July 13, 201213 yr I am just exploring; familiarizing myself with Alaska and searching out the hidden nuggets left by the flight team. I am visiting the airports, doing jobs....... But mostly sightseeing. I keep getting called back to Hawaii though! People want to fly on the big island and zoom around, and I cant resist a good multiplayer zoom! Plus, I am slowly learning a few things that never seemed interesting when I was just flying alone in FSX. I think its because there are new people here, and as they ask questions, learn and grow, I can see the things I never bothered to learn and would never have asked on other forums. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
July 13, 201213 yr I really only fly two types of missions, daily aerocache hunts in the Stearman (incorporating a scenic flight if possible) and transport missions in the Maule. The scenic flights ceased once I switched off my destination markers, but the R key made them possible again - yeay. I fly these sorties from the nearest location to the aerocache - I don't keep a home base as crossing back and forth across the map would take forever in the Stearman. For the Maule missions I always save and continue where I left off, so I go wherever the missions take me. Usually pick the ones with heaviest payload / most passengers. For Alaska I've started using the real date and local time, meaning I mostly fly at night. I vary the weather although I avoid dangerous extremes. I use a notepad to log and plan my flights, studying my WACs and using whatever VOR beacons I can. A couple of ties I got lost and had to use the R key, I may have neglected to factor in magnetic variation which is quite significant in Alaska. One thing I haven't been doing is to look up correct patterns and approaches for each destination, I just do the most direct take-offs and landings. Unlike with Hawaii I'm seldom sure which way the winds are blowing, as I don't use the HUD... guess I should probably use SkyVector or something to plan this aspect. I've also been using my TrackIR but it's a mixed blessing, it helps immersion but I haven't been judging my landings as well.
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