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Correction, just looked at the auction, actually ends Monday 1400 UK time, someone's put a bid in for £1, so at least it's going to sell, rather just have £1 than put it into landfill!

This is what the listing says: 35 Just Planes Airline DVD's produced between 2000 and 2014. Boxes and DVD's are in good condition. But be in no doubt, the quality of the video is no where near what we expect now, it's not even Blu Ray. Think typical VCR quality - was probably recorded with a hand held camcorder. That said the videos are perfectly viewable as are all the ancient VCR stuff on you tube, just don't expect crystal clear quality. Most are 2 to 4 hours long, showing multiple sectors - sometimes up to 10 flights. If there's any particular DVD you'd like more information on please message me, but I won't be breaking up the collection. UK sale only, as there's no region information on the box - but I know they work in the UK. Very low reserve £1- not expecting much for them, but would rather they went to an enthusiast than landfill! Paypal only - Auction ends Sunday 1400 UK time. I won't be ending the auction early. If you want to see pics of the titles available - visit the listing here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306868636345?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e12000.m113256.l116967&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=e3bb32e2f6a34192942abbfb03232f5c&bu=43132254572&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20260408060230&segname=12000&mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e12000.m113256.l116967&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=e3bb32e2f6a34192942abbfb03232f5c&bu=43132254572&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20260408060230&segname=12000

There are alternatives to Imgur, that work in the UK. This one works well, can be used without sign up, very intuitive. https://postimages.org/

Same here, nippa! (retired 2010). Tip for the original poster - take a look at the FR24, you'll see the Heathrow inbounds via BIG, including indicated airspeeds, rates of descent, and levels achieved, really not an issue for them, assuming a timely descent from ATC. Agree with nippa, being able to achieve the minimum holding level and holding speed at BIG (usually FL70, 220kts max), is essential for Heathrow Approach.

I'm pretty sure that MSFS2020 requires internet access to run? The scenery is streamed, not stored on the PC.

"That overhead image is not from the PC12-47 (that the SWS models). That's from the PC12 NGX that is made by Carenado for MSFS." I googled PC12 overhead to find an image - and got that image, just to show the CB in issue - it is the SWS PC12 that's the problem, but thanks for the observation.

Bought it yesterday (MSFS2024) - just tried a quick flight to test it, on the runway, engine running. Keep getting a Bus Tie warning, circuit breaker resets, but 30 seconds later pops out again. Probably need to study the manual, but anyone had this happen? Thanks

There's a tick box in the Pimax play software for using the headset speakers, is that ticked?

I didn't do any sign up, just opened the site link - clicked on choose image - picked the Apollo one I just downloded! Then the Upload complete box is shown, Direct link, 2nd one down on the list is what you want, copy it it, paste it into your post - and it's there!

Re "These screenshots are from IMGUR. How do I post them Here then?" I switched to https://postimages.org/ Very intuitive interface - no sign up required, seems to work fine in the UK

As a recent purchaser of "Spotty", which actually is a very cool utility, for av-geeks, I tried this function just out of curiosity, but can see that jerky aircraft movement you can see in the video, which rather spoils it. Admittedly, Spotty has very little to do with flying as such, but I enjoy 20 minutes or so spotting at major airports, coupled with FSLTL (free realtime traffic) which uses FR24 data. Also a very quick way of exploring the world, POI's, 3d cities, to decide if it's somewhere you'd like to fly from, in a way that's far quicker than flying around there.

MSFS 2024 can be installed on more than one PC if that's what you mean, but you can only run one version at a time. Use the original xbox login, and it should be available for download.

Actually, I didn't know that Imgur had switched off UK access, but if it's useful for anyone, I use https://postimages.org/ very easy intuitive interface, no sign up, works well.

This is why I prefer SkyDemon maps, the information you need, but not totally obscuring the topographical features, for visual navigation. The area from SkyDemon below. There's actually a lot of nice GA airfields around there, I've put black boxes around a few. There are 3 actually inside the Heathrow Control zone, you don't need permission from Heathrow, there's special procedure for them, something like all circuits away from Heathrow, not above 1200ft VFR, remain within 2 miles of the airfield, that type of thing. One big issue is that Controlled airspace starts at 2500ft, so all the VFR traffic is below that, usually around 2000ft, on a sunny weekend, the airspace is very busy, really need to keep a good lookout!

Off topic - sorry, but I see this "Content not viewable" notice quite often. The poster is UK based, same as me, any idea why?

Roughly the same airspace in the new Navigraph charts - why I described them as fussy!

Flying VFR in Europe is a complicated business, not least because each country has it's own rules. There a lot more more class A airspace around even at low levels. This is a Skyvector pic of the airspace around Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton plus others, I've put red boxes around some of the airspace vertical delineations. There a huge swath around Heathrow and Gatwick that's class A above 2500ft, the control zones are class A down to the surface. As you get further away from the major airfields the base levels rise, but you still need to keep a close eye on where you are to avoid infringing class A airspace. Moving maps have made things a lot easier, when I was flying around there in the olden days, we didn't have those, you really needed a good map!

I remember using one in the 1980's, they're actually not very good, unless close to a station, with a nice 90 degree offset, oblique offsets are just too poor for accuracy. Overall accuracy of a VOR is around 6 degrees, when you factor in ground station accuracy, equipment accuracy, and other factors, so already there's quite a margin of error built in. But could be useful if not too far from the VOR, with a good cross bearing. I didn't listen to the whole video, but I'm sure he must of pointed out, doing an RNAV approach on non certified equipment it isn't legal in real life, but that's what sims are for, having fun.

Was excited to hear the news, decent VFR charts are very lacking over Europe, but unfortunately they are far too "fussy" for me for totally visual navigation, with no nav aids, moving maps, just a map, compass, stopwatch, pure visual navigation, like on my PPL training. The airspace and nav aid information obscure the ground detail in busy airspace like southern England, making it impossible to see the roads, rivers, trainlines I'm looking for. Not too bad in sparser areas like northern Scotland, Ireland. But hats off to Navigraph, an another addition that many will find useful, even if it's not for me, it really is my number 1 flightsim app. I actually use Skydemon maps for UK/Euro flying, just the right balance of chart information vs legibility of ground features. Its actually a real life app, a sort of poor mans ForeFlight, but rich in features, although I only subscribe for the maps! There a free trial if interested. https://www.skydemon.aero/start

Just to add to the topic, the UK method is different to the USA equivalent, he's a link to how it's done in the UK. https://www.caa.co.uk/publication/download/13138 Not sure how it varies around other countries in Europe?

I've had a lot of VRinsight stuff in the past, and it was good value at the time, a bit clunky and quirky but did the job. But the new kit from WinWing blows VRinsight out the water, in terms of looks, functionality, price, I think VRinsight have had their day.

"Wish I could get a map showing the ADF locations/info with this add-on then I'd buy." Same here, I tried the authors suggestion for seeing how many NDB's showed up on a Little Nav Map search (MS2020), it came up with 7759 NDB's, a lot more than the 3400 suggested by the author. I'm sure the app will add to that, but probably not in the parts of the world I fly in.

Also when I learnt NDB tracking many years ago, most light aircraft were fitted with RBI's, Relative bearing indicators, the compass rose was fixed, with North at the top. Most aircraft in the sim have RMI's, Radio magnetic indicators, were the compass rose aligns to the magnetic heading. It was tougher to do NDB procedures with the RBI. Pilots I flew with who had learnt ADF tracking with an RMI, often struggled with an RBI, if you'd learnt on the RBI, the RMI was easy! It's still possible to find RBI's in the sim, I've got a C150, and a C172 with RBI's, can't remember if they're stock, or payware? If I fancy a challenge, I try some approaches with those.

I used the Community import function to get Cinematic views added to my External view column for my Fenix A320, I'd like to add cinematic views for other aircraft, but can't work out how to do it? I expect it easy, once you know how, any help would be appreciated!

This was another fairly tough exam, you'd be given a Lamberts projection chart of the area covered by the exam, (unfortunately I don't have the chart for this paper, but the 1st link is an example of the type of charts used, just basic airways, with VOR's, NDB's, Airfields and coastlines shown). Then you'd use the chart to plot the answers to the questions. Plotting a position line given a bearing from a Nav station was straightforward, but then further positions lines were plotted at later times, and you'd be required to plot a "moving fix", using a parallel ruler to move the position line along your expected track, and using your calculated ground speed to decide how far to move it. You'd have a pretty good idea how accurate you'd been, as hopefully the position lines would intersect with just a small triangle, known as a "Cocked Hat", a large or no triangle meant you were way off! The pass mark for all these exams was 70%. A typical plotting chart: https://postimg.cc/214xWHgd The Questions https://postimg.cc/hJDVdKLg https://postimg.cc/N58y7Wf0 https://postimg.cc/d7gtKBtX