It depends on mood - sometimes I work out how long it should be and leave it running overniye - other times I will throw up a DVD movir on the 2nd screnn and watch that just as the passengers do

>flights. If you want I can attach my flight plan. Its>12500nm with I dont even know how many waypoints. I would be interested in the flight plan.

I have just today finished my Round the world flight in real time. For a full report on it(Aircraft/Hardware/Software performance etc) see the post further down entitled RTW Test ( topic 181771)Dave

Blair, that is awesome.Something so simple, but the effect is great. Always wondered what it meant....Awesome bit of advice.CheersTim

I do long flights in real time as well and what is funny is late at night when I am over the atlantic or pacific I can usually find Bob Johnson on servinfo flying somewhere as well. I don't know Bob at all put our paths have crossed many times on VATSIM in the wee hours of the morning and it is nice knowing that I am not the only one out there doing a real time 8-12 hr flight. That is what I enjoy most about online flying...

If it's a flight over the Atlantic or the Pacific I crank it up to 16 or 32. I just do the first and last bits. If I'm flying over land then I like to leave it at 1x and just keep good track on where I am and enjoy the scenery. Maybe it's just me but the scenery in FS9 can be spectacular!/ HiScore

I do all mine real time and typically start one after dinner, assuming the other half has something else to do, and they typically are around two hours. Last year, with 2002, I did the around the world trip and put pins in the world map on the wall as to where I stopped. Most of it in my favorite, UAL777 (Mel's).Radar Contact is great for long flights as you can "give" the aircraft to your lovely co-pilot for a while and enjoy the scenery or grab a cold one. I agree with one of the posts where they stated enjoy the scenery and use an Atlas. I did that for my ROW trip and was amazed at how little I knew about the terrain in other countries.I believe that the extra enjoyment is fictionalizing WHY you are taking the flight to begin with. From commanding a UAL flight from Chicago to Denver or taking the kids from Meigs to a small lake in Michigan, you make an experience out of it rather than just flying an aircraft.Another thing I like to do is watch the dinner time news and catch where the weather is marginal and go and plan a flight to that city and use Real Weather. I do that a lot these days now that I have FS9 and the good weather simulation. Pulled a Cessna trip from Denver to Des Moines during the winter when there was a snow storm over Iowa and landed on the grass between the runways due to cross winds and heavy snow showers. That was fun!I remember when the war broke out in IRAQ I could not wait to get the C-130 fired up in Kuwait City and haul supplies to Baghdad. Saw a lot of the counnty did my fictional service to the good ole USA.Good thread!Don KDEN