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Hi everyone, I've got good news as of 1pm yesterday... I'm finally a private pilot! I had been in conflict with the FAA for months after an examiner had taken his fee and refused to do my check ride exam. Luckily, after researching other examiners, I finally found a great and professional examiner in Winter Haven, Florida. The examiner's name is Chuck Brown and him and his brother operate and own a seaplane base directly on Winter Haven airport. The oral portion was the part that had me most stressed out but it ended up going nearly flawlessly apart from a few questions that I fumbled with to find an answer. Luckily I had prepared and had my FAR/AIM handy and was able to find the answers within a reasonable amount of time. The flight portion had a few minor hiccups as well but overall went very well like the oral. I stayed within my minimums and maintained within PTS standards for the duration of the flight. Overall, it was an experience that I had stressed about before taking, but now that I know how a check ride works, I'll definitely be less stressed for my instrument exam in a few months. Planning to have my IR done by October and my commercial pilot license by May of next year! Olivier C.

Here are some of the latest images of SkyMaxx Pro 2.0, which is currently at beta 11. We're cautiously optimistic this will be the version we ship. Thanks to our amazing beta testing team for providing some of these images. A nice shot of cloud shadows and the new high-resolution cloud option: Thunderstorms got a facelift as well: Nice shot of the new lens flare option: I've posted this one before, but I just really like how it shows the cloud shadows and new cloud textures: Stormy conditions from above, coming out of a towering cumulus cloud: Nicely composed shot showcasing cloud shadows and the new hi-res cloud puffs: One more lens flare shot: That's enough for now Stay tuned for more details on the update.

Carenado C337 over Vienna

Went up north today, and did BGKK to BGSF in AeroPedro's recent update to his free Twin Otter. Nothing but featureless glacier for most of the flight, but both the climb and the descent were scenic. I do miss the HD mesh and photo scenery at these latitudes, though...

Congratulation Oliver. It's an accomplishment and experience of a life time you will treasure. Welcome to the flyers club.

Impressive work Chris!

Congratulations Oliver, well done! Now the sky's the limit!

The stress and anticipation of a major exam is always worse than the exam itself! Congratulations!

Congratulations Oliver!

Congratulations! Well done!

I'm sorry Oliver. I don't mean any harm to other people. I put a wink too.

With all due respect, what the hell is your problem... you have so much built up emotions towards other forum members for absolutely no valid reason. Either you're very young and don't understand much about the world, or you're just an angry person.

Yes, the new GNS430 will be in the Citation.

The new Japan mesh is great. And with W2XP its even better 737 over Tokyo

More of a report from the trip than moody screenshots, but i hope you enjoy reading it along with some photos from the journey Background: I couldn't resist downloading the new alpilotx's HD Mesh Scenery of Japan (link). As i haven't flown my favourite airliner in a while, i thought it would be a good idea to take it on a short hop inside Japan. Having taken a look at SkyVector (link) i decided for Tajima (RJBT) - Miho (RJHO) route. Nice, short (~110 nm) hop along the coastline, with the mountains to the south. Departure: Thing get pretty fast in -200 if you hand fly the departure with mountains on almost every side of the SID (Standard Instrument Departure). That's why i didn't have time to get many screenshots, unfortunately... Passing 10000 feet & accelerating to climb speed of 285 kts - now on autopilot. Good time to take a look at the surrounding terrain and some nice looking cumulus. Cruise: Cruising comfortably at FL140. Not a typical altitude for jets, but we aren't going far this time. Tracking radial 279° outbound Miyazu VOR (YME 112.6 MHz) and that means we're on the V59 airway centerline ... more or less (no RNAV equipment!) Air New Zealand (IATA: NZ, ICAO: ANZ, Callsign: NEW ZEALAND), the national airline of New Zealand used to operate total of 24 737-200 starting from 1978 until 2001. Nav setting for the arrival and initial approach? Set. Approach briefing? Completed. Then it's time for... Descent: During descend we skim through a thin layer of stratocumulus, most likely. Turning inbound IAF (Initial Approach Fix) Yonago VOR (YVE 114.10 MHz), we're greeted by some spectacular landscape. Approach: It's really hard to concentrate on instruments with such spectacular scenery on the outside! Intercepting radial 056° outbound Yonago VOR that will allow us to descend 2000 feet, staying clear of terrain. Two Two Zero knots is the clean speed we opt for during intial approach. Maintaining desired speed on classic airliner like -200 (no autothrottle) takes a lot of attention! Landing: Overflying harbor of Sakaiminato city once again. Six miles final, flaps 15, gear down, three green. Here we are, crossing the threshold... Thanks for watching! P.S. Did anyone read it? ;] How do you like this kind of "screenshot stories"?

This is Michael's post on the FSXP Facebook page last week. He is also doing both models.

don't worry, he is still working. When he is not posting updates, it likely means that he is working hard.