How do you play the game?

[HiFlyer 9,362]

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.

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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.