "What ever happened to Lou Betti & Dreamfleet?" I see they still have a website but they have not developed anything in more then a decade. I remember back in the days of FS2000 & FS2002 Dreamfleet was the premier go to developer for MS FlightSimulator. The PMDG of that time. Who can forget the brilliant 737-400, ATR-72 and 727 series. Did they sink due to an unprofitable business and small market that is FS?

One of the best aerobatic pilots, a war hero, and a self taught aviation legend has departed. 1922-2016 http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2016/10/bob-hoover-one-of-nations-greatest-pilots-dead-at-94/

Origional Boeing colors. http://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/17/the-day-a-former-wwii-test-pilot-barrel-rolled-a-707-airliner-what-i-was-selling-airplanes/ Jim CYWG

Does any body know if current scenery and aircraft will work with the new flight simulator when it is released. will it facilitate my emuteq garmin 530 and NC165 navcom radio

In the topic http://www.avsim.com/topic/496461-proatcx-star-problem-and-wrong-text-info/ a few posts led me to make some comments about the support of ProATC and specially the lack of it. I see now that if someone reads that topic it may look as if I am saying the support of ProATC sucks terribly. Well, I can tell you it doesn't. In various recent posts off mine about ProATC in other topics I am a lot more positive about ProATC and its support than in that specific topic, so I am trying to repair the possible damage done that way, but I think that isn't enough. Yesterday Pete Dowson posted this in the previously mentioned topic: "You seem to have got excellent support, an…

G’ Day To All, I’m currently seeking advice on which “Panel Mount” GPS most closely emulates the Garmin GNS 530 and works well with Prepar3d. I have no problems networking to a second computer if needed if this will avoid "windowed" mode. I have looked at the Flight 1 G530 Enterprise Edition, and it seems attractive. I’m not adverse to the USD 1,500 requirements, however I cannot locate information on their website indicating a physical address or contact telephone number. (USD 1,500 is a lot of money to hand over with no address or human contact associated with it.) I have also looked at the VR Insight however the overall appearance is different compared to the ori…

Years ago someone posted an English Comedy show with a guy that explored different jobs, in this one he was looking at airline pilots. I spent last night trying to find it but couldn't. I was wondering if anyone remembers what it was? I remember laughing so hard at these pilots getting angry at this idiot asking all these questions

I'm seeking information in regards to living in Norway. My wife and I are planning to retire outside of the US and Norway is one location we have our eye on. We've done very limited research on Norway, housing is certainly affordable so no problems with cash purchase. We've seen a few "SLOW TV" programs on Norway and read up on it's crime rates, cost of food/living, etc. etc. We plan to vacation there next year October to soak up as much as we can (road, train, cruise) in 3 weeks. I'm seeking opinions from those who have lived there for at least 4 seasons, any information would be appreciated ... the good, the bad, the ugly. I think perhaps our biggest challenge …

Some of you may already know that Dovetail Games Flight Simulator is based on an updated version of the FSX engine . As part of continued development, one of our top priorities is addressing known bugs and glitches. No one knows more about this complex simulator than you, the flight simulation community, which is why we want your help identifying these bugs and glitches so we can build a more stable simulator. When we say “bugs and glitches” what we mean are processes within FSX which do not function as they should. We do not mean features that you would like to see in a simulator. In order to tackle these bugs, we need reproduction steps f…