Rick310

53 degrees F in Deadhorse and 46 degrees F in Barrow.

Flying around trip Barrow to Deadhorse. The two most northern towns in the United States. Over 300 days of below freezing temperatures. Using the JF Piper Arrow 3 for both flights.

I will be flying for Air Nevada today in Alaska.

I got it. I have researched this and now I can rap my head around. Tune your nav radio to the VOR Frequency, Set you Nav 1 course to the course ATC give you and you fly until the localizer becomes active. And you make your turn away from the VOR. Just like when you turn final on an ILS approach. Hope I explained this right?

SID is a standard instrument departure procedure. This chart shall provide the flight crew with information to enable it to comply with the designated standard departure route instrument from take-off phase to the en-route phase. The coverage of the chart shall be sufficient to indicate the point where the departure route begins and the specified significant point at which the en-route phase of flight along a designated air traffic services route can be commenced. Bearings, tracks and radials are magnetic. Where bearings and tracks are additionally provided as true values for RNAV segments, they shall be shown in parentheses to the nearest tenth of a degree. The established minimum sector altitude, based on a navigation aid associated with the procedure, shall be shown with a clear indication of the sector to which it applies. The components shall comprise the following: 1) a graphic portrayal of each standard departure route, including route designator significant points defining the route track or radial to the nearest degree along each segment of the route distances to the nearest kilometer or nautical mile between significant points minimum obstacle clearance altitudes, along the route or route segments and altitudes required by the procedure to the nearest higher 50 m or 100 ft and flight level restrictions where established where the chart is drawn to scale and vectoring on departure is provided, established minimum vectoring altitudes to the nearest higher 50 m or 100 ft, clearly identified 2) the radio navigation aid(s) associated with the route(s) including: plain language name; identification; frequency; geographical coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds; for DME, the channel 3) the name-codes of the significant points not marked by the position of a radio navigation aid, their geographical coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds and the bearing to the nearest tenth of a degree and distance to the nearest two-tenths of a kilometer (tenth of a nautical mile) from the reference radio navigation aid 4) the applicable holding patterns 5) the transition altitude/height to the nearest higher 300 m or 1000ft 6) the position and height of close-in obstacles which penetrate the obstacle identification surface (OIS) 7) the area speed restrictions, where established 8) the designation of the navigation specification(s) including any limitations, where established 9) all compulsory and "on-request" reporting points 10) radio communication procedures, including: call sign(s) of ATS unit(s); frequency; transponder setting, where appropriate 11) an indication of "flyover" significant points The system of designators shall: permit the identification of each route in a simple and unambiguous manner make a clear distinction between departure routes and arrival routes and other ATS routes, routes requiring navigation by reference to ground based radio aids or self-contained airborne aids, and routes requiring navigation by visual reference to the ground be compatible with ATS and aircraft data processing and display requirements be of utmost brevity in its operational application avoid redundancy provide sufficient possibility for extension to cater for any future requirements without the need for fundamental changes. The coded designator of a standard departure or arrival route shall consist of: a coded indicator or named code of the significant point of the procedure, followed by a validity indicator, followed by a route indicator (optional and where required) followed by the word "departure" for the plain language designator, followed by the word "visual" for the plain language designator, if the route has been established for use by aircraft operating in accordance with the visual flight rules (VFR)

Fly Alaska and challenge your flying skills. All ways be willing to learn about flying an airplane. If you do not want to learn then stop flying and find another hobby.

I was pushing you to learn. And you do not want to learn. So I will turn around and walk away.

Flying isnt about flight simming? What is flight simulation? Simulating flying an aircraft. X-plane 12 is a flight simulator. This is about your knowledge about flying an aircraft as real as it gets. What?? You own x-plane 12 and you do not use it? I am not angry. I am asking about your flying experience in x-plane 12. Why can't you just answer the questions above? X-plane 12 is going to be a great simulator some day. IMO.

Hop in your 747 or any big bird(airliner) and climb to 30k feet and at 30NM from your airport, descend and land safely without over speeding your aircraft or crashing. Have fun.

