>The shorter the flight the more takeoffs and>landings and the more opportunity for panic which is what>makes the simulator so much fun. As was pointed out here before nothing prevents you from using 744 on shorter flights. If you worry about how realistic it is - there was a separate thread here on the subject and it turns 747-400F are used on internal routes within the US and some of them are no more than 3 hours in duration.Michael J.WinXP-Home SP2,AMD64 3500+,Abit AV8,Radeon X800Pro,36GB Raptor,1GB PC3200,Audigy 2http://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/747400.jpg

>>>The shorter the flight the more takeoffs and>>landings and the more opportunity for panic which is what>>makes the simulator so much fun. >>As was pointed out here before nothing prevents you from using>744 on shorter flights. If you worry about how realistic it is>- there was a separate thread here on the subject and it turns>747-400F are used on internal routes within the US and some of>them are no more than 3 hours in duration.>>Michael J.>WinXP-Home SP2,AMD64 3500+,Abit AV8,Radeon X800Pro,36GB>Raptor,1GB PC3200,Audigy 2>http://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/747400.jpgVery true! I fly for Virtual Atlas/Polar Cargo Air (RFP 747-400F) and there are MANY short hops flown. We fly the real world flights as well as charters. Some examples of real world Polar flights: KMIA-KJFK, KMIA-KORD. Or you may fly routes with a combination of legs (short, mid, and long haul) for example: KMIA-KJFK, KJFK-KORD, KORD-PHNL, PHNL-YSSY.BTW, I believe when the PMDG 747-400(F) is released, that will be added to the Virtual Atlas Air fleet as well... as it is in the real world airline.Just one more thing! A shameless VA plug...http://www.globecargo.org/home.htmlOne more shameless (for my other) VA plug... (737 fans)http://www.virtualwestjet.org/Murray Wheten

>Ernie Alston bore the full brunt when he announced FSBuild2>would be commercial rather than free.>Pete Dowson was almost driven to abandon FSUIPC because of the>threats and insults he got when he asked for donations to>allow him to continue development (he went commercial only>because donations didn't work, he got a few hundred Euro total>from no more than a few dozen people. My

Shortest flight I've heard of for a 744 that was not a charter was Heathrow-Schiphol.Admittedly it was an emergency equipment replacement when the scheduled A319 (of all things) broke down and there was nothing smaller ready to take over at a moment's notice but it does happen.Shortest flight overall I know of is Heathrow-Fairford which is a twice-yearly charter flight during the RIAT.