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  4. Virtual Airlines, Who flys for a VA?

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    On 6/15/2023 at 6:13 AM, VirtualGAaviator said:

    join the Boulder VOR on an outbound radius.

    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?

  5. SIDS and STARS

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    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)

  8. X-plane 12

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    1 hour ago, mjrhealth said:

    This isnt about flight simming is it???

    Flying isnt about flight simming? What is flight simulation? Simulating flying an aircraft. X-plane 12 is a flight simulator. 

    1 hour ago, mjrhealth said:

    What has any of that got to do with anything.

    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.

  10. X-plane 12

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    @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.

  11. SIDS and STARS

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    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.

  15. X-plane 12

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    Posted · Edited by Rick310
    change words

    1 hour ago, mjrhealth said:

    Seems to ge getting newbies evety few dsys.

    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!

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  17. Virtual Airlines, Who flys for a VA?

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    24 minutes ago, VirtualGAaviator said:

    Learning to read charts, and follow SIDS and STARS. On top of that, managing the radios during the periods of high work loads

    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.

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  18. X-plane 12

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    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.

  20. X-plane 12

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    9 hours ago, mjrhealth said:

    See but that is just an opinion

    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.

  21. X-plane 12

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    23 minutes ago, mjrhealth said:

    Dont know why it even needs to be discussed

    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.

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  23. X-plane 12

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Rick310
    Clarify my point

    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?

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