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Lately I have been landing on Hamburg airport (EDDH) because I have bought a scenery for that airport (makes it more fun). Unfortunately there are no sceneries for Arlanda airport, ESSA (Stockholm) where I live. Thank you again for all your tips!

Yes! I suceeded in an ILS landing (could not engage all three autopilots though, only two). Landing was made 10 nm from the airport when the aircraft is already aligned with the airport. Now I must learn to made that from a distance, to make those turn so I will be aligned with the airstrip. Do you have some tips how to make it?

Hallo, I am training landings manually and doing nicely. Yesterday it was very cloudy and I could not see the airstrip. I certainly was in need how to manage an ILS landing. I set up the frequency alright but which course? And how do I know which course? I cant engage all three autopilots only the left CMD - why? Another question: When I program the FMC I sometimes get a message: "Not on interception hdg" what does that mean and what have I done wrong?

Hallo, It seems that I now have a better understanding of things. But I have still more questions. Hope you dont get tired of me In the FMC I can see on each legs 3.000 ft, 2.000 ft. and so on. Will the aircraft descend automatically or must I do something? When I try to land manually for me it is difficult to find the right angle. Either land on the nosewheel or have the nose too far up. Is it a way to correct this or is it just experience? In the videos nobody contacts ATC, but to make it more realistic you have to do that. What about you?

Thank you all for your advises! I have seen the video and for me his landing was too difficult. He also speaks very fast. I will now try to practise and try to understand it all. Forgive but I dont understand what STAR means.

Hallo again, At last I managed to program the FMC and fly to my destination! Thanks to you and your tips (especially EFASS and the Youtube clip). But I have still of course a lot to learn. Unfortunately I did not land so well. Are there a way to see when I approach the destination and how far it is? I have made an ILS landing with a much simpler aircraft. Have you some tips how to do it on this aircraft (Boing 757)? Do you know how "Autoland" works which I can see on the instrumentpanel?

Hallo jiggyb2, Thank you very much for your information. It will certainly help me a lot! Tomorrow I will go on vacation for a week - so I cant fly and practise flying and proceed with programming the FMS. Hope I can come back to you if I have more questions!

Hallo jiggyb2, If you can help me a bit I would be very grateful. Remember I am a beginner and maybe I ask silly questions. I refer to the video and 1.I have a question: When he begins programming the route he puts in LOPIK, UN852, LNO, N852, GESLO and so on. Where does he get this from? I have used a flightplanner (http://www.flightsimaviation.com/_flight_planner.html). When I use it on the route EHAM-LSZH the only things that match is LOPIK, LNO and GESLO? 2. On departure I will choose a runway. The only answer I get is "No active runway" for example on Hamburg airport (EDDH).

Thank you! I have just found the IRS switches by myself and now it works. But I have still a lot of questions. The video you tipped me about is going too fast for me and it doesnt explain everything to a rookie like me.

Hallo, I am a beginner and I am trying to learn how to program the FMS in Boing 757. When I come to the POS INIT page and want to set my position then SET IRS POS is blank (no boxes). I have a manual that says: "The prompt boxes at 4R indicate that current aircraft position has not been initialised, or that any of the IRS modules is in align mode. (If neither of these condions is true, then 4R will be blank)." "4R is blank", does this mean that there are no boxes or that the boxes are blank? And how do I initialise my position? On the page I have set coordinates to the airport.

Have anybody a suggestion where I can learn how to program a FMS (other than go to a flying school )? I have searched on Youtube but none is good enough, they dont explain in detail what they are doing.

In the movie "Flight" with Denzel Washington, the captain arrives at the same time as the passengers are boarding. He then sits down in cockpit and asks his co-pilot if he have done the preflight procedures. Then the push back starts. Is this correct? Does this ever happens in the real world?

Hallo, When I fly in bad weather (X-plane 10), even with big planes, I lose control of the aircraft. Is this realistic? Should I worry next time I am going to fly (in the real world) in bad weather? Another annoying thing with X-plane is that I hear conversations from previous flights over the speakers although I have filed a new flightplan. How is that?

Thank you for your tips! Now I have the menu!

Amazing! Cant you explain how you managed to get the view on three monitors?

I have two monitors and in Settings I checked the IOS box. After that I cannot reach Setting or anything else on the top of the screen. Is there a way to go back to default before starting the program?