business concerns killed my sim flying (and everything else) for several years

i'm starting to take some time for myself now and just rigged a new gaming laptop with flight. i'd love to find the alaska addon but it seems ms has abandoned flight as it did fsx.

i did not have any dlc when i was flying flight the first time.

any ideas if/how i can get the alaska dlc? i'd gladly pay for it.

thanks

Can anybody tell me now in 2021 how I can download the alaska and my bought aircrafts?

Thank you

Also, I see some planes that look like weird stealth planes resembling a  paper airplane.

Richard

My question is, would it be possible to automate the entire flight? Landing this plane is pretty automatic - the plane flares and touches down by itself and autobrakes and armed spoilers stop it without pilot intervention.

So here are my specific questions:

1. Is there a way to automate takeoff? On stock FSX planes you can just set the autothrottle and engage the altitude hold and the plane will rotate and take off (without stalling if you're lucky). Is there a way to get the PMDG to auto rotate at Vr for example? So far my understanding is that the AP in this plane can't be activated until airborne...

2. I noticed the autopilot has a VNAV button. Before I dive into the 130-page manual, can someone tell me whether this is capable of transitioning from climb to cruise to descent to touchdown without pilot intervention?

3. Last question - can all these be chained together wihout pilot input? For example, imagine there's a pressurisation failure and both pilots lose consciousness during the climb stage. Can the plane be set up in such a way (before the incident) that the plane continues the rest of the flight completely on its own and safely touches down and stops at the planned destination airport? (assuming traffic gets out of the way and ILS freq and crs heading were already set up and approach already programmed, and autobrakes on and spoilers armed)

Edit: I meant to post this to the FSX forum. Can it be moved there please?

I am using steam & it seems a bit buggy on updates & map downloads.

Thanks!

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Were hosting a flight back in Hawaii on December 23rd at 9pm EST. (about 2 weeks from this post)

Check out http://msflights.net for more info.

So what am I doing or not doing wrong?

http://forums.steamp...d.php?t=2785849

Stephan decided to make this race as a flightplan, with the use of Plan-G and Gmap. I must say all this could not have been done with all the feedback, advices, tricks & tests we have been seeing around here, and I want to thanks the community of Flight's pilots whose help is really appreciated :Applause:

The meeting time was friday, the 6th, departure at PANC, Anchorage. Plane : the Cub (and after my initial grunt, it was a good choice I must say). Lenght of flightplan is 859NM, last airport is Nome.

You can find a copy of the file used for the route there.

As there was some problems with the Live, it was a bit complicated to start on time alltogether. And as I had a surprising visit from a friend passing by late, I had to interrupt the flight after a landing at Tin Creek, with a persistent 12kts crosswinds and 45ft hight pines all around the place, trust me is was a hard landing even with the Cub !.

Another thing that is still a bit complicated when you want to use Gmap is that the screenshot key ("V") is not working anymore. So I have very few pics, only some on the ground just before I left, after around 4hrs of flying, fun water skying, being just "Wow" when we saw a big bridge in the middle of nowhere, travelled a snowy passage, changed weather 3 times (really sounds like Alaska !)...

If any of the other pilots could post their pictures here they are welcome

We searched for a boat that illegally catched a whale. Some hints from local fishermen limited the search area to the fjords on the western side of Kodiak Island.

In the end we found the boat and arrested the crew for illegal fishing.

Anywho, glad to see there is a community for this game so I look forward to seeing some of you online.

Here's the flight plan:

Come join in on the fun!

I was wondering if it's possible to use headphones when flying FS multiplayer sessions to communicate. My brother and I fly in multiplayer on weekends. My computer is downstairs and he is upstairs. We now use radios to communicate with each other but we thought it would be much more realistic to use headphones with mics and being able to communicate through our headphones instead of using our radios. This way, we won't have to replace the batteries every 3 weeks or so. If this is possible, how would we go about setting up the computer to key up the mic, maybe pressing a key on the keyboard, so that one can communicate with the other? Is there software that will allow us to do this? We do have a router and we both are running Windows 7.

Kenneth Manning

I may be misunderstanding a setting or perhaps even how to participate in multiplayer sessions. Here's what I do:

1. Click on Multiplayer
   
2. Click on Quick Match until I find a session with a few people in it
   
3. Click on people to find a similar aircraft
   
4. Check the box to target the player
   
5. Press M to begin flying
   
6. Press ] ...and nothing happens
   

The simulation runs fine, with no problems with controls or cameras; only the player pointer commands don't work.

I've set my Xbox settings to be wide open, and I've opened the recommended ports in my router.

I appreciate any guidance I can get on this. Thanks!

You can see the whole album here: https://picasaweb.go...FlightPictures#

Lots of P-51's and Zeros.

This was an odd moment, that I couldn't pass up. I was running around the whole airfield getting photos!

Everyone pretty much loved the Zero's including myself.

Many flew the Zero's. Great plane even without the pit.

And the Airshow at Barking Sands, Kauai.

Took off the labels to get some clean shots. FRAPS running.

An end to a good flight. The scenery and visuals of MS Flight are really stunning!

I did by the A6M Zero because it's my 7 year old son's favorite plane. It only cost me $4.99 because I already had 400 MS points to put towards it.

My favorite plane so far is the Maule.

• Pre-maneuver checklist
• Steep Turns
• Power on Stall
• Power off Stall
• Slow Flight
• S Turns
• Turns around a Point
• Rectangular Course (I just practice this while doing touch and gos in the traffic pattern)

Essential Flight Skills

• Normal and Crosswind takeoffs and landings
• Emergency Engine Out Procedures
• Traffic Patterns
• Radio (I would LOVE someone to practice the radio with...)
• Night Flying
• Basic Instruments
• Maintaining Straight and Level flight (Altitude is a I TRIED TO USE A PROFANITY HERE - AREN'T I STUPID! even with trim...)
• Cross Country Flights (Includes flight planning and VOR)
• Taxiing (This ones a bit hard due to the issues with breaking in MS Flight. i'm sure they will be fixed eventually)