Hangar Chat

I love the idea of allowing us to more freely communicate with each other. thank You for the ongoing improvements, care and attention to the forums and the Avsim site!However, I immediately feared it could be become a supplement for the forums and for those really impatient folks that can't wait for someone to respond. Sure enough I look up and it is Was the purpose of the shoutbox really intended for people who are too impatient to wait for a response to scream at everyone they need help? I think it should be made clear if the shoutbox is a support mechanism or not and if not it should be made clear in the beginning that support is in the appropriate forums and shou…

Saba's (the Netherlands island) Juancho E. Yrausquin airport is, on FSX, under the ICAO code of SABA. However Wikipedia says it's TNCS. So, what is it really? I've always wondered this.

This is a bit of aviation Christmas fun. Neil Bradley

Hello guys,With this new AVSIM web page, it doesn't remember automatically the username and password so I am forced to look for them every time and paste them. I liked in the old days when it was done automatically after the first time. I am the sole user of this PC and the tick is checked on "Remember me" but to no avail.Help please,MAB

To what extent can "flying" personal computer simulators contribute towards the knowledge and skills required to fly real aircraft?

TFDi FlightHost is hosting an open House on our Teamspeak 3 server! Anyone is welcome to sign on an gain Server Admin. We are freely handing out privilege keys and you are welcome to hang out, mess with people, make and delete channels, etc.This ends at the end of the year, and we hope everyone has fun. You can connect to the Teamspeak via ts.tfdidesign.com:737You can view a list of privilege keys here: http://downloads.tfd...m/privilege.txtOr you can just assign your own once you're there!

Here she is coming out after her first surgery!Hanging the new enginesRunning up and checking for leaks and rigging.Should be done with interior and panel just before Christmas!

Absolutely great series! I purchased a dvd box from ebay for christmas and I am just watching the pilot episodes. This series feels far superior compared to most other 80's series, which today just seem throughly campy, goofy and outdated although they weren't ment to be silly in their days. Don't get me wrong, TOTGM is campy too, but in 30's pulp style like it should be. People's costumes, hairstyle and speech are believable for the time TOTGM represents (1938). Studio sets feel just perfect for representing 30's adventure film and I think this series would be even better in black and white! Last time I saw the series was somewhere in 1983/84 when it was aired in Finland…

Hi all, with my recent purchase of the Captain Sim 767 in the £9.99 sale I saw it included an Air France and KLM livery. As far as I know I thought KLM and Air France got rid of theirs. I would like to know why Air France and KLM got rid of their and what advantage the Airbus A330 gives each airline over that of the B767? I did a search on airliners.net but found nothing.Does anybody know?Merry Christmas!Aaron G.

http://www.aeroflyfs.com/index.php/de/alles-ueber-aeroflyfs/videos.htmlGreets McDan

The ATSB released its final report AO-2008-070 on the Oct 08 pitch upset events experienced by QANTAS A330-303 VH-QPA operating as QA flight 72.It is interesting reading for anyone who has worked in mission critical software engineering. There were basically two problems: First, the ADIRU experienced a failure mode where its ADR outputs were wrong at intervals (report calls these data spikes), in particular the AoA parameter. Apparently this failure mode had never been seen before nor had design analysis anticipated it. The exact cause was not determined, but seemed to be in the CPU module, possible a soft hardware fault in RAM.Second, the flight control computer (PRI…

LOL..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhmjJCBQ-cARead FedEx Vice President's, Matthew Thornton, reply to the video: http://blog.fedex.designcdt.com/absolutely-positively-unacceptable

Some of you that have been around for the last 15 years or so, know that I used to experiment with Java script on the front page and elsewhere within AVSIM. My experimentation got so "bad" that the editorial and technical staff finally banned me from modifying the front page or any other section of AVSIM. It seems I "broke" things all too frequently. I don't remember that, but whatever... I was relegated to playing with the forums. :Alien:So, I have some really, really, bad news... It's time to strut my stuff once again!Look for changes and improvements to the forums over the next couple of months. :Hug:I guarantee that I will become the rock star of forum admins. However…

Hi GuysAnyone know how to reset a Windows Media Player window that won't center?Bl00dy thing's gone off the bottom of the screen and won't let me drag, resize or move it - bizarre!

I used to fly People's Express, Delta, TWA, Eastern, all the great airlines of the past... and just loved it... I started flying with my folks when I was very little, just a todler but I remember getting older becoming more afraid and really minding the turbulence etc...I have very very bad balance, dreaded gym class in high school and was terrible at every sport activity possible..... could my inner ear be "off"?? causing me to mind the bumps and movement more than a normal person with avg to good balance?I was 9 yrs old when I flew by myself for the first time ever, even having to make a connection at KATL when it was under construction yet on top of it!! I remember wa…

Hi all, why and when did FedEx start to use the larger style DC-10-30 series landing gear wheels on their MD-10-10 series? There is a difference especially when you look at the wheel hub.Original bogieshttp://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=109888&nseq=205Present bogieshttp://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7214566&nseq=0

Lufthansa has sold the airline BMI to International Airlines Group (IAG) - the owner of British Arways and Iberia. IAG paid £172.5M in cash for BMI which lost £1`52M last year. In return IAG gets 56 extra slots at Heathrow.

Some time ago, users of Facebook we find the ads by a simulator called Pro Fly Simulator, we sold for a price of over $ 100 a simulator that was said to be of high quality. Which was no surprise that it was discovered that the simulator was not what it seemed. The simulator in question was the simulator called Fly Gear name, which is open source and free, recorded on a CD and sold as a new development of overnight. Of this we are talking about one or two years ago.Now the scam has returned to the same ads on facebook with the name changed again, this time under the name Fly Pro Sim, the simulator sends us to the same page of the former Pro Fly Simulator, with images drawn…

So, I'm taking my FAA written exam tomorrow!!! My instructor requires that I take it before I solo, so I hope that, if I passs, I will solo Thursday. Anyway, I have a few questions regarding it for those who took it.1) How many questions are there?2) I took the King course to prepare. Is it very different from their practice exams?Thanks for answers and wish me luck!!!!

Hello there!Wierd behavior occuring off two buttons on the Throttle Quadrant of my Hotas Warthog. The 'RED' button on the throttle handle will release (but not set) the parking brake (?). I want it to reset the altimeter when I'm using REX real time weather. I went into FSUIPC and programmed the button to send the keystroke which I set up in FSX for altimeter reset (( ; )) it works ok and does reset the altimeter if REX Weather is operating. It ALSO kicks the parking brake OFF (if it's set) but doesn't cause it to come back on if I press the button again.From this I deduce:The button may be sending a braking command, which also turns off the parking brake.Darned if…

Hey guys,So I have started with my Ground School...And here are some list of questions that I would like to share with all pilots/sim pilots here...A kind of Brief quiz.. give your ans along with reason :

On Dec 8th, the B-787 few around the World with only one refueling stop, setting a distance record of 10,337 nm (KSEA - Dhaka, Bangladesh) and a 20% savings in fuel burn over any other aircraft in the same class with the same weight, thus validating investment in CFRP design.Read article, view video.Cheers,- jahman.

Hello guys.http://www.flightlevel350.com/I hope they are off for maintenance or some upgrade. Very bad if they are gone.Cheers,MAB

I am a little disappointed with the survey this time around, but even though Tom did not ask, here is my answer:- pizza, or if there isn't any, then,- those little cylindrical buns with a tiny hot dog in the middle,- but never any of that spicy Korean snack,- and certainly no quiche!Seems to me that the survey is just not complete without that question. Tradition goes down the drain as usual.Best regards.Luis

See CNN Video. Beats going for the $100 burger!Cheers,- jahman.