Always starting on the runway with the engines running. Otherwise too much time for flight dynamics development would be lost :(

My flight starts off in Slew Mode with the aircraft (always a default FSX one) situated in the area of whatever scenery location I am developing at the time. If I taxi it is only to check for any object crashes that have to be corrected in that location. Regards, Mike Mann

I was wondering how many of you did the whole bit, you know, taxi to the runway, take off, taxi off the runway to the gate or parking?

Are u kidding? That ain´t a question. :(

what else if not a question???

Cold and dark at the gate to shut down. Sometimes if I am tired, I will end the flight when I exit the runway after landing. I usually fly after my wife goes to bed which can produce some late nights. I always use ASE and AES (where available, looking forward to GSX). I try to pick airports with interesting rw weather. In addition, I always fly semi-realistic routes - meaning I wouldn't fly an American 757 from KDTW to TJSJ or a United A320 from KMDW to KPHX. That's why I always request charter paints on various forums - it opens up a lot more options for me. Since weather (and add on scenery) is a big determinant for me, I have imported all of the airports in the world in to Google Earth (download of .kml: http://bbs.keyhole.c...ite_id=1#import). When I add a new scenery file, I enable that airport in "My Places" within GE. I have weather enabled in GE so with a quick glance I can see where airports exist that have add on scenery and interesting weather.

I was wondering how many of you did the whole bit, you know, taxi to the runway, take off, taxi off the runway to the gate or parking?

Well I do all as done in the real world :-)

Gate to gate, start warm with either APU running or external power and air. I usually allow time for passanger boarding and FMC programming. Ed Kammerman