Hangar Chat

'Oft delayed and after a twenty year hiatus, I'm starting up my flight lessons again this weekend at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ. Wish me luck!-John

If you are flying say a 737-700 and everything instument in the panel fails and you had the chance for only one instrument to work, which would it beAlexhttp://fs2crew.com/linepilot.jpghttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/ng_driver.jpg

Here're mine...Last weekend I did this:I had just lifted off from Bangkok on my Lear 35 world flight and was climbing through 1,000 feet or so. I switched on both the autopilot and autothrottle and continued to climb to my cruise altitude of 35,000 feet. However, about 30 seconds later, when looking over my instruments I noticed something wasn't right. The A/P was pulling up the nose to 15 degrees and more, while airspeed was quickly dropping to 100 knots. Needless to say, I stalled, and only by disconnecting both A/P and A/T I could save my plane.It turned out I had switched the autothrottle to IAS Hold mode without actually dialing in any speed value. Thus, the A/T pull…

has anyone been able to get this game to run with any decent clarity at any decent frame rate?I'm running a 256 ATI 9800 XT Pro, 2gb dual channel sdram, and a 3.2 ht...LOL and even when I dumb down everything it still runs to choppy for game play.

Go Pittsburg !!!!!!!JimCYWG

I've bought an E6B, both manual and digital ones, and I realised that the usual wind correction cal. only gives Wind Correction Angle and Ground Speed (assuming we know True Course, TAS, Wind Course/Speed). My question is, when I draw out the vectors and solve using trigonometry, it says I should turn my aircraft xx degrees from true course AND to fly the new heading using a HIGHER TAS. But this higher TAS isn't given by the flight computer. So does it mean that pilots over the world would just turn to the wind corrected heading AND just continue to fly at the same original TAS? If so, isn't that wrong?Hope my question is clear.Lep

Well have any of you ever intallled XP too many times and got the message that the code in no longer valid? Well, I did. Basically it is like the software wrapper that Flight1 uses. I had to call Microsoft and get a new code to install windows. I can't tell you if the origional code will work next time as I havn't reinstalled windows again. Different.JimCYWG

Saw this story at Yahoo:http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060208/tc_pcworld/124659Many fed up with exploits on IE have moved to Mozilla or Firefox--I am no exception and I use Mozilla for most of my browsing. But some (myself included) have always maintained that these browsers, as well as other OS's, are just as vulnerable to exploits and virus/malware/spyware authors only avoid them due to lack of "payback" or interest based on the number of users using these browsers.That may be changing. We should always use the Internet under the assumption that (unless an OS or browser was created by the Gods) nothing is perfect. You don't have to visit a warez or porn site to ge…

Just out of curiosity, do you follow long threads like the real trim one and post in them. I usually am loosing interest after the 30st post or am just overwhelmed finding out who answers whom and what relates to what. I usually read them once but if the pop up again after some days I jump them.Alex

The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, will undergo its cold weather testing in the Canadian Arctic. http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...luit050616.htmlDave FisherCYYZP4 Prescott 3.2e 478p 800mhz 1mg CPUP4P800SE Asus Motherboard1.5 gig PC3200 DDR RAM 400MHZGeforce Ti 4200/128Maxtor 80 Gig ATA 133 HD x2WDC WD800 80 Gig HDhttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/ng_driver.jpghttp://fs2crew.com/linepilot.jpg

Hi,Has anyone had a chance to try this latest addon yet?It doesn't work on my Orbiter (050216 - patched) and crashes to a blank screen with the error message: "Orbiter.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close" when each of the 2 supplied scenarios is fully loaded. I see a brief glimpse of the planet (earth?) surface below before the crash occurs.Mike

"forum guru", "webhead",... or in other words someone who's into flightsimming but also enjoys tinkering with webdesign, forums, and all the good stuff that goes with it.We're working on the infamous Hong Kong Kai Tak airport and to be honest I'm spending so much time on the design and management side I need someone to help look over our small, private, project forum from time to time to ensure all is running smoothly.So if you have ever wanted to work on a flightsim addon project but don't know a lick about designing... well, you just might be our man ;)Sounds interesting? Curious? Send me an email so I can explain [email protected](P.S. - we also …

Got this off of a British Airway's Mechanic's website http://www.widro.com/throwpaper.html

250 until above 10000, then no faster than 280.

Just another day @ the office.4 Kuznetsov engines earning their pay :(http://www.airliners.net/open.file/995911/L/ Edit: Changed the link--hotlinking directly to airliners.net images is prohibited. -JC

http://www.sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery...10748-2,00.htmlLook at that, MadIan

NTSB Identification: DFW06FA056Scheduled 14 CFR Part 121: Air Carrier operation of Continental Airlines (D.B.A. operation of Continental Airlines)Accident occurred Monday, January 16, 2006 in El Paso, TXAircraft: Boeing 737-500, registration: N32626Injuries: 1 Fatal, 119 Uninjured.This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.On January 16, 2006 at 0905 mountain standard time, Continental Airlines flight 1515, a Boeing 737-524 airplane, N32626, was preparing for departure from El Paso International Airport (ELP), El Paso Texas when a mechanic was fatally inju…

One happy simmer here, just wanted to express my joy.The Seattle Seahawks have finally earned a trip to the Super Bowl. What a performance, what a game. A terrific season, 26 years of frustration for me, since I had moved up to the northwest in 1980 are over. What a day!!Congrats to the Carolina Panthers on a great season.One more game, one more game before we can claim NFL Champions!!

Hiya, Can anyone advise me on the status of this sim?http://user.tninet.se/%7Emxa881h/index.htmlThere are no dates on his site. I have S3 but of course it still is under development.cheersrich

Hello all,Can anyone give me some advice please on a problem i have and need to resolve.Back in march this year i purchased all 3 of the Fs9 F-18 Hornet products from the AerialFoundry website costing

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I watched on the news a clip of a bull that charged the stands in Mexico City. I did a Google search to find the clip. All I could find was an *.WMV file in a low resolution.If anybody knows where I can download a better higher resolution clip, I would really appreciate it.Thanks.Abe

Small planes' control surface are usually controled via cables. At what stages in size/weight do they switch to electrical/hydrolic? What do aircrafts like the size of Baron 58 use? Thnx

I was wondering what is the most popular (i.e. widespread) trainer for PPL and IR, both in USA and the rest of the world. C172, maybe? And then?Marco

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