@mjrhealth You sure have a strong opinion. What do you know about flying? How many flight hours do you have? What type of aircraft do you fly? And do fly on a network with live ATC? My stats are listed below. I do fly on a network with live ATC (IVAO) and fly all small turboprop and prop planes. I fly mostly VFR unless the weather does not permit, then I fly IFR. Wait, do you know what VFR and IFR means? Just want to know more about a person with an opinion. Thats all. Knowledge is power.

What is a SID? What does the letters SID mean? What is a STAR? What does the letters STAR mean? Can you read a SID or STAR chart? These are Questions you better be able to answer if you want to fly IFR with the Big Birds(airliners) on a network that has live ATC. If you cannot answer these questions, then you should not be flying IFR with the a big bird on a network with live ATC. You will look like a fool. If you do not have a SID and or a STAR in your flight plan, ATC will give you one and ask if you have the chart on board your aircraft. A SID is a standard instrument departure procedure. A STAR is a standard instrument terminal arrival procedure. Well there is a start.

Good Moring ya all! Ready for another day of flying Alaska for Air Nevada.

What VA did you fly for today?

WOW the weather is good in Alaska all week. I now have 250 hours in my JF Piper Arrow 3. Landing on gravel runways in Alaska is not do my new paint job any good. Had a great day of flying today! Cheers.

And thats your opinion. And I said my opinion. We both have opinions and we both have a#$holes. All is good in the flight sim world. Fly Alaska!

You got that right.

There was a time, I had stacks of folders with airport maps and all the SIDS and STARS for many different airports. Now Navigraph can do all that for you. I pay for it all on Navigraph, but I do not use any charts since I stopped flying airliners. The radios are easy for me on IVAO because IVAO pilot client is user friendly. And FSTramp is a great moving map I use also.

Ok, your right. Everyone has an opinion and everyone has an a@#hole. Depends which one you like the most. And most of the time I am an A@#hole. Read FSElite, 3rd party Devs are making a lot of money off MSFS2020. Also read navigraph, they too are making a lot of money off MSFS2020. Sad, x-plane 12 has fallen out of the picture. Question is can X-plane 12 rebound and get the 3rd party devs back. I hope so.

I like the fact that you want to learn. I have never been able to rap my head around VOR radials. Bearings and headings I am ok with.

I agree. But this is not an opinion, I think this is fact. Most simulator pilots today favor scenery(eye candy) over simulating flying a real airplane. In other forums I read this comment a lot "I don't want to read just to fly the airplane. I just want to hop in and takeoff" This is why more people buy MSFS than x-plane is because of the eye candy. They want to fly over their homes and see where they live. I do not know is MSFS2020 is the same as MSFS2004, but in 2004 you hit ctrl - c and it starts your engines and your ready to takeoff. Microsoft makes flying easy. People today don't want to learn or work for that matter. This pisses me off. X-plane forever is my motto. I will never buy another Microsoft flight simulator. And someday I will buy x-plane 12. Bottom line here is that I don't like change. I know some day x-plane 12 will be the best flight simulator on the market.

Maybe I want to talk about. X-plane 12 needs alot work. That's why MSFS2020 is kicking x-plane 12's A@# in sales. X-plane 11 is the best simulator on the market today. Until x-plane 12 does something???? Will X-plane 12 be able to match MSFS2020 in sales when complete? Time will tell.

Negitive. X-plane 11 is the best simulator on the market today.

X-plane 12 is falling way behind MSFS2020. I read FsElite and most of their articles are about MSFS2020. It looks like to me that 3rd party devs are making money off MSFS2020. The question I have is MSFS2020 more popular and selling more copies than X-Plane 12? IMO X-Plane 11 was the top seller when it came out. Beating prepar3D and FSX. FSX was not hard to do. This simulator sucked. FSX was the worst flight simulator Microsoft ever made. I am not saying MSFS2020 is better than X-Plane 12. I am saying that MSFS2020 has become a flight simulator best seller. And Microsoft just announced the start of MSFS2024. Can we expect a X-plane 13 in the near future?

Well it looks like no one is going to say what VA they fly for. Bummer. All my topics seem to go off in a different direction. Great!

The last two airports I downloaded from scenery gateway was spot on. PACK and PAHP where very well done.