April 6, 201214 yr I think I saw this Captain at the airport bar 20 minutes before my own departure... :Just Kidding: David Obando Home Airport KSFO System: Windows 11 Pro x64 22H2, Intel I9-13900KS Watercooled, Asus Maximus Z690 Extreme Motherboard, 32 Gb Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 5600, ASUS RTX 4090 OC Edition, 4Tb NVME m.2 Array (2Tb x 2), Aorus FV43U 43" Display (144Mhz), Corsair Ax1600i powersupply, Marvel AQC107 10Gb Network adaptor, Comcast 1Gb Internet Service, Corsair 7000D Airflow Case 7x140mm, 4x120mm cooling fans.
April 6, 201214 yr I think hes using cost index of max to get as fast as possible to the next pub B) Anton Lundqvist
April 6, 201214 yr haha nice picture, is that UT2? "For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Leonardo da Vinci
April 6, 201214 yr Author :lol: Yes, its UT2 :) I was getting really tired of feeling like I was the only one in the air all the time... Now TCAS is getting a workout! :) It's wonderful too that you'll be flying over Italy and hear Alitalia flight call outs or El Al flights over isreal :) Very immersive! I set the contrail length to 5 minutes so it's pretty often when I'm on a busy airway that I get the sky criss crossed with contrails that you can see from FAR away :) This was the first time though I saw one that wasn't dead straight, or a gentle curvature of a perfectly coordinated course change... I'm still trying to figure out what was going on with the Captain :) Oh and don't mind my very inefficient flight profile. I was exceeding optimal cruise to try and catch up with him so I give give him a "#####?!" sign from the cockpit! David Obando Home Airport KSFO System: Windows 11 Pro x64 22H2, Intel I9-13900KS Watercooled, Asus Maximus Z690 Extreme Motherboard, 32 Gb Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 5600, ASUS RTX 4090 OC Edition, 4Tb NVME m.2 Array (2Tb x 2), Aorus FV43U 43" Display (144Mhz), Corsair Ax1600i powersupply, Marvel AQC107 10Gb Network adaptor, Comcast 1Gb Internet Service, Corsair 7000D Airflow Case 7x140mm, 4x120mm cooling fans.
April 6, 201214 yr With UT in FS9 I watched a 757 dive vertically from way above me right into the ocean near Miami. I first noticed it on the TCAS. I have screen shots but they are on another computer. Tom Landry
April 6, 201214 yr With UT in FS9 I watched a 757 dive vertically from way above me right into the ocean near Miami. I first noticed it on the TCAS. I have screen shots but they are on another computer. Well I think that same flight is still in UT2 for FSX because I had that EXACT same thing happen to me yesterday...was on the HILEY2 arrival to KMIA descending through 10000 on AA985 (IAD-MIA) and I saw a 757 about 1500 feet below me making a rapid descent, maybe 10 degrees nose down, but kept descending and then just disappeared when my TCAS read he should be in the ocean. I thought it quite funny really since I'd not seen that before in UT2. I do find many of the quirks of UT2 quite humorous really. I didn't have a chance to take a screenie because I was given my approach clearance a few moments later. To the OP: probably why you are seeing the S-turn, and I don't know what causes it, but if he's on the same frequency as you, you'll hear ATC saying "Flight XXX turn left heading XXX, proceed on course." Then thirty seconds later "Flight XXX turn right heading XXX, proceed on course." It can get annoying and usually stops when you are given a new frequency. Adam Hill
April 6, 201214 yr Author Well I think that same flight is still in UT2 for FSX because I had that EXACT same thing happen to me yesterday...was on the HILEY2 arrival to KMIA descending through 10000 on AA985 (IAD-MIA) and I saw a 757 about 1500 feet below me making a rapid descent, maybe 10 degrees nose down, but kept descending and then just disappeared when my TCAS read he should be in the ocean. I thought it quite funny really since I'd not seen that before in UT2. I do find many of the quirks of UT2 quite humorous really. I didn't have a chance to take a screenie because I was given my approach clearance a few moments later. If its the same flight, does that mean that maybe it is the spirit of the doomed Captain, being punished for having an evil soul, and eternally damned to meet a tragic end in the oceans off Miami for all eternity? If we send the glomar explorer to that spot, will they find an underwater mountain of aircraft 200 feet tall? David Obando Home Airport KSFO System: Windows 11 Pro x64 22H2, Intel I9-13900KS Watercooled, Asus Maximus Z690 Extreme Motherboard, 32 Gb Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5 5600, ASUS RTX 4090 OC Edition, 4Tb NVME m.2 Array (2Tb x 2), Aorus FV43U 43" Display (144Mhz), Corsair Ax1600i powersupply, Marvel AQC107 10Gb Network adaptor, Comcast 1Gb Internet Service, Corsair 7000D Airflow Case 7x140mm, 4x120mm cooling fans.
April 7, 201214 yr Well I think that same flight is still in UT2 for FSX because I had that EXACT same thing happen to me yesterday...was on the HILEY2 arrival to KMIA descending through 10000 on AA985 (IAD-MIA) and I saw a 757 about 1500 feet below me making a rapid descent, maybe 10 degrees nose down, but kept descending and then just disappeared when my TCAS read he should be in the ocean. I thought it quite funny really since I'd not seen that before in UT2. I do find many of the quirks of UT2 quite humorous really. I didn't have a chance to take a screenie because I was given my approach clearance a few moments later. To the OP: probably why you are seeing the S-turn, and I don't know what causes it, but if he's on the same frequency as you, you'll hear ATC saying "Flight XXX turn left heading XXX, proceed on course." Then thirty seconds later "Flight XXX turn right heading XXX, proceed on course." It can get annoying and usually stops when you are given a new frequency. On the one I saw the plane was literally going straight down. I have to fly a trip but I will post the pix when I get back. Tom Landry
